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diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
index 1d81e08cd3..b945df5703 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
@@ -5,19 +5,20 @@ require 'rbconfig'
require 'rails/engine/railties'
module Rails
- # Rails::Engine allows you to wrap a specific Rails application and share it accross
- # different applications. Since Rails 3.0, every Rails::Application is nothing
- # more than an Engine, allowing you to share it very easily.
+ # Rails::Engine allows you to wrap a specific Rails application and share it across
+ # different applications. Since Rails 3.0, every <tt>Rails::Application</tt> is nothing
+ # more than an <tt>Engine</tt>, allowing you to share it very easily.
#
- # Any Rails::Engine is also a Rails::Railtie, so the same methods (like rake_tasks and
- # generators) and configuration available in the latter can also be used in the former.
+ # Any <tt>Rails::Engine</tt> is also a <tt>Rails::Railtie</tt>, so the same methods
+ # (like <tt>rake_tasks</tt> and <tt>generators</tt>) and configuration available in the
+ # latter can also be used in the former.
#
# == Creating an Engine
#
- # In Rails versions before to 3.0, your gems automatically behaved as Engine, however
+ # In Rails versions prior to 3.0, your gems automatically behaved as Engines, 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 to how we specify a Railtie):
+ # behave as an <tt>Engine</tt>, you have to specify an <tt>Engine</tt> for it somewhere
+ # inside your plugin's <tt>lib</tt> folder (similar to how we specify a <tt>Railtie</tt>):
#
# # lib/my_engine.rb
# module MyEngine
@@ -25,16 +26,17 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # Then ensure that this file is loaded at the top of your config/application.rb (or in
- # your Gemfile) and it will automatically load models, controllers and helpers
- # inside app, load routes at "config/routes.rb", load locales at "config/locales/*",
- # load tasks at "lib/tasks/*".
+ # Then ensure that this file is loaded at the top of your <tt>config/application.rb</tt>
+ # (or in your <tt>Gemfile</tt>) and it will automatically load models, controllers and helpers
+ # inside <tt>app</tt>, load routes at <tt>config/routes.rb</tt>, load locales at
+ # <tt>config/locales/*</tt>, and load tasks at <tt>lib/tasks/*</tt>.
#
# == Configuration
#
- # Besides the Railtie configuration which is shared across the application, in a
- # Rails::Engine you can access autoload_paths, eager_load_paths and autoload_once_paths,
- # which differently from a Railtie, are scoped to the current Engine.
+ # Besides the <tt>Railtie</tt> configuration which is shared across the application, in a
+ # <tt>Rails::Engine</tt> you can access <tt>autoload_paths</tt>, <tt>eager_load_paths</tt>
+ # and <tt>autoload_once_paths</tt>, which, differently from a <tt>Railtie</tt>, are scoped to
+ # the current <tt>Engine</tt>.
#
# Example:
#
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ module Rails
#
# == Generators
#
- # You can set up generators for engine with config.generators method:
+ # You can set up generators for Engines with <tt>config.generators</tt> method:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# config.generators do |g|
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # You can also set generators for application by using config.app_generators:
+ # You can also set generators for application by using <tt>config.app_generators</tt>:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# # note that you can also pass block to app_generators in the same way you
@@ -70,18 +72,18 @@ module Rails
# == Paths
#
# Since Rails 3.0, both your Application and Engines do not have hardcoded paths.
- # This means that you are not required to place your controllers at "app/controllers",
+ # This means that you are not required to place your controllers at <tt>app/controllers</tt>,
# but in any place which you find convenient.
#
- # For example, let's suppose you want to lay your controllers at lib/controllers, all
- # you need to do is:
+ # For example, let's suppose you want to place your controllers in <tt>lib/controllers.
+ # All you would need to do is:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# paths["app/controllers"] = "lib/controllers"
# end
#
- # You can also have your controllers being loaded from both "app/controllers" and
- # "lib/controllers":
+ # You can also have your controllers loaded from both <tt>app/controllers</tt> and
+ # <tt>lib/controllers</tt>:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# paths["app/controllers"] << "lib/controllers"
@@ -103,32 +105,33 @@ module Rails
# paths["config/routes"] #=> ["config/routes.rb"]
# end
#
- # Your Application class adds a couple more paths to this set. And as in your Application,
- # all folders under "app" are automatically added to the load path. So if you have
- # "app/observers", it's added by default.
+ # Your <tt>Application</tt> class adds a couple more paths to this set. And as in your
+ # <tt>Application</tt>,all folders under <tt>app</tt> are automatically added to the load path.
+ # So if you have <tt>app/observers</tt>, it's added by default.
#
# == Endpoint
#
- # Engine can be also a rack application. It can be useful if you have a rack application that
+ # An Engine can be also a rack application. It can be useful if you have a rack application that
# you would like to wrap with Engine and provide some of the Engine's features.
#
- # To do that, use endpoint method:
+ # To do that, use the <tt>endpoint</tt> method:
+ #
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
# endpoint MyRackApplication
# end
# end
#
- # Now you can mount your engine in application's routes just like that:
+ # Now you can mount your <tt>Engine</tt> in application's routes just like that:
#
- # MyRailsApp::Application.routes.draw do
- # mount MyEngine::Engine => "/engine"
- # end
+ # MyRailsApp::Application.routes.draw do
+ # mount MyEngine::Engine => "/engine"
+ # end
#
# == Middleware stack
#
- # As Engine can now be rack endpoint, it can also have a middleware stack. The usage is exactly
- # the same as in application:
+ # As <tt>Engine</tt> can now be rack endpoint, it can also have a middleware stack. The usage is exactly
+ # the same as in <tt>Application</tt>:
#
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
@@ -148,30 +151,31 @@ module Rails
#
# == Mount priority
#
- # Note that now there can be more than one router in you application and it's better to avoid
- # passing requests through many routers. Consider such situation:
+ # Note that now there can be more than one router in your application, and it's better to avoid
+ # passing requests through many routers. Consider this situation:
#
# MyRailsApp::Application.routes.draw do
# mount MyEngine::Engine => "/blog"
# match "/blog/omg" => "main#omg"
# end
#
- # MyEngine is mounted at "/blog" path and additionaly "/blog/omg" points application's controller.
- # In such situation request to "/blog/omg" will go through MyEngine and if there is no such route
- # in Engine's routes, it will be dispatched to "main#omg". It's much better to swap that:
+ # <tt>MyEngine</tT> is mounted at <tt>/blog</tt>, and <tt>/blog/omg</tt> points to application's
+ # controller. In such a situation, requests to <tt>/blog/omg</tt> will go through <tt>MyEngine</tt>,
+ # and if there is no such route in Engine's routes, it will be dispatched to <tt>main#omg</tt>.
+ # It's much better to swap that:
#
# MyRailsApp::Application.routes.draw do
# match "/blog/omg" => "main#omg"
# mount MyEngine::Engine => "/blog"
# end
#
- # Now, Engine will get only requests that were not handled by application.
+ # Now, </tt>Engine</tt> will get only requests that were not handled by <tt>Application</tt>.
#
# == Asset path
#
- # When you use engine with its own public directory, you will probably want to copy or symlink it
- # to application's public directory. To simplify generating paths for assets, you can set asset_path
- # for an Engine:
+ # When you use <tt>Engine</tt> with its own public directory, you will probably want to copy or symlink it
+ # to application's public directory. To simplify generating paths for assets, you can set <tt>asset_path</tt>
+ # for an <tt>Engine</tt>:
#
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
@@ -179,27 +183,30 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # With such config, asset paths will be automatically modified inside Engine:
- # image_path("foo.jpg") #=> "/my_engine/images/foo.jpg"
+ # With such a config, asset paths will be automatically modified inside <tt>Engine</tt>:
+ #
+ # image_path("foo.jpg") #=> "/my_engine/images/foo.jpg"
#
# == Serving static files
#
- # By default, rails use ActionDispatch::Static to serve static files in development mode. This is ok
+ # By default, Rails uses <tt>ActionDispatch::Static</tt> 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 by default. You should choose one of the two following strategies:
#
# * enable serving static files by setting config.serve_static_assets to true
- # * copy engine's public files to application's public folder with rake ENGINE_NAME:install:assets, for example
- # rake my_engine:install:assets
+ # * copy engine's public files to application's public folder with <tt>rake ENGINE_NAME:install:assets</tt>, for example
+ # <tt>rake my_engine:install:assets</tt>
#
# == 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
- # * some of the rake tasks are based on engine name, e.g. my_engine:install:migrations, my_engine:install:assets
+ # There are some places where an Engine's name is used:
+ # * routes: when you mount an Engine with <tt>mount(MyEngine::Engine => '/my_engine')</tt>,
+ # it's used as default :as option
+ # * some of the rake tasks are based on engine name, e.g. <tt>my_engine:install:migrations</tt>,
+ # <tt>my_engine:install:assets</tt>
#
- # 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:
+ # Engine name is set by default based on class name. For <tt>MyEngine::Engine</tt> it will be
+ # <tt>my_engine_engine</tt>. You can change it manually it manually using the <tt>engine_name</tt> method:
#
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
@@ -209,12 +216,12 @@ module Rails
#
# == Isolated Engine
#
- # 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.
+ # Normally when you create controllers, helpers and models inside an engine, they are treated
+ # as they were created inside the application. This means all application helpers and named routes
+ # will be available to your engine's 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
+ # However, sometimes you want to isolate your engine from the application, especially if your engine
+ # has 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
@@ -223,7 +230,8 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # With such Engine, everything that is inside MyEngine module, will be isolated from application.
+ # With such an Engine, everything that is inside the +MyEngine+ module will be isolated from
+ # the application.
#
# Consider such controller:
#
@@ -232,24 +240,24 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # If engine is marked as isolated, FooController has access only to helpers from engine and
- # url_helpers from MyEngine::Engine.routes.
+ # If engine is marked as isolated, +FooController+ has access only to helpers from engine and
+ # <tt>url_helpers</tt> from <tt>MyEngine::Engine.routes</tt>.
#
- # The next thing that changes in isolated engine is routes behaviour. Normally, when you namespace
- # your controllers, you also need to do namespace all your routes. With isolated engine,
+ # The next thing that changes in isolated engines is the behaviour of routes. Normally, when you namespace
+ # your controllers, you also need to do namespace all your routes. With an 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 url helpers and
+ #
+ # The routes above will automatically point to <tt>MyEngine::ApplicationContoller</tt>. Furthermore, you don't
+ # need to use longer url helpers like <tt>my_engine_articles_path</tt>. Instead, you shuold simply use
+ # <tt>articles_path</tt> as you would do with your application.
+ #
+ # To make that behaviour consistent with other parts of the framework, an isolated engine also has influence on
+ # <tt>ActiveModel::Naming</tt>. When you use a namespaced model, like <tt>MyEngine::Article</tt>, it will normally
+ # use the prefix "my_engine". In an isolated engine, the prefix will be ommited in url helpers and
# form fields for convenience.
#
# polymorphic_url(MyEngine::Article.new) #=> "articles_path"
@@ -264,9 +272,9 @@ module Rails
#
# == Using Engine's routes outside Engine
#
- # 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:
+ # Since you can now mount engine inside application's routes, you do not have direct access to engine's
+ # <tt>url_helpers</tt> inside application. When you mount Engine in application's routes, a special helper is
+ # created to allow you to do that. Consider such a scenario:
#
# # APP/config/routes.rb
# MyApplication::Application.routes.draw do
@@ -274,7 +282,7 @@ module Rails
# match "/foo" => "foo#index"
# end
#
- # Now, you can use my_engine helper inside your application:
+ # Now, you can use the <tt>my_engine</tt> helper inside your application:
#
# class FooController < ApplicationController
# def index
@@ -282,7 +290,7 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # There is also 'main_app' helper that gives you access to application's routes inside Engine:
+ # There is also a <tt>main_app</tt> helper that gives you access to application's routes inside Engine:
#
# module MyEngine
# class BarController
@@ -292,34 +300,34 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # Note that the :as option given to mount takes the engine_name as default, so most of the time
- # you can simply ommit it.
+ # Note that the <tt>:as</tt> option given to mount takes the <tt>engine_name</tT> as default, so most of the time
+ # you can simply omit it.
#
- # Finally, if you want to generate url to engine's route using polymorphic_url, you also need
+ # Finally, if you want to generate a url to engine's route using <tt>polymorphic_url</tt>, 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])
+ # form_for([my_engine, @user])
#
- # This code will use my_engine.user_path(@user) to generate the proper route.
+ # This code will use <tt>my_engine.user_path(@user)</tt> to generate the proper route.
#
# == Migrations & seed data
#
- # Engines can have their own migrations. Default path for migrations is exactly the same
- # as in application: db/migrate
+ # Engines can have their own migrations. The default path for migrations is exactly the same
+ # as in application: <tt>db/migrate</tt>
#
# To use engine's migrations in application you can use rake task, which copies them to
# application's dir:
#
# rake ENGINE_NAME:install:migrations
#
- # Note that some of the migrations may be skipped if migration with the same name already exists
- # in application. In such situation you must decide whether to leave that migration or rename the
+ # Note that some of the migrations may be skipped if a migration with the same name already exists
+ # in application. In such a situation you must decide whether to leave that migration or rename the
# migration in application and rerun copying 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.
+ # the <tt>seeds.rb</tt> file. You can load that data using the <tt>load_seed</tt> method, e.g.
#
# MyEngine::Engine.load_seed
#