module ActionController # ActionController::HideActions adds the ability to prevent public methods on a controller # to be called as actions. module HideActions extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do extlib_inheritable_accessor(:hidden_actions) { Set.new } end private # Overrides AbstractController::Base#action_method? to return false if the # action name is in the list of hidden actions. def action_method?(action_name) self.class.visible_action?(action_name) do !hidden_actions.include?(action_name) && super end end module ClassMethods # Sets all of the actions passed in as hidden actions. # # ==== Parameters # *args<#to_s>:: A list of actions def hide_action(*args) hidden_actions.merge(args.map! {|a| a.to_s }) end def inherited(klass) klass.instance_variable_set("@visible_actions", {}) super end def visible_action?(action_name) return @visible_actions[action_name] if @visible_actions.key?(action_name) @visible_actions[action_name] = yield end # Overrides AbstractController::Base#action_methods to remove any methods # that are listed as hidden methods. def action_methods @action_methods ||= Set.new(super.reject {|name| hidden_actions.include?(name)}) end end end end