1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index f9a461d02e..8a1236c9a8 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-require 'active_resource/connection'
-require 'cgi'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/misc'
 require 'set'
 
 module ActiveResource
+  autoload :Formats, 'active_resource/formats'
+  autoload :Connection, 'active_resource/connection'
+
   # ActiveResource::Base is the main class for mapping RESTful resources as models in a Rails application.
   #
   # For an outline of what Active Resource is capable of, see link:files/vendor/rails/activeresource/README.html.
@@ -298,7 +305,7 @@ module ActiveResource
 
       # Returns the current format, default is ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat.
       def format
-        read_inheritable_attribute(:format) || ActiveResource::Formats[:xml]
+        read_inheritable_attribute(:format) || ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat
       end
 
       # Sets the number of seconds after which requests to the REST API should time out.
@@ -895,7 +902,7 @@ module ActiveResource
     # applicable depend on the configured encoding format.
     def encode(options={})
       case self.class.format
-        when ActiveResource::Formats[:xml]
+        when ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat
           self.class.format.encode(attributes, {:root => self.class.element_name}.merge(options))
         else
           self.class.format.encode(attributes, options)
@@ -1080,3 +1087,6 @@ module ActiveResource
       end
   end
 end
+
+require 'active_resource/validations'
+require 'active_resource/custom_methods'