Added skip_before_filter/skip_after_filter for easier control of the filter...

Added skip_before_filter/skip_after_filter for easier control of the filter chain in inheritance hierachies [DHH] Added short-hand to assert_tag so assert_tag :tag => "span" can be written as assert_tag "span" [DHH]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@2873 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

 *SVN*
 
-* Added redirect_to :back as a short-hand for redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"])
+* Added short-hand to assert_tag so assert_tag :tag => "span" can be written as assert_tag "span" [DHH]
+
+* Added skip_before_filter/skip_after_filter for easier control of the filter chain in inheritance hierachies [DHH]. Example:
+
+    class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
+      before_filter :authenticate
+    end
+    
+    class WeblogController < ApplicationController
+      # will run the :authenticate filter
+    end
+    
+    class SignupController < ActionController::Base
+      # will not run the :authenticate filter
+      skip_before_filter :authenticate
+    end
+
+* Added redirect_to :back as a short-hand for redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"]) [DHH]
 
 * Change javascript_include_tag :defaults to not use script.aculo.us loader, which facilitates the use of plugins for future script.aculo.us and third party javascript extensions, and provide register_javascript_include_default for plugins to specify additional JavaScript files to load. Removed slider.js and builder.js from actionpack. [Thomas Fuchs]
 

actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb

@@ -221,6 +221,15 @@ def assert_routing(path, options, defaults={}, extras={}, message=nil)
       #   # assert that there is a "span" tag
       #   assert_tag :tag => "span"
       #
+      #   # assert that there is a "span" tag with id="x"
+      #   assert_tag :tag => "span", :attributes => { :id => "x" }
+      #
+      #   # assert that there is a "span" tag using the short-hand
+      #   assert_tag :span
+      #
+      #   # assert that there is a "span" tag with id="x" using the short-hand
+      #   assert_tag :span, :attributes => { :id => "x" }
+      #
       #   # assert that there is a "span" inside of a "div"
       #   assert_tag :tag => "span", :parent => { :tag => "div" }
       #
@@ -248,8 +257,9 @@ def assert_routing(path, options, defaults={}, extras={}, message=nil)
       #                           :attributes => { :class => "enum" } },
       #              :descendant => { :tag => "span",
       #                               :child => /hello world/ }
-      def assert_tag(opts)
+      def assert_tag(*opts)
         clean_backtrace do
+          opts = opts.size > 1 ? opts.last.merge({ :tag => opts.first.to_s }) : opts.first
           tag = find_tag(opts)
           assert tag, "expected tag, but no tag found matching #{opts.inspect} in:\n#{@response.body.inspect}"
         end
@@ -259,6 +269,7 @@ def assert_tag(opts)
       # exist. (See #assert_tag for a full discussion of the syntax.)
       def assert_no_tag(opts)
         clean_backtrace do
+          opts = opts.size > 1 ? opts.last.merge({ :tag => opts.first.to_s }) : opts.first
           tag = find_tag(opts)
           assert !tag, "expected no tag, but found tag matching #{opts.inspect} in:\n#{@response.body.inspect}"
         end

actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb

@@ -127,6 +127,25 @@ def self.append_features(base)
     #     end
     #   end
     #
+    # == Filter chain skipping
+    #
+    # Some times its convenient to specify a filter chain in a superclass that'll hold true for the majority of the 
+    # subclasses, but not necessarily all of them. The subclasses that behave in exception can then specify which filters
+    # they would like to be relieved of. Examples
+    #
+    #   class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
+    #     before_filter :authenticate
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   class WeblogController < ApplicationController
+    #     # will run the :authenticate filter
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   class SignupController < ActionController::Base
+    #     # will not run the :authenticate filter
+    #     skip_before_filter :authenticate
+    #   end
+    #
     # == Filter conditions
     #
     # Filters can be limited to run for only specific actions. This can be expressed either by listing the actions to
@@ -229,6 +248,24 @@ def prepend_around_filter(*filters)
       # Short-hand for append_around_filter since that's the most common of the two.
       alias :around_filter :append_around_filter
       
+      # Removes the specified filters from the +before+ filter chain. Note that this only works for skipping method-reference 
+      # filters, not procs. This is especially useful for managing the chain in inheritance hierarchies where only one out
+      # of many sub-controllers need a different hierarchy.
+      def skip_before_filter(*filters)
+        for filter in filters.flatten
+          write_inheritable_attribute("before_filters", read_inheritable_attribute("before_filters") - [ filter ])
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Removes the specified filters from the +after+ filter chain. Note that this only works for skipping method-reference 
+      # filters, not procs. This is especially useful for managing the chain in inheritance hierarchies where only one out
+      # of many sub-controllers need a different hierarchy.
+      def skip_after_filter(*filters)
+        for filter in filters.flatten
+          write_inheritable_attribute("after_filters", read_inheritable_attribute("after_filters") - [ filter ])
+        end
+      end
+      
       # Returns all the before filters for this class and all its ancestors.
       def before_filters #:nodoc:
         read_inheritable_attribute("before_filters")

actionpack/test/controller/filters_test.rb

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class AnomolousYetValidConditionController < ConditionalFilterController
 
   class PrependingController < TestController
     prepend_before_filter :wonderful_life
+    skip_before_filter :fire_flash
 
     private
       def wonderful_life
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ def test_base_class_in_isolation
   end
   
   def test_prepending_filter
-    assert_equal [ :wonderful_life, :fire_flash, :ensure_login ], PrependingController.before_filters
+    assert_equal [ :wonderful_life, :ensure_login ], PrependingController.before_filters
   end
   
   def test_running_filters