diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers.rb
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+require 'action_view/template_handler'
+require 'action_view/template_handlers/compilable'
+require 'action_view/template_handlers/builder'
+require 'action_view/template_handlers/erb'
+require 'action_view/template_handlers/rjs'
+
+module ActionView #:nodoc:
+  module TemplateHandlers #:nodoc:
+    def self.extended(base)
+      base.register_default_template_handler :erb, TemplateHandlers::ERB
+      base.register_template_handler :rjs, TemplateHandlers::RJS
+      base.register_template_handler :builder, TemplateHandlers::Builder
+
+      # TODO: Depreciate old template extensions
+      base.register_template_handler :rhtml, TemplateHandlers::ERB
+      base.register_template_handler :rxml, TemplateHandlers::Builder
+    end
+
+    @@template_handlers = {}
+    @@default_template_handlers = nil
+
+    # Register a class that knows how to handle template files with the given
+    # extension. This can be used to implement new template types.
+    # The constructor for the class must take the ActiveView::Base instance
+    # as a parameter, and the class must implement a +render+ method that
+    # takes the contents of the template to render as well as the Hash of
+    # local assigns available to the template. The +render+ method ought to
+    # return the rendered template as a string.
+    def register_template_handler(extension, klass)
+      @@template_handlers[extension.to_sym] = klass
+    end
+
+    def template_handler_extensions
+      @@template_handlers.keys.map(&:to_s).sort
+    end
+
+    def register_default_template_handler(extension, klass)
+      register_template_handler(extension, klass)
+      @@default_template_handlers = klass
+    end
+
+    def handler_class_for_extension(extension)
+      (extension && @@template_handlers[extension.to_sym]) || @@default_template_handlers
+    end
+  end
+end