4 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/CHANGELOG b/activeresource/CHANGELOG
index 144264cd5a..679fb832d4 100644
--- a/activeresource/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activeresource/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Allow subclassed resources to share the site info [Rick]
+
+    class BeastResource < ActiveResource::Base
+      self.site = 'http://beast.caboo.se'
+    end
+    
+    class Forum < BeastResource
+      # taken from BeastResource
+      # self.site = 'http://beast.caboo.se'
+    end
+    
+    class Topic < BeastResource
+      site << '/forums/:forum_id'
+    end
+
 * Fix issues with ActiveResource collection handling.  Closes #6291. [bmilekic]
 
 * Use attr_accessor_with_default to dry up attribute initialization. References #6538. [Stuart Halloway]
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 5f3820b2be..fd583d40e9 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ module ActiveResource
     # calls.
     cattr_accessor :logger
 
+    def self.inherited(base)
+      base.site = site.to_s if site
+      super
+    end
+
     class << self
       attr_reader :site
 
       def site=(site)
-        @site = site.is_a?(URI) ? site : URI.parse(site)
+        @site = create_site_uri_from(site)
         @connection = nil
         @site
       end
@@ -78,6 +83,14 @@ module ActiveResource
         def find_single(scope, options)
           new(connection.get(element_path(scope, options)), options)
         end
+      
+        def create_site_uri_from(site)
+          returning site.is_a?(URI) ? site : URI.parse(site) do |uri|
+            def uri.<<(extra)
+              path << extra
+            end unless uri.respond_to?(:<<)
+          end
+        end
     end
 
     attr_accessor :attributes
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
index 685f9aa994..e0bbdc00bf 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/abstract_unit"
 require "fixtures/person"
 require "fixtures/street_address"
+require "fixtures/beast"
 
 class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
@@ -171,4 +172,9 @@ class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_delete
     assert Person.delete(1)
   end
+
+  def test_should_use_site_prefix_and_credentials
+    assert_equal 'http://foo:bar@beast.caboo.se', Forum.site.to_s
+    assert_equal 'http://foo:bar@beast.caboo.se/forums/:forum_id', Topic.site.to_s
+  end
 end
diff --git a/activeresource/test/fixtures/beast.rb b/activeresource/test/fixtures/beast.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fe81da425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activeresource/test/fixtures/beast.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class BeastResource < ActiveResource::Base
+  self.site = 'http://beast.caboo.se'
+  site.user = 'foo'
+  site.password = 'bar'
+end
+
+class Forum < BeastResource
+  # taken from BeastResource
+  # self.site = 'http://beast.caboo.se'
+end
+
+class Topic < BeastResource
+  site << '/forums/:forum_id'
+end
+\ No newline at end of file