@@ -12,33 +12,24 @@ As of version 0.2.0, response_for's functionality can be summed up in one senten "response_for allows you to specify default responses for any action (or before filter) that doesn't render or redirect" -== Version 0.1 - -Versions prior to 0.2 are tagged with 0.1. - -There is a branch for rails 2.0 users on this release. If you are using rails 2.0, then you want the 0.1-stable-rails2.0 branch. If you are -using rails >= 2.1 then use the 0.1-stable branch +Actions typically do two things - interact with models, and provide a repsonse. The above simple idea allows you to decouple these +two functions (where appropriate), which means abstraction of common patterns becomes possible. === Example class FooController < ApplicationController def index @foos = Foo.find(:all) - end - - def show - @foo = Foo.find(params[:id]) + # default response - render html end end - # this controller needs to respond_to fbml on index, and - # js, html and xml (templates) on index and show + # this controller needs to respond_to fbml on index. + # Using response_for, we don't need to repeat '@foos = Foo.find(1)' class SpecialFooController < FooController response_for :index do |format| format.fbml { render :inline => turn_into_facebook(@foos) } end - - response_for :index, :show, :types => [:html, :xml, :js] end === Specs and Coverage @@ -53,3 +44,9 @@ RSpec is used for testing, so the tests are in <tt>spec/</tt> rather than garlic (at http://github.com/ianwhite/garlic) is used for CI. To run the CI suite have a look at garlic_example.rb + +== Previous Versions: 0.1 + +There is a branch for rails 2.0 users on this release. If you are using rails 2.0, then you want the 0.1-stable-rails2.0 branch. If you are +using rails >= 2.1 then use the 0.1-stable branch + README.rdoc 9dc94651a1ca42721e95af36728cdf8366156eca Ian White ian.w.white@gmail.com http://github.com/ianwhite/response_for/commit/7ce71c62e7b6304b84a9ba813b17c43bffdad73d 7ce71c62e7b6304b84a9ba813b17c43bffdad73d 2008-09-13T20:48:02-07:00 2008-09-13T20:48:02-07:00 Updated README 0e6c4d48caf1be3ee73fcad2faae99f5ff466c43 Ian White ian.w.white@gmail.com