dispatcher.rb

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# This class provides an interface for dispatching a CGI (or CGI-like) request
# to the appropriate controller and action. It also takes care of resetting
# the environment (when Dependencies.load? is true) after each request.
class Dispatcher
  
  class << self

    # Dispatch the given CGI request, using the given session options, and
    # emitting the output via the given output.  If you dispatch with your
    # own CGI object be sure to handle the exceptions it raises on multipart
    # requests (EOFError and ArgumentError).
    def dispatch(cgi = nil, session_options = ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS, output = $stdout)
      controller = nil
      if cgi ||= new_cgi(output)
        request, response = ActionController::CgiRequest.new(cgi, session_options), ActionController::CgiResponse.new(cgi)
        prepare_application
        controller = ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize(request)
        controller.process(request, response).out(output)
      end
    rescue Exception => exception  # errors from CGI dispatch
      failsafe_response(output, '500 Internal Server Error', exception) do
        controller ||= const_defined?(:ApplicationController) ? ApplicationController : ActionController::Base
        controller.process_with_exception(request, response, exception).out(output)
      end
    ensure
      # Do not give a failsafe response here.
      reset_after_dispatch
    end

    # Reset the application by clearing out loaded controllers, views, actions,
    # mailers, and so forth. This allows them to be loaded again without having
    # to restart the server (WEBrick, FastCGI, etc.).
    def reset_application!
      ActiveRecord::Base.reset_subclasses if defined?(ActiveRecord)
      Dependencies.clear
      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do # TODO: Remove after 1.2
        Class.remove_class(*Reloadable.reloadable_classes)
      end
    end
    
    
    # Add a preparation callback. Preparation callbacks are run before every
    # request in development mode, and before the first request in production
    # mode.
    # 
    # An optional identifier may be supplied for the callback. If provided,
    # to_prepare may be called again with the same identifier to replace the
    # existing callback. Passing an identifier is a suggested practice if the
    # code adding a preparation block may be reloaded.
    def to_prepare(identifier = nil, &block)
      unless identifier.nil?
        callback = preparation_callbacks.detect { |ident, _| ident == identifier }
        if callback # Already registered: update the existing callback
          callback[-1] = block
          return
        end
      end
      preparation_callbacks << [identifier, block]
      nil
    end

    private

      attr_accessor :preparation_callbacks, :preparation_callbacks_run
      alias_method :preparation_callbacks_run?, :preparation_callbacks_run
      
      # CGI.new plus exception handling.  CGI#read_multipart raises EOFError
      # if body.empty? or body.size != Content-Length and raises ArgumentError
      # if Content-Length is non-integer.
      def new_cgi(output)
        failsafe_response(output, '400 Bad Request') { CGI.new }
      end

      def prepare_application
        if Dependencies.load?
          ActionController::Routing::Routes.reload
          self.preparation_callbacks_run = false
        end

        prepare_breakpoint
        Dependencies.require_or_load('application.rb', "ApplicationController") unless Object.const_defined?(:ApplicationController)
        ActiveRecord::Base.verify_active_connections! if defined?(ActiveRecord)
        run_preparation_callbacks
      end

      def reset_after_dispatch
        reset_application! if Dependencies.load?
        Breakpoint.deactivate_drb if defined?(BREAKPOINT_SERVER_PORT)
      end

      def prepare_breakpoint
        return unless defined?(BREAKPOINT_SERVER_PORT)
        require 'breakpoint'
        Breakpoint.activate_drb("druby://localhost:#{BREAKPOINT_SERVER_PORT}", nil, !defined?(FastCGI))
        true
      rescue
        nil
      end

      def run_preparation_callbacks
        return if preparation_callbacks_run?
        preparation_callbacks.each { |_, callback| callback.call }
        self.preparation_callbacks_run = true
      end

      # If the block raises, send status code as a last-ditch response.
      def failsafe_response(output, status, exception = nil)
        yield
      rescue Exception  # errors from executed block
        begin
          output.write "Status: #{status}\r\n"
          
          if exception
            message    = exception.to_s + "\r\n" + exception.backtrace.join("\r\n")
            error_path = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'public', '500.html')

            if defined?(RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER) && !RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.nil?
              RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.fatal(message)

              output.write "Content-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n"

              if File.exists?(error_path)
                output.write(IO.read(error_path))
              else
                output.write("<html><body><h1>Application error (Rails)</h1></body></html>")
              end
            else
              output.write "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n"
              output.write(message)
            end
          end
        rescue Exception  # Logger or IO errors
        end
      end
  end
  
  self.preparation_callbacks = []
  self.preparation_callbacks_run = false
  
end

Dispatcher.to_prepare :activerecord_instantiate_observers do
  ActiveRecord::Base.instantiate_observers
end if defined?(ActiveRecord)