From fd487860db3097104cdb8d589f3931d75b767721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillermo Iguaran Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 01:12:23 -0500 Subject: Modify the session serializer implementation Rename allowed options to :marshal and :json, for custom serializers only allow the use of custom classes. --- guides/source/action_controller_overview.md | 16 +++++----------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'guides/source') diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md index 6c82375ea1..9eaf03dd82 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md @@ -384,20 +384,14 @@ YourApp::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_your_app_session You can pass `:serializer` key to specify serializer for serializing session: ```ruby -YourApp::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_your_app_session', serializer: :json_serializer +YourApp::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_your_app_session', serializer: :json ``` -Default serializer is `:marshal_serializer`. When Symbol or String is passed it -will look for appropriate class in `ActionDispatch::Session` namespace, so -passing `:my_custom_serializer` would load -`ActionDispatch::Session::MyCustomSerializer`. +The default serializer for new application is `:json`. For compatibility with +old applications `:marshal` is used when `serializer` option is not specified. -```ruby -YourApp::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_your_app_session', serializer: :my_custom_serializer -``` - -It is also possible to pass serializer object with defined `load` and `dump` -public methods: +It is also possible to pass a custom serializer class with `load` and `dump` +public methods defined: ```ruby YourApp::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_your_app_session', serializer: MyCustomSerializer -- cgit v1.2.3