diff --git a/README b/README
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+This module provides a class-level method for specifying that certain
+actions are guarded against being called without certain prerequisites
+being met. This is essentially a special kind of before_filter.
+
+An action may be guarded against being invoked without certain request
+parameters being set, or without certain session values existing.
+
+When a verification is violated, values may be inserted into the flash, and
+a specified redirection is triggered. If no specific action is configured,
+verification failures will by default result in a 400 Bad Request response.
+
+Usage:
+
+  class GlobalController < ActionController::Base
+    # Prevent the #update_settings action from being invoked unless
+    # the 'admin_privileges' request parameter exists. The
+    # settings action will be redirected to in current controller
+    # if verification fails.
+    verify :params => "admin_privileges", :only => :update_post,
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "settings" }
+
+    # Disallow a post from being updated if there was no information
+    # submitted with the post, and if there is no active post in the
+    # session, and if there is no "note" key in the flash. The route
+    # named category_url will be redirected to if verification fails.
+
+    verify :params => "post", :session => "post", "flash" => "note",
+           :only => :update_post,
+           :add_flash => { "alert" => "Failed to create your message" },
+           :redirect_to => :category_url
+
+Note that these prerequisites are not business rules. They do not examine
+the content of the session or the parameters. That level of validation should
+be encapsulated by your domain model or helper methods in the controller.
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diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/testtask'
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+ 
+desc 'Default: run unit tests.'
+task :default => :test
+ 
+desc 'Test the verification plugin.'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib'
+  t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  t.verbose = true
+end
+ 
+desc 'Generate documentation for the verification plugin.'
+Rake::RDocTask.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title    = 'Verification'
+  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end
diff --git a/init.rb b/init.rb
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+++ b/init.rb
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+require 'action_controller/verification'
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diff --git a/lib/action_controller/verification.rb b/lib/action_controller/verification.rb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/lib/action_controller/verification.rb
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+module ActionController #:nodoc:
+  module Verification #:nodoc:
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    include AbstractController::Callbacks, Flash, Rendering
+
+    # This module provides a class-level method for specifying that certain
+    # actions are guarded against being called without certain prerequisites
+    # being met. This is essentially a special kind of before_filter.
+    #
+    # An action may be guarded against being invoked without certain request
+    # parameters being set, or without certain session values existing.
+    #
+    # When a verification is violated, values may be inserted into the flash, and
+    # a specified redirection is triggered. If no specific action is configured,
+    # verification failures will by default result in a 400 Bad Request response.
+    #
+    # Usage:
+    #
+    #   class GlobalController < ActionController::Base
+    #     # Prevent the #update_settings action from being invoked unless
+    #     # the 'admin_privileges' request parameter exists. The
+    #     # settings action will be redirected to in current controller
+    #     # if verification fails.
+    #     verify :params => "admin_privileges", :only => :update_post,
+    #            :redirect_to => { :action => "settings" }
+    #
+    #     # Disallow a post from being updated if there was no information
+    #     # submitted with the post, and if there is no active post in the
+    #     # session, and if there is no "note" key in the flash. The route
+    #     # named category_url will be redirected to if verification fails.
+    #
+    #     verify :params => "post", :session => "post", "flash" => "note",
+    #            :only => :update_post,
+    #            :add_flash => { "alert" => "Failed to create your message" },
+    #            :redirect_to => :category_url
+    #
+    # Note that these prerequisites are not business rules. They do not examine
+    # the content of the session or the parameters. That level of validation should
+    # be encapsulated by your domain model or helper methods in the controller.
+    module ClassMethods
+      # Verify the given actions so that if certain prerequisites are not met,
+      # the user is redirected to a different action. The +options+ parameter
+      # is a hash consisting of the following key/value pairs:
+      #
+      # <tt>:params</tt>::
+      #   a single key or an array of keys that must be in the <tt>params</tt>
+      #   hash in order for the action(s) to be safely called.
+      # <tt>:session</tt>::
+      #   a single key or an array of keys that must be in the <tt>session</tt>
+      #   in order for the action(s) to be safely called.
+      # <tt>:flash</tt>::
+      #   a single key or an array of keys that must be in the flash in order
+      #   for the action(s) to be safely called.
+      # <tt>:method</tt>::
+      #   a single key or an array of keys--any one of which must match the
+      #   current request method in order for the action(s) to be safely called.
+      #   (The key should be a symbol: <tt>:get</tt> or <tt>:post</tt>, for
+      #   example.)
+      # <tt>:xhr</tt>::
+      #   true/false option to ensure that the request is coming from an Ajax
+      #   call or not.
+      # <tt>:add_flash</tt>::
+      #   a hash of name/value pairs that should be merged into the session's
+      #   flash if the prerequisites cannot be satisfied.
+      # <tt>:add_headers</tt>::
+      #   a hash of name/value pairs that should be merged into the response's
+      #   headers hash if the prerequisites cannot be satisfied.
+      # <tt>:redirect_to</tt>::
+      #   the redirection parameters to be used when redirecting if the
+      #   prerequisites cannot be satisfied. You can redirect either to named
+      #   route or to the action in some controller.
+      # <tt>:render</tt>::
+      #   the render parameters to be used when the prerequisites cannot be satisfied.
+      # <tt>:only</tt>::
+      #   only apply this verification to the actions specified in the associated
+      #   array (may also be a single value).
+      # <tt>:except</tt>::
+      #   do not apply this verification to the actions specified in the associated
+      #   array (may also be a single value).
+      def verify(options={})
+        before_filter :only => options[:only], :except => options[:except] do
+          verify_action options
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    def verify_action(options) #:nodoc:
+      if prereqs_invalid?(options)
+        flash.update(options[:add_flash])              if options[:add_flash]
+        response.headers.merge!(options[:add_headers]) if options[:add_headers]
+        apply_remaining_actions(options)               unless performed?
+      end
+    end
+
+    def prereqs_invalid?(options) # :nodoc:
+      verify_presence_of_keys_in_hash_flash_or_params(options) ||
+      verify_method(options) ||
+      verify_request_xhr_status(options)
+    end
+
+    def verify_presence_of_keys_in_hash_flash_or_params(options) # :nodoc:
+      [*options[:params] ].find { |v| v && params[v.to_sym].nil?  } ||
+      [*options[:session]].find { |v| session[v].nil? } ||
+      [*options[:flash]  ].find { |v| flash[v].nil?   }
+    end
+
+    def verify_method(options) # :nodoc:
+      [*options[:method]].all? { |v| request.method != v.to_sym } if options[:method]
+    end
+
+    def verify_request_xhr_status(options) # :nodoc:
+      request.xhr? != options[:xhr] unless options[:xhr].nil?
+    end
+
+    def apply_redirect_to(redirect_to_option) # :nodoc:
+      (redirect_to_option.is_a?(Symbol) && redirect_to_option != :back) ? self.__send__(redirect_to_option) : redirect_to_option
+    end
+
+    def apply_remaining_actions(options) # :nodoc:
+      case
+        when options[:render]      ; render(options[:render])
+        when options[:redirect_to] ; redirect_to(apply_redirect_to(options[:redirect_to]))
+        else head(:bad_request)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActionController::Base.send :include, ActionController::Verification
diff --git a/test/verification_test.rb b/test/verification_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11d0d10
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+++ b/test/verification_test.rb
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+require 'abstract_unit'
+
+class VerificationTest < ActionController::TestCase
+  class TestController < ActionController::Base
+    verify :only => :guarded_one, :params => "one",
+           :add_flash => { :error => 'unguarded' },
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_two, :params => %w( one two ),
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_with_flash, :params => "one",
+           :add_flash => { :notice => "prereqs failed" },
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_in_session, :session => "one",
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => [:multi_one, :multi_two], :session => %w( one two ),
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_by_method, :method => :post,
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_by_xhr, :xhr => true,
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_by_not_xhr, :xhr => false,
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    before_filter :unconditional_redirect, :only => :two_redirects
+    verify :only => :two_redirects, :method => :post,
+           :redirect_to => { :action => "unguarded" }
+
+    verify :only => :must_be_post, :method => :post, :render => { :status => 405, :text => "Must be post" }, :add_headers => { "Allow" => "POST" }
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_one_for_named_route_test, :params => "one",
+           :redirect_to => :foo_url
+
+    verify :only => :no_default_action, :params => "santa"
+
+    verify :only => :guarded_with_back, :method => :post,
+           :redirect_to => :back
+
+    def guarded_one
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_one_for_named_route_test
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_with_flash
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_two
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}:#{params[:two]}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_in_session
+      render :text => "#{session["one"]}"
+    end
+
+    def multi_one
+      render :text => "#{session["one"]}:#{session["two"]}"
+    end
+
+    def multi_two
+      render :text => "#{session["two"]}:#{session["one"]}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_by_method
+      render :text => "#{request.method}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_by_xhr
+      render :text => "#{request.xhr?}"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_by_not_xhr
+      render :text => "#{request.xhr?}"
+    end
+
+    def unguarded
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
+    end
+
+    def two_redirects
+      render :nothing => true
+    end
+
+    def must_be_post
+      render :text => "Was a post!"
+    end
+
+    def guarded_with_back
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
+    end
+
+    def no_default_action
+      # Will never run
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+    def unconditional_redirect
+      redirect_to :action => "unguarded"
+    end
+  end
+
+  tests TestController
+
+  def test_using_symbol_back_with_no_referrer
+    assert_raise(ActionController::RedirectBackError) { get :guarded_with_back }
+  end
+
+  def test_using_symbol_back_redirects_to_referrer
+    @request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = "/foo"
+    get :guarded_with_back
+    assert_redirected_to '/foo'
+  end
+
+  def test_no_deprecation_warning_for_named_route
+    assert_not_deprecated do
+      with_routing do |set|
+        set.draw do |map|
+          match 'foo', :to => 'test#foo', :as => :foo
+          match 'verification_test/:action', :to => ::VerificationTest::TestController
+        end
+        get :guarded_one_for_named_route_test, :two => "not one"
+        assert_redirected_to '/foo'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_one_with_prereqs
+    get :guarded_one, :one => "here"
+    assert_equal "here", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_one_without_prereqs
+    get :guarded_one
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+    assert_equal 'unguarded', flash[:error]
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_with_flash_with_prereqs
+    get :guarded_with_flash, :one => "here"
+    assert_equal "here", @response.body
+    assert flash.empty?
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_with_flash_without_prereqs
+    get :guarded_with_flash
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+    assert_equal "prereqs failed", flash[:notice]
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_two_with_prereqs
+    get :guarded_two, :one => "here", :two => "there"
+    assert_equal "here:there", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_two_without_prereqs_one
+    get :guarded_two, :two => "there"
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_two_without_prereqs_two
+    get :guarded_two, :one => "here"
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_two_without_prereqs_both
+    get :guarded_two
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_unguarded_with_params
+    get :unguarded, :one => "here"
+    assert_equal "here", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_unguarded_without_params
+    get :unguarded
+    assert @response.body.blank?
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_in_session_with_prereqs
+    get :guarded_in_session, {}, "one" => "here"
+    assert_equal "here", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_in_session_without_prereqs
+    get :guarded_in_session
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_multi_one_with_prereqs
+    get :multi_one, {}, "one" => "here", "two" => "there"
+    assert_equal "here:there", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_multi_one_without_prereqs
+    get :multi_one
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_multi_two_with_prereqs
+    get :multi_two, {}, "one" => "here", "two" => "there"
+    assert_equal "there:here", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_multi_two_without_prereqs
+    get :multi_two
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_by_method_with_prereqs
+    post :guarded_by_method
+    assert_equal "post", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_by_method_without_prereqs
+    get :guarded_by_method
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_by_xhr_with_prereqs
+    xhr :post, :guarded_by_xhr
+    assert_equal "true", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_by_xhr_without_prereqs
+    get :guarded_by_xhr
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_by_not_xhr_with_prereqs
+    get :guarded_by_not_xhr
+    assert_equal "false", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_by_not_xhr_without_prereqs
+    xhr :post, :guarded_by_not_xhr
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "unguarded"
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_post_and_calls_render_succeeds
+    post :must_be_post
+    assert_equal "Was a post!", @response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_default_failure_should_be_a_bad_request
+    post :no_default_action
+    assert_response :bad_request
+  end
+
+  def test_guarded_post_and_calls_render_fails_and_sets_allow_header
+    get :must_be_post
+    assert_response 405
+    assert_equal "Must be post", @response.body
+    assert_equal "POST", @response.headers["Allow"]
+  end
+
+  def test_second_redirect
+    assert_nothing_raised { get :two_redirects }
+  end
+end