From dbbae5e00e49d3a69dc10978e38299e3f28dd1e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pratik Naik Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 03:27:53 +0100 Subject: Merge with docrails --- railties/doc/guides/source/configuring.txt | 285 +++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-) (limited to 'railties/doc/guides/source/configuring.txt') diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/configuring.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/configuring.txt index 07b630c59d..945e48cd45 100644 --- a/railties/doc/guides/source/configuring.txt +++ b/railties/doc/guides/source/configuring.txt @@ -16,210 +16,179 @@ after-initializer == Using a Preinitializer +== Initialization Process Settings + == Configuring Rails Components === Configuring Active Record ++ActiveRecord::Base+ includej a variety of configuration options: + ++logger+ accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby 1.8+ Logger class, which is then passed on to any new database connections made. You can retrieve this logger by calling +logger+ on either an ActiveRecord model class or an ActiveRecord model instance. Set to nil to disable logging. + ++primary_key_prefix_type+ lets you adjust the naming for primary key columns. By default, Rails assumes that primary key columns are named +id+ (and this configuration option doesn't need to be set.) There are two other choices: + +* +:table_name+ would make the primary key for the Customer class +customerid+ +* +:table_name_with_underscore+ would make the primary key for the Customer class +customer_id+ + ++table_name_prefix+ lets you set a global string to be prepended to table names. If you set this to +northwest_+, then the Customer class will look for +northwest_customers+ as its table. The default is an empty string. + ++table_name_suffix+ lets you set a global string to be appended to table names. If you set this to +_northwest+, then the Customer class will look for +customers_northwest+ as its table. The default is an empty string. + ++pluralize_table_names+ specifies whether Rails will look for singular or plural table names in the database. If set to +true+ (the default), then the Customer class will use the +customers+ table. If set to +false+, then the Customers class will use the +customer+ table. + ++colorize_logging+ (true by default) specifies whether or not to use ANSI color codes when logging information from ActiveRecord. + ++default_timezone+ determines whether to use +Time.local+ (if set to +:local+) or +Time.utc+ (if set to +:utc+) when pulling dates and times from the database. The default is +:local+. + ++schema_format+ controls the format for dumping the database schema to a file. The options are +:ruby+ (the default) for a database-independent version that depends on migrations, or +:sql+ for a set of (potentially database-dependent) SQL statements. + ++timestamped_migrations+ controls whether migrations are numbered with serial integers or with timestamps. The default is +true+, to use timestamps, which are preferred if there are multiple developers working on the same application. + ++lock_optimistically+ controls whether ActiveRecord will use optimistic locking. By default this is +true+. + +The MySQL adapter adds one additional configuration option: + ++ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlAdapter.emulate_booleans+ controls whether ActiveRecord will consider all +tinyint(1)+ columns in a MySQL database to be booleans. By default this is +true+. + +The schema dumper adds one additional configuration option: + ++ActiveRecord::SchemaDumper.ignore_tables+ accepts an array of tables that should _not_ be included in any generated schema file. This setting is ignored unless +ActiveRecord::Base.schema_format == :ruby+. + === Configuring Action Controller -=== Configuring Action View +ActionController::Base includes a number of configuration settings: -=== Configuring Action Mailer ++asset_host+ provides a string that is prepended to all of the URL-generating helpers in +AssetHelper+. This is designed to allow moving all javascript, CSS, and image files to a separate asset host. -=== Configuring Active Resource ++consider_all_requests_local+ is generally set to +true+ during development and +false+ during production; if it is set to +true+, then any error will cause detailed debugging information to be dumped in the HTTP response. For finer-grained control, set this to +false+ and implement +local_request?+ to specify which requests should provide debugging information on errors. -=== Configuring Active Support ++allow_concurrency+ should be set to +true+ to allow concurrent (threadsafe) action processing. Set to +false+ by default. -== Using Initializers - organization, controlling load order ++param_parsers+ provides an array of handlers that can extract information from incoming HTTP requests and add it to the +params+ hash. By default, parsers for multipart forms, URL-encoded forms, XML, and JSON are active. -== Using an After-Initializer ++default_charset+ specifies the default character set for all renders. The default is "utf-8". -== Changelog == ++logger+ accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby 1.8+ Logger class, which is then used to log information from Action Controller. Set to nil to disable logging. -http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides/tickets/28[Lighthouse ticket] ++resource_action_separator+ gives the token to be used between resources and actions when building or interpreting RESTful URLs. By default, this is "/". -* November 5, 2008: Rough outline by link:../authors.html#mgunderloy[Mike Gunderloy] ++resource_path_names+ is a hash of default names for several RESTful actions. By default, the new action is named +new+ and the edit action is named +edit+. + ++request_forgery_protection_token+ sets the token parameter name for RequestForgery. Calling +protect_from_forgery+ sets it to +:authenticity_token+ by default. ++optimise_named_routes+ turns on some optimizations in generating the routing table. It is set to +true+ by default. -actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb -257: cattr_accessor :logger -267: cattr_accessor :smtp_settings -273: cattr_accessor :sendmail_settings -276: cattr_accessor :raise_delivery_errors -282: cattr_accessor :perform_deliveries -285: cattr_accessor :deliveries -288: cattr_accessor :default_charset -291: cattr_accessor :default_content_type -294: cattr_accessor :default_mime_version -297: cattr_accessor :default_implicit_parts_order -299: cattr_reader :protected_instance_variables - -actionmailer/Rakefile -36: rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object' - -actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb -263: cattr_reader :protected_instance_variables -273: cattr_accessor :asset_host -279: cattr_accessor :consider_all_requests_local -285: cattr_accessor :allow_concurrency -317: cattr_accessor :param_parsers -321: cattr_accessor :default_charset -325: cattr_accessor :logger -329: cattr_accessor :resource_action_separator -333: cattr_accessor :resources_path_names -337: cattr_accessor :request_forgery_protection_token -341: cattr_accessor :optimise_named_routes -351: cattr_accessor :use_accept_header -361: cattr_accessor :relative_url_root - -actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/pages.rb -55: cattr_accessor :page_cache_directory -58: cattr_accessor :page_cache_extension - -actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb -37: cattr_reader :cache_store -48: cattr_accessor :perform_caching - -actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb -98: cattr_accessor :error_file_path - -actionpack/lib/action_controller/mime_type.rb -24: cattr_reader :html_types, :unverifiable_types ++use_accept_header+ sets the rules for determining the response format. If this is set to +true+ (the default) then +respond_to+ and +Request#format+ will take the Accept header into account. If it is set to false then the request format will be determined solely by examining +params[:format]+. If there is no +format+ parameter, then the response format will be either HTML or Javascript depending on whether the request is an AJAX request. -actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb -36: base.cattr_accessor :rescue_responses -40: base.cattr_accessor :rescue_templates ++allow_forgery_protection+ enables or disables CSRF protection. By default this is +false+ in test mode and +true+ in all other modes. -actionpack/lib/action_controller/session/active_record_store.rb -60: cattr_accessor :data_column_name -170: cattr_accessor :connection -173: cattr_accessor :table_name -177: cattr_accessor :session_id_column -181: cattr_accessor :data_column -282: cattr_accessor :session_class - -actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb -44: cattr_accessor :included_tags, :instance_writer => false - -actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb -189: cattr_accessor :debug_rjs -193: cattr_accessor :warn_cache_misses - -actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb -7: cattr_accessor :field_error_proc - -actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb -805: cattr_accessor :default_form_builder - -actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/erb.rb -47: cattr_accessor :erb_trim_mode ++relative_url_root+ can be used to tell Rails that you are deploying to a subdirectory. The default is +ENV['RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT']+. -actionpack/test/active_record_unit.rb -5: cattr_accessor :able_to_connect -6: cattr_accessor :connected +The caching code adds two additional settings: -actionpack/test/controller/filters_test.rb -286: cattr_accessor :execution_log ++ActionController::Caching::Pages.page_cache_directory+ sets the directory where Rails will create cached pages for your web server. The default is +Rails.public_path+ (which is usually set to +RAILS_ROOT + "/public"+). -actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_test.rb -3:TZInfo::Timezone.cattr_reader :loaded_zones ++ActionController::Caching::Pages.page_cache_extension+ sets the extension to be used when generating pages for the cache (this is ignored if the incoming request already has an extension). The default is +.html+. -activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb -28: cattr_accessor :default_error_messages +The dispatcher includes one setting: -activemodel/Rakefile -19: rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object' ++ActionController::Dispatcher.error_file_path+ gives the path where Rails will look for error files such as +404.html+. The default is +Rails.public_path+. -activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb -9: base.cattr_accessor :attribute_types_cached_by_default, :instance_writer => false -11: base.cattr_accessor :time_zone_aware_attributes, :instance_writer => false +The Active Record session store can also be configured: -activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb -394: cattr_accessor :logger, :instance_writer => false -443: cattr_accessor :configurations, :instance_writer => false -450: cattr_accessor :primary_key_prefix_type, :instance_writer => false -456: cattr_accessor :table_name_prefix, :instance_writer => false -461: cattr_accessor :table_name_suffix, :instance_writer => false -467: cattr_accessor :pluralize_table_names, :instance_writer => false -473: cattr_accessor :colorize_logging, :instance_writer => false -478: cattr_accessor :default_timezone, :instance_writer => false -487: cattr_accessor :schema_format , :instance_writer => false -491: cattr_accessor :timestamped_migrations , :instance_writer => false ++CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session.data_column_name+ sets the name of the column to use to store session data. By default it is 'data' -activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb -11: cattr_accessor :connection_handler, :instance_writer => false +=== Configuring Action View + +There are only a few configuration options for Action View, starting with four on +ActionView::Base+: + ++debug_rjs+ specifies whether RJS responses should be wrapped in a try/catch block that alert()s the caught exception (and then re-raises it). The default is +false+. + ++warn_cache_misses+ tells Rails to display a warning whenever an action results in a cache miss on your view paths. The default is +false+. + ++field_error_proc+ provides an HTML generator for displaying errors that come from Active Record. The default is +Proc.new{ |html_tag, instance| "
#{html_tag}
" }+ + ++default_form_builder+ tells Rails which form builder to use by default. The default is +ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder+. + +The ERB template handler supplies one additional option: + ++ActionView::TemplateHandlers::ERB.erb_trim_mode+ gives the trim mode to be used by ERB. It defaults to +'-'+. See the link:http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/erb/rdoc/[ERB documentation] for more information. + +=== Configuring Action Mailer + +There are a number of settings available on +ActionMailer::Base+: + ++template_root+ gives the root folder for Action Mailer templates. + ++logger+ accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby 1.8+ Logger class, which is then used to log information from Action Mailer. Set to nil to disable logging. + ++smtp_settings+ allows detailed configuration for the +:smtp+ delivery method. It accepts a hash of options, which can include any of these options: -activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb -166: cattr_accessor :emulate_booleans +* :address - Allows you to use a remote mail server. Just change it from its default "localhost" setting. +* :port - On the off chance that your mail server doesn't run on port 25, you can change it. +* :domain - If you need to specify a HELO domain, you can do it here. +* :user_name - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting. +* :password - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting. +* :authentication - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. This is a symbol and one of :plain, :login, :cram_md5. -activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb -498: cattr_accessor :all_loaded_fixtures ++sendmail_settings+ allows detailed configuration for the +sendmail+ delivery method. It accepts a hash of options, which can include any of these options: -activerecord/lib/active_record/locking/optimistic.rb -38: base.cattr_accessor :lock_optimistically, :instance_writer => false +* :location - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to /usr/sbin/sendmail. +* :arguments - The command line arguments. Defaults to -i -t. -activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb -259: cattr_accessor :verbose ++raise_delivery_errors+ specifies whether to raise an error if email delivery cannot be completed. It defaults to +true+. -activerecord/lib/active_record/schema_dumper.rb -13: cattr_accessor :ignore_tables ++delivery_method+ defines the delivery method. The allowed values are :smtp (default), :sendmail, and :test. -activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/json_serializer.rb -4: base.cattr_accessor :include_root_in_json, :instance_writer => false ++perform_deliveries+ specifies whether mail will actually be delivered. By default this is +true+; it can be convenient to set it to +false+ for testing. -activerecord/Rakefile -142: rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object' ++default_charset+ tells Action Mailer which character set to use for the body and for encoding the subject. It defaults to +utf-8+. -activerecord/test/cases/lifecycle_test.rb -61: cattr_reader :last_inherited ++default_content_type+ specifies the default content type used for the main part of the message. It defaults to "text/plain" -activerecord/test/cases/mixin_test.rb -9: cattr_accessor :forced_now_time ++default_mime_version+ is the default MIME version for the message. It defaults to +1.0+. -activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb -206: cattr_accessor :logger ++default_implicit_parts_order+ - When a message is built implicitly (i.e. multiple parts are assembled from templates +which specify the content type in their filenames) this variable controls how the parts are ordered. Defaults to +["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client +and appear last in the mime encoded message. -activeresource/Rakefile -43: rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object' +=== Configuring Active Resource + +There is a single configuration setting available on +ActiveResource::Base+: + ++logger+ accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby 1.8+ Logger class, which is then used to log information from Active Resource. Set to nil to disable logging. + +=== Configuring Active Support + +There are a few configuration options available in Active Support: + ++ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger.silencer+ is set to +false+ to disable the ability to silence logging in a block. The default is +true+. -activesupport/lib/active_support/buffered_logger.rb -17: cattr_accessor :silencer ++ActiveSupport::Cache::Store.logger+ specifies the logger to use within cache store operations. -activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb -81: cattr_accessor :logger ++ActiveSupport::Logger.silencer+ is set to +false+ to disable the ability to silence logging in a block. The default is +true+. -activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb -5:# cattr_accessor :hair_colors -10: def cattr_reader(*syms) -29: def cattr_writer(*syms) -50: def cattr_accessor(*syms) -51: cattr_reader(*syms) -52: cattr_writer(*syms) +=== Configuring Active Model -activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/logger.rb -34: cattr_accessor :silencer +Active Model currently has a single configuration setting: -activesupport/test/core_ext/class/attribute_accessor_test.rb -6: cattr_accessor :foo -7: cattr_accessor :bar, :instance_writer => false ++ActiveModel::Errors.default_error_messages is an array containing all of the validation error messages. -activesupport/test/core_ext/module/synchronization_test.rb -6: @target.cattr_accessor :mutex, :instance_writer => false +== Using Initializers + organization, controlling load order -railties/doc/guides/html/creating_plugins.html -786: cattr_accessor :yaffle_text_field, :yaffle_date_field -860: cattr_accessor :yaffle_text_field, :yaffle_date_field +== Using an After-Initializer -railties/lib/rails_generator/base.rb -93: cattr_accessor :logger +== Rails Environment Settings -railties/Rakefile -265: rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '--accessor' << 'cattr_accessor=object' +ENV -railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb -12: cattr_accessor :local_request +== Changelog == -Rakefile -32: rdoc.options << '-A cattr_accessor=object' +http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides/tickets/28[Lighthouse ticket] + +* November 5, 2008: Rough outline by link:../authors.html#mgunderloy[Mike Gunderloy] +need to look for def self. ??? -- cgit v1.2.3