response_for_rc

if you're using resources_controller[http://github.com/ianwhite/resources_controller] and response_for[http://github.com/ianwhite/response_for], you probably want this!

== What is it?

It's an alternate set of RC actions, written in response_for style.

== How to use it?

For Rails 3.0 and newer just add it to your Gemfile:

gem 'response_for_rc_rails'

This will install resources_controller and response_for.

For older versions of rails you'll need to install the rails2 branch in vendor/plugins:

cd vendor/plugins git clone git://github.com/ianwhite/response_for_rc.git cd response_for_rc git checkout rails2 rmdir -f .git

== What else can I do with it?

If you're writing your own RC actions with responses, refactored in modules, you've probably noticed what an ass it is to add the responses (you need to stick it in self.included and add them on the including class, etc, etc).

Recent developments on response_for resources_controller, and now response_for_rc, mean you can now do stuff like this

module MyActions extend RcResponseFor::ResponsesModule # <= this baby gives your module the ability to understand response_for # <= and to add responses to any including controller def new # your new end

response_for :new do |format|
  # your new response
end

def show
  # your show
end
  
response_for :show do |format|
  # your show response
end
 
# and others

end

later

class FoosController < ApplicationController resources_controller_for :foos, :actions => MyActions

# you get all of the above actions and responses

end

also works with :only and :except

class BarsController < ApplicationController resources_controller_for :bars, :actions => MyActions, :only => [:new]

# only get new and new response

end

if you want to set your own actions globally (as the default, look in init.rb to see how)

== Requirements

You need resources_controller (gem rc_rails) and response_for (gem response_for_rails). These are installed for you if using bundler.