session_management.rb

require 'action_controller/session/cookie_store'
require 'action_controller/session/drb_store'
require 'action_controller/session/mem_cache_store'
if Object.const_defined?(:ActiveRecord)
  require 'action_controller/session/active_record_store'
end

module ActionController #:nodoc:
  module SessionManagement #:nodoc:
    def self.included(base)
      base.class_eval do
        extend ClassMethods
        alias_method_chain :process, :session_management_support
        alias_method_chain :process_cleanup, :session_management_support
      end
    end

    module ClassMethods
      # Set the session store to be used for keeping the session data between requests. By default, sessions are stored
      # in browser cookies (:cookie_store), but you can also specify one of the other included stores
      # (:active_record_store, :p_store, drb_store, :mem_cache_store, or :memory_store) or your own custom class.
      def session_store=(store)
        ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS[:database_manager] =
          store.is_a?(Symbol) ? CGI::Session.const_get(store == :drb_store ? "DRbStore" : store.to_s.camelize) : store
      end

      # Returns the session store class currently used.
      def session_store
        ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS[:database_manager]
      end

      # Returns the hash used to configure the session. Example use:
      #
      #   ActionController::Base.session_options[:session_secure] = true # session only available over HTTPS
      def session_options
        ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS
      end
      
      # Specify how sessions ought to be managed for a subset of the actions on
      # the controller. Like filters, you can specify <tt>:only</tt> and
      # <tt>:except</tt> clauses to restrict the subset, otherwise options
      # apply to all actions on this controller.
      #
      # The session options are inheritable, as well, so if you specify them in
      # a parent controller, they apply to controllers that extend the parent.
      #
      # Usage:
      #
      #   # turn off session management for all actions.
      #   session :off
      #
      #   # turn off session management for all actions _except_ foo and bar.
      #   session :off, :except => %w(foo bar)
      #
      #   # turn off session management for only the foo and bar actions.
      #   session :off, :only => %w(foo bar)
      #
      #   # the session will only work over HTTPS, but only for the foo action
      #   session :only => :foo, :session_secure => true
      #
      #   # the session will only be disabled for 'foo', and only if it is
      #   # requested as a web service
      #   session :off, :only => :foo,
      #           :if => Proc.new { |req| req.parameters[:ws] }
      #
      #   # the session will be disabled for non html/ajax requests
      #   session :off, 
      #     :if => Proc.new { |req| !(req.format.html? || req.format.js?) }
      #
      # All session options described for ActionController::Base.process_cgi
      # are valid arguments.
      def session(*args)
        options = args.extract_options!

        options[:disabled] = true if !args.empty?
        options[:only] = [*options[:only]].map { |o| o.to_s } if options[:only]
        options[:except] = [*options[:except]].map { |o| o.to_s } if options[:except]
        if options[:only] && options[:except]
          raise ArgumentError, "only one of either :only or :except are allowed"
        end

        write_inheritable_array("session_options", [options])
      end

      # So we can declare session options in the Rails initializer.
      alias_method :session=, :session

      def cached_session_options #:nodoc:
        @session_options ||= read_inheritable_attribute("session_options") || []
      end

      def session_options_for(request, action) #:nodoc:
        if (session_options = cached_session_options).empty?
          {}
        else
          options = {}

          action = action.to_s
          session_options.each do |opts|
            next if opts[:if] && !opts[:if].call(request)
            if opts[:only] && opts[:only].include?(action)
              options.merge!(opts)
            elsif opts[:except] && !opts[:except].include?(action)
              options.merge!(opts)
            elsif !opts[:only] && !opts[:except]
              options.merge!(opts)
            end
          end
          
          if options.empty? then options
          else
            options.delete :only
            options.delete :except
            options.delete :if
            options[:disabled] ? false : options
          end
        end
      end
    end

    def process_with_session_management_support(request, response, method = :perform_action, *arguments) #:nodoc:
      set_session_options(request)
      process_without_session_management_support(request, response, method, *arguments)
    end

    private
      def set_session_options(request)
        request.session_options = self.class.session_options_for(request, request.parameters["action"] || "index")
      end
      
      def process_cleanup_with_session_management_support
        clear_persistent_model_associations
        process_cleanup_without_session_management_support
      end

      # Clear cached associations in session data so they don't overflow
      # the database field.  Only applies to ActiveRecordStore since there
      # is not a standard way to iterate over session data.
      def clear_persistent_model_associations #:doc:
        if defined?(@_session) && @_session.respond_to?(:data)
          session_data = @_session.data

          if session_data && session_data.respond_to?(:each_value)
            session_data.each_value do |obj|
              obj.clear_association_cache if obj.respond_to?(:clear_association_cache)
            end
          end
        end
      end
  end
end