Added class to store the selected files in a yaml file located in the…

… tmp directory.

Removed the AR session configuration and removed the database migration for it.

app/controllers/editor_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'ftools'
 
 class EditorController < ApplicationController
+  before_filter :get_files, :except => [:choose_directory, :select_files, :set_files]
+
   def choose_directory
   end
 
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ def set_files
       redirect_to "/editor/choose_directory" and return
     end
 
-    session[:files] = params[:selected_files]
+    FileListStore.store_files params[:selected_files]
     # Backup files!
     params[:selected_files].each do |file|
       File.copy(file, "#{file}.backup")
@@ -32,11 +34,17 @@ def set_files
     redirect_to "/editor/show_translations"
   end
 
+  def clear_selected_files
+    FileListStore.clear_files
+    flash[:notice] = "The selected file list has been cleared."
+    redirect_to "/editor/choose_directory"
+  end
+
   def show_translations
     @translations = {}
 
-    files = session[:files]
-    files.each do |file|
+
+    @files.each do |file|
       yaml = YAML.load_file(file)
       @translations.merge!(yaml)
     end
@@ -101,8 +109,7 @@ def index
 
   private 
   def manipulate_files
-    files = session[:files]
-    files.each do |file|
+    @files.each do |file|
       yaml = YAML.load_file file
       yaml.each_pair do |lang, translations|
         yield lang, translations
@@ -113,4 +120,13 @@ def manipulate_files
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def get_files
+    begin
+      @files = FileListStore.get_files
+    rescue
+      flash[:notice] = "Couldn't find the list of files selected - please start again."
+      redirect_to "/editor/choose_directory" and return
+    end
+  end
 end

config/initializers/session_store.rb

@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@
 
 # Use the database for sessions instead of the cookie-based default,
 # which shouldn't be used to store highly confidential information
-# (create the session table with "rake db:sessions:create")
-ActionController::Base.session_store = :active_record_store
+# (create the session table with "rake db:sessions:create")

db/schema.rb

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead of editing this file, 
-# please use the migrations feature of Active Record to incrementally modify your database, and
-# then regenerate this schema definition.
-#
-# Note that this schema.rb definition is the authoritative source for your database schema. If you need
-# to create the application database on another system, you should be using db:schema:load, not running
-# all the migrations from scratch. The latter is a flawed and unsustainable approach (the more migrations
-# you'll amass, the slower it'll run and the greater likelihood for issues).
-#
-# It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
-
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20090815164634) do
-
-  create_table "sessions", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string   "session_id", :null => false
-    t.text     "data"
-    t.datetime "created_at"
-    t.datetime "updated_at"
-  end
-
-  add_index "sessions", ["session_id"], :name => "index_sessions_on_session_id"
-  add_index "sessions", ["updated_at"], :name => "index_sessions_on_updated_at"
-
-end

lib/file_list_store.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class FileListStore
+  def self.get_files
+    f = YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/selected_files.yml")
+  end
+
+  def self.store_files(files)
+    File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/selected_files.yml", "w") do |out|
+      YAML.dump(files, out)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.clear_files
+    File.delete "#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/selected_files.yml"
+  end
+end