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diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
index 0620b8608e..e9ce9610b8 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Rails
# In Rails versions before to 3.0, your gems automatically behaved as Engine, however
# this coupled Rails to Rubygems. Since Rails 3.0, if you want a gem to automatically
# behave as Engine, you have to specify an Engine for it somewhere inside your plugin
- # lib folder (similar with how we spceify a Railtie):
+ # lib folder (similar to how we specify a Railtie):
#
# # lib/my_engine.rb
# module MyEngine
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
+ # == Generators
+ #
+ # You can set up generators for engine with config.generators method:
+ #
+ # class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
+ # config.generators do |g|
+ # g.orm :active_record
+ # g.template_engine :erb
+ # g.test_framework :test_unit
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # You can also set generators for application by using config.app_generators:
+ #
+ # class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
+ # # note that you can also pass block to app_generators in the same way you
+ # # can pass it to generators method
+ # config.app_generators.orm :datamapper
+ # end
+ #
# == Paths
#
# Since Rails 3.0, both your Application and Engines do not have hardcoded paths.
@@ -57,30 +77,30 @@ module Rails
# you need to do is:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
- # paths.app.controllers = "lib/controllers"
+ # paths["app/controllers"] = "lib/controllers"
# end
#
# You can also have your controllers being loaded from both "app/controllers" and
# "lib/controllers":
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
- # paths.app.controllers << "lib/controllers"
+ # paths["app/controllers"] << "lib/controllers"
# end
#
# The available paths in an Engine are:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
- # paths.app = "app"
- # paths.app.controllers = "app/controllers"
- # paths.app.helpers = "app/helpers"
- # paths.app.models = "app/models"
- # paths.app.views = "app/views"
- # paths.lib = "lib"
- # paths.lib.tasks = "lib/tasks"
- # paths.config = "config"
- # paths.config.initializers = "config/initializers"
- # paths.config.locales = "config/locales"
- # paths.config.routes = "config/routes.rb"
+ # paths["app"] #=> ["app"]
+ # paths["app/controllers"] #=> ["app/controllers"]
+ # paths["app/helpers"] #=> ["app/helpers"]
+ # paths["app/models"] #=> ["app/models"]
+ # paths["app/views"] #=> ["app/views"]
+ # paths["lib"] #=> ["lib"]
+ # paths["lib/tasks"] #=> ["lib/tasks"]
+ # paths["config"] #=> ["config"]
+ # paths["config/initializers"] #=> ["config/initializers"]
+ # paths["config/locales"] #=> ["config/locales"]
+ # paths["config/routes"] #=> ["config/routes.rb"]
# end
#
# Your Application class adds a couple more paths to this set. And as in your Application,
@@ -165,19 +185,21 @@ module Rails
# == Serving static files
#
# By default, rails use ActionDispatch::Static to serve static files in development mode. This is ok
- # while you develop your application, but when you want to deploy it, assets from engine will not be served.
+ # while you develop your application, but when you want to deploy it, assets from engine will not be
+ # served by default. You should choose one of the two following strategies:
#
- # You can fix it in one of two ways:
# * enable serving static files by setting config.serve_static_assets to true
# * symlink engines' public directories in application's public directory by running
- # `rake railties:create_symlinks`
+ # `rake ENGINE_NAME:install:assets`, where ENGINE_NAME is usually my_engine for the
+ # examples above
#
# == Engine name
#
# There are some places where engine's name is used.
+ #
# * routes: when you mount engine with mount(MyEngine::Engine => '/my_engine'), it's used as default :as option
- # * migrations: when you copy engine's migrations, they will be decorated with suffix based on engine_name, for example:
- # 2010010203121314_create_users.my_engine.rb
+ #
+ # * rake tasks: engines have a few rake tasks. They are usually under my_engine namespace.
#
# Engine name is set by default based on class name. For MyEngine::Engine it will be my_engine_engine.
# You can change it manually it manually using engine_name method:
@@ -190,15 +212,17 @@ module Rails
#
# == Namespaced Engine
#
- # Normally, when you create controllers, helpers and models inside engine, they are treated
- # as they would be created inside application. One of the cosequences of that is including
- # application's helpers and url_helpers inside controller. Sometimes, especially when your
- # engine provides its own routes, you don't want that. To isolate engine's stuff from application
- # you can use namespace method:
+ # Normally when you create controllers, helpers and models inside engine, they are treated
+ # as they were created inside the application. This means all applications helpers and named routes
+ # will be available to your engine controllers.
+ #
+ # However, sometimes you want to isolate your engine from the application, specially if your engine
+ # have its own router. To do that, you simply need to call +isolate_namespace+. This method requires
+ # you to pass a module where all your controllers, helpers and models should be nested to:
#
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
- # namespace MyEngine
+ # isolate_namespace MyEngine
# end
# end
#
@@ -215,15 +239,21 @@ module Rails
# url_helpers from MyEngine::Engine.routes.
#
# The next thing that changes in isolated engine is routes behaviour. Normally, when you namespace
- # your controllers, you need to use scope or namespace method in routes. With isolated engine,
- # the namespace is applied by default, so you can ignore it in routes. Further more, you don't need
- # to use longer url helpers like "my_engine_articles_path". As the prefix is not set you can just use
- # articles_path as you would normally do.
+ # your controllers, you also need to do namespace all your routes. With isolated engine,
+ # the namespace is applied by default, so you can ignore it in routes:
+ #
+ # MyEngine::Engine.routes.draw do
+ # resources :articles
+ # end
+ #
+ # The routes above will automatically point to MyEngine::ApplicationContoller. Further more, you don't
+ # need to use longer url helpers like "my_engine_articles_path". Instead, you shuold simply use
+ # articles_path as you would do with your application.
#
# To make that behaviour consistent with other parts of framework, isolated engine has influence also on
# ActiveModel::Naming. When you use namespaced model, like MyEngine::Article, it will normally
- # use the prefix "my_engine". In isolated engine, the prefix will be ommited in most of the places,
- # like url helpers or form fields.
+ # use the prefix "my_engine". In isolated engine, the prefix will be ommited in url helpers and
+ # form fields for convenience.
#
# polymorphic_url(MyEngine::Article.new) #=> "articles_path"
#
@@ -231,16 +261,15 @@ module Rails
# text_field :title #=> <input type="text" name="article[title]" id="article_title" />
# end
#
- #
- # Additionaly namespaced engine will set its name according to namespace, so in that case:
- # MyEngine::Engine.engine_name #=> "my_engine" and it will set MyEngine.table_name_prefix
- # to "my_engine_".
+ # Additionaly isolated engine will set its name according to namespace, so
+ # MyEngine::Engine.engine_name #=> "my_engine". It will also set MyEngine.table_name_prefix
+ # to "my_engine_", changing MyEngine::Article model to use my_engine_article table.
#
# == Using Engine's routes outside Engine
#
- # Since you can mount engine inside application's routes now, you do not have direct access to engine's
- # url_helpers inside application. When you mount Engine in application's routes special helper is
- # created to allow doing that. Consider such scenario:
+ # Since now you can mount engine inside application's routes, you do not have direct access to engine's
+ # url_helpers inside application. When you mount Engine in application's routes, a special helper is
+ # created to allow you to do that. Consider such scenario:
#
# # APP/config/routes.rb
# MyApplication::Application.routes.draw do
@@ -248,7 +277,7 @@ module Rails
# match "/foo" => "foo#index"
# end
#
- # Now, you can use my_engine helper:
+ # Now, you can use my_engine helper inside your application:
#
# class FooController < ApplicationController
# def index
@@ -256,24 +285,27 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # There is also 'app' helper that gives you access to application's routes inside Engine:
+ # There is also 'main_app' helper that gives you access to application's routes inside Engine:
#
# module MyEngine
# class BarController
- # app.foo_path #=> /foo
+ # def index
+ # main_app.foo_path #=> /foo
+ # end
# end
# end
#
- # Note that :as option takes engine_name as default, so most of the time you can ommit it.
+ # Note that the :as option given to mount takes the engine_name as default, so most of the time
+ # you can simply ommit it.
#
- # If you want to generate url to engine's route using polymorphic_url, you can also use that helpers.
- #
- # Let's say that you want to create a form pointing to one of the engine's routes. All you need to do
- # is passing helper as the first element in array with attributes for url:
+ # Finally, if you want to generate url to engine's route using polymorphic_url, you also need
+ # to pass the engine helper. Let's say that you want to create a form pointing to one of the
+ # engine's routes. All you need to do is pass the helper as the first element in array with
+ # attributes for url:
#
# form_for([my_engine, @user])
#
- # This code will use my_engine.user_path(@user) to generate proper route.
+ # This code will use my_engine.user_path(@user) to generate the proper route.
#
# == Migrations & seed data
#
@@ -283,7 +315,7 @@ module Rails
# To use engine's migrations in application you can use rake task, which copies them to
# application's dir:
#
- # rake railties:copy_migrations
+ # rake ENGINE_NAME:install:migrations
#
# If your engine has migrations, you may also want to prepare data for the database in
# seeds.rb file. You can load that data using load_seed method, e.g.
@@ -295,7 +327,7 @@ module Rails
autoload :Configuration, "rails/engine/configuration"
class << self
- attr_accessor :called_from, :namespaced
+ attr_accessor :called_from, :isolated
alias :engine_name :railtie_name
def inherited(base)
@@ -330,37 +362,38 @@ module Rails
@endpoint
end
- def namespace(mod)
+ def isolate_namespace(mod)
engine_name(generate_railtie_name(mod))
- _railtie = self
name = engine_name
- mod.singleton_class.instance_eval do
- define_method(:_railtie) do
- _railtie
- end
-
- define_method(:table_name_prefix) do
- "#{name}_"
- end
- end
-
self.routes.default_scope = {:module => name}
-
- self.namespaced = true
+ self.isolated = true
+
+ unless mod.respond_to?(:_railtie)
+ _railtie = self
+ mod.singleton_class.instance_eval do
+ define_method(:_railtie) do
+ _railtie
+ end
+
+ define_method(:table_name_prefix) do
+ "#{name}_"
+ end
+ end
+ end
end
- def namespaced?
- !!namespaced
+ def isolated?
+ !!isolated
end
end
delegate :middleware, :root, :paths, :to => :config
- delegate :engine_name, :namespaced?, :to => "self.class"
+ delegate :engine_name, :isolated?, :to => "self.class"
def load_tasks
super
- config.paths.lib.tasks.to_a.sort.each { |ext| load(ext) }
+ paths["lib/tasks"].existent.sort.each { |ext| load(ext) }
end
def eager_load!
@@ -400,6 +433,8 @@ module Rails
def routes
@routes ||= ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new
+ @routes.append(&Proc.new) if block_given?
+ @routes
end
def initializers
@@ -418,7 +453,7 @@ module Rails
#
# Blog::Engine.load_seed
def load_seed
- seed_file = config.paths.db.seeds.to_a.first
+ seed_file = paths["db/seeds"].existent.first
load(seed_file) if File.exist?(seed_file)
end
@@ -446,19 +481,22 @@ module Rails
end
initializer :add_routing_paths do |app|
- paths.config.routes.to_a.each do |route|
- app.routes_reloader.paths.unshift(route) if File.exists?(route)
+ paths = self.paths["config/routes"].existent
+
+ if routes? || paths.any?
+ app.routes_reloader.paths.unshift(*paths)
+ app.routes_reloader.route_sets << routes
end
end
# I18n load paths are a special case since the ones added
# later have higher priority.
initializer :add_locales do
- config.i18n.railties_load_path.concat(paths.config.locales.to_a)
+ config.i18n.railties_load_path.concat(paths["config/locales"].existent)
end
initializer :add_view_paths do
- views = paths.app.views.to_a
+ views = paths["app/views"].existent
unless views.empty?
ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_controller){ prepend_view_path(views) }
ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_mailer){ prepend_view_path(views) }
@@ -466,28 +504,27 @@ module Rails
end
initializer :load_environment_config, :before => :load_environment_hook do
- environment = config.paths.config.environments.to_a.first
+ environment = paths["config/environments"].existent.first
require environment if environment
end
initializer :append_asset_paths do
config.asset_path ||= "/#{engine_name}%s"
- public_path = config.paths.public.to_a.first
+ public_path = paths["public"].first
if config.compiled_asset_path && File.exist?(public_path)
config.static_asset_paths[config.compiled_asset_path] = public_path
end
end
- initializer :prepend_helpers_path do
- unless namespaced?
- config.helpers_paths = [] unless config.respond_to?(:helpers_paths)
- config.helpers_paths = config.paths.app.helpers.to_a + config.helpers_paths
+ initializer :prepend_helpers_path do |app|
+ if !isolated? || (app == self)
+ app.config.helpers_paths.unshift(*paths["app/helpers"].existent)
end
end
initializer :load_config_initializers do
- paths.config.initializers.to_a.sort.each do |initializer|
+ config.paths["config/initializers"].existent.sort.each do |initializer|
load(initializer)
end
end
@@ -497,7 +534,27 @@ module Rails
# consistently executed after all the initializers above across all engines.
end
+ rake_tasks do
+ next if self.is_a?(Rails::Application)
+
+ namespace railtie_name do
+ namespace :install do
+ # TODO Add assets copying to this list
+ # TODO Skip this if there is no paths["db/migrate"] for the engine
+ desc "Copy migrations from #{railtie_name} to application"
+ task :migrations do
+ ENV["FROM"] = railtie_name
+ Rake::Task["railties:install:migrations"].invoke
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
protected
+ def routes?
+ defined?(@routes)
+ end
+
def find_root_with_flag(flag, default=nil)
root_path = self.class.called_from
@@ -509,7 +566,7 @@ module Rails
root = File.exist?("#{root_path}/#{flag}") ? root_path : default
raise "Could not find root path for #{self}" unless root
- Config::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw/ ?
+ RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw/ ?
Pathname.new(root).expand_path : Pathname.new(root).realpath
end