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module ActionController #:nodoc:
  module MimeResponds #:nodoc:
    def self.included(base)
      base.send(:include, ActionController::MimeResponds::InstanceMethods)
    end

    module InstanceMethods
      # Without web-service support, an action which collects the data for displaying a list of people
      # might look something like this:
      #
      #   def list
      #     @people = Person.find(:all)
      #   end
      # 
      # Here's the same action, with web-service support baked in:
      # 
      #   def list
      #     @people = Person.find(:all)
      # 
      #     respond_to do |wants|
      #       wants.html
      #       wants.xml { render :xml => @people.to_xml }
      #     end
      #   end
      # 
      # What that says is, "if the client wants HTML in response to this action, just respond as we 
      # would have before, but if the client wants XML, return them the list of people in XML format." 
      # (Rails determines the desired response format from the HTTP Accept header submitted by the client.)
      # 
      # Supposing you have an action that adds a new person, optionally creating their company 
      # (by name) if it does not already exist, without web-services, it might look like this:
      # 
      #   def add
      #     @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(params[:company][:name])
      #     @person  = @company.people.create(params[:person])
      # 
      #     redirect_to(person_list_url)
      #   end
      # 
      # Here's the same action, with web-service support baked in:
      # 
      #   def add
      #     company  = params[:person].delete(:company)
      #     @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(company[:name])
      #     @person  = @company.people.create(params[:person])
      # 
      #     respond_to do |wants|
      #       wants.html { redirect_to(person_list_url) }
      #       wants.js
      #       wants.xml  { render :xml => @person.to_xml(:include => @company) }
      #     end
      #   end
      # 
      # If the client wants HTML, we just redirect them back to the person list. If they want Javascript 
      # (wants.js), then it is an RJS request and we render the RJS template associated with this action. 
      # Lastly, if the client wants XML, we render the created person as XML, but with a twist: we also 
      # include the person’s company in the rendered XML, so you get something like this:
      # 
      #   <person>
      #     <id>...</id>
      #     ...
      #     <company>
      #       <id>...</id>
      #       <name>...</name>
      #       ...
      #     </company>
      #   </person>
      # 
      # Note, however, the extra bit at the top of that action:
      # 
      #   company  = params[:person].delete(:company)
      #   @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(company[:name])
      # 
      # This is because the incoming XML document (if a web-service request is in process) can only contain a 
      # single root-node. So, we have to rearrange things so that the request looks like this (url-encoded):
      # 
      #   person[name]=...&person[company][name]=...&...
      # 
      # And, like this (xml-encoded):
      # 
      #   <person>
      #     <name>...</name>
      #     <company>
      #       <name>...</name>
      #     </company>
      #   </person>
      # 
      # In other words, we make the request so that it operates on a single entity—a person. Then, in the action, 
      # we extract the company data from the request, find or create the company, and then create the new person 
      # with the remaining data.
      # 
      # Note that you can define your own XML parameter parser which would allow you to describe multiple entities 
      # in a single request (i.e., by wrapping them all in a single root note), but if you just go with the flow 
      # and accept Rails' defaults, life will be much easier.
      def respond_to(*types, &block)
        raise ArgumentError, "respond_to takes either types or a block, never bot" unless types.any? ^ block
        block ||= lambda { |responder| types.each { |type| responder.send(type) } }
        responder = Responder.new(block.binding)
        block.call(responder)
        responder.respond
      end
    end
    
    class Responder #:nodoc:
      DEFAULT_BLOCKS = {
        :html    => 'Proc.new { render }',
        :js      => 'Proc.new { render :action => "#{action_name}.rjs" }',
        :xml     => 'Proc.new { render :action => "#{action_name}.rxml" }'
      }
      
      def initialize(block_binding)
        @block_binding = block_binding
        @mime_type_priority = eval("request.accepts", block_binding)
        @order     = []
        @responses = {}
      end

      def custom(mime_type, &block)
        mime_type = mime_type.is_a?(Mime::Type) ? mime_type : Mime::Type.lookup(mime_type.to_s)
        
        @order << mime_type
        
        if block_given?
          @responses[mime_type] = block
        else
          @responses[mime_type] = eval(DEFAULT_BLOCKS[mime_type.to_sym], @block_binding)
        end
      end
      
      for mime_type in %w( all html js xml rss atom yaml )
        eval <<-EOT
          def #{mime_type}(&block)
            custom(Mime::#{mime_type.upcase}, &block)
          end
        EOT
      end

      def any(*args, &block)
        args.each { |type| send(type, &block) }
      end
      
      def respond
        for priority in @mime_type_priority
          if priority == Mime::ALL
            @responses[@order.first].call
            return
          else
            if priority === @order
              @responses[priority].call
              return # mime type match found, be happy and return
            end
          end
        end
        
        if @order.include?(Mime::ALL)
          @responses[Mime::ALL].call
        else
          eval 'render(:nothing => true, :status => "406 Not Acceptable")', @block_binding
        end
      end
    end
  end
end