refactor authentication to be more robust

app/controllers/rich/files_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module Rich
   class FilesController < ApplicationController
-
+
+    before_filter :authenticate_rich_user
+
     layout "rich/application"
 
     def index

app/controllers/rich/application_controller.rb → lib/rich/authorize.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 module Rich
-  class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-
-    before_filter :authenticate_rich_user
-
+  module Authorize
     def authenticate_rich_user
       send(Rich.authentication_method) unless Rich.authentication_method == :none
     end
-
   end
-end
+end

lib/rich/engine.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'paperclip'
 require 'rack/raw_upload'
+require "rich/authorize"
 
 module Rich
   class Engine < Rails::Engine
@@ -9,6 +10,13 @@ class Engine < Rails::Engine
       app.config.assets.precompile += %w(rich/base.js rich/editor.css rich/rich_editor.css)
       app.middleware.use 'Rack::RawUpload', :paths => ['/rich/files']
     end
-
+
+    initializer 'myengine.app_controller' do |app|
+      ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_controller) do
+        include Rich::Authorize
+      end
+    end
+
+
   end
 end