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diff --git a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile index ff862273fd..3a7c392508 100644 --- a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile +++ b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile @@ -23,29 +23,49 @@ h3. Rails on Rack h4. Rails Application's Rack Object -<tt>ActionController::Dispatcher.new</tt> is the primary Rack application object of a Rails application. Any Rack compliant web server should be using +ActionController::Dispatcher.new+ object to serve a Rails application. +<tt>ApplicationName::Application</tt> is the primary Rack application object of a Rails application. Any Rack compliant web server should be using +ApplicationName::Application+ object to serve a Rails application. h4. +rails server+ -<tt>rails server</tt> does the basic job of creating a +Rack::Builder+ object and starting the webserver. This is Rails' equivalent of Rack's +rackup+ script. +<tt>rails server</tt> does the basic job of creating a +Rack::Server+ object and starting the webserver. -Here's how +rails server+ creates an instance of +Rack::Builder+ +Here's how +rails server+ creates an instance of +Rack::Server+ <ruby> -app = Rack::Builder.new { - use Rails::Rack::LogTailer unless options[:detach] - use Rails::Rack::Debugger if options[:debugger] - use ActionDispatch::Static - run ActionController::Dispatcher.new -}.to_app +Rails::Server.new.tap { |server| + require APP_PATH + Dir.chdir(Rails.application.root) + server.start +} </ruby> -Middlewares used in the code above are primarily useful only in the development environment. The following table explains their usage: +The +Rails::Server+ inherits from +Rack::Server+ and calls the +Rack::Server#start+ method this way: + +<ruby> +class Server < ::Rack::Server + def start + ... + super + end +end +</ruby> + +Here's how it loads the middlewares: + +<ruby> +def middleware + middlewares = [] + middlewares << [Rails::Rack::Debugger] if options[:debugger] + middlewares << [::Rack::ContentLength] + Hash.new(middlewares) +end +</ruby> + ++Rails::Rack::Debugger+ is primarily useful only in the development environment. The following table explains the usage of the loaded middlewares: |_.Middleware|_.Purpose| -|+Rails::Rack::LogTailer+|Appends log file output to console| -|+ActionDispatch::Static+|Serves static files inside +Rails.root/public+ directory| |+Rails::Rack::Debugger+|Starts Debugger| +|+Rack::ContentLength+|Counts the number of bytes in the response and set the HTTP Content-Length header| h4. +rackup+ @@ -55,9 +75,9 @@ To use +rackup+ instead of Rails' +rails server+, you can put the following insi # Rails.root/config.ru require "config/environment" -use Rails::Rack::LogTailer -use ActionDispatch::Static -run ActionController::Dispatcher.new +use Rack::Debugger +use Rack::ContentLength +run ApplicationName::Application </ruby> And start the server: @@ -72,11 +92,11 @@ To find out more about different +rackup+ options: $ rackup --help </shell> -h3. Action Controller Middleware Stack +h3. Action Dispatcher Middleware Stack -Many of Action Controller's internal components are implemented as Rack middlewares. +ActionController::Dispatcher+ uses +ActionController::MiddlewareStack+ to combine various internal and external middlewares to form a complete Rails Rack application. +Many of Action Dispatchers's internal components are implemented as Rack middlewares. +Rails::Application+ uses +ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack+ to combine various internal and external middlewares to form a complete Rails Rack application. -NOTE: +ActionController::MiddlewareStack+ is Rails' equivalent of +Rack::Builder+, but built for better flexibility and more features to meet Rails' requirements. +NOTE: +ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack+ is Rails' equivalent of +Rack::Builder+, but built for better flexibility and more features to meet Rails' requirements. h4. Inspecting Middleware Stack @@ -111,7 +131,7 @@ use ActionDispatch::Head use Rack::ConditionalGet use Rack::ETag use ActionDispatch::BestStandardsSupport -run Blog::Application.routes +run ApplicationName::Application.routes </ruby> Purpose of each of this middlewares is explained in the "Internal Middlewares":#internal-middleware-stack section. @@ -152,9 +172,9 @@ You can swap an existing middleware in the middleware stack using +config.middle config.middleware.swap ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, Lifo::ShowExceptions </ruby> -h5. Middleware Stack is an Array +h5. Middleware Stack is an Enumerable -The middleware stack behaves just like a normal +Array+. You can use any +Array+ methods to insert, reorder, or remove items from the stack. Methods described in the section above are just convenience methods. +The middleware stack behaves just like a normal +Enumerable+. You can use any +Enumerable+ methods to manipulate or interrogate the stack. The middleware stack also implements some +Array+ methods including <tt>[]</tt>, +unshift+ and +delete+. Methods described in the section above are just convenience methods. Append following lines to your application configuration: @@ -172,7 +192,7 @@ use ActionDispatch::Static use #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x00000001c304c8> use Rack::Runtime ... -run Myapp::Application.routes +run Blog::Application.routes </shell> h4. Internal Middleware Stack @@ -264,7 +284,7 @@ config.middleware.clear <ruby> # config.ru use MyOwnStackFromScratch -run ActionController::Dispatcher.new +run ApplicationName::Application </ruby> h3. Resources |