Class: Rails::Application

Inherits:
Engine show all
Defined in:
railties/lib/rails/application.rb,
railties/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb,
railties/lib/rails/application/railties.rb,
railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb,
railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb,
railties/lib/rails/application/route_inspector.rb,
railties/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb

Overview

In Rails 3.0, a Rails::Application object was introduced which is nothing more than an Engine but with the responsibility of coordinating the whole boot process.

Initialization

Rails::Application is responsible for executing all railties, engines and plugin initializers. It also executes some bootstrap initializers (check Rails::Application::Bootstrap) and finishing initializers, after all the others are executed (check Rails::Application::Finisher).

Configuration

Besides providing the same configuration as Rails::Engine and Rails::Railtie, the application object has several specific configurations, for example “allow_concurrency”, “cache_classes”, “consider_all_requests_local”, “filter_parameters”, “logger”, “reload_plugins” and so forth.

Check Rails::Application::Configuration to see them all.

Routes

The application object is also responsible for holding the routes and reloading routes whenever the files change in development.

Middlewares

The Application is also responsible for building the middleware stack.

Booting process

The application is also responsible for setting up and executing the booting process. From the moment you require “config/application.rb” in your app, the booting process goes like this:

1)  require "config/boot.rb" to setup load paths
2)  require railties and engines
3)  Define Rails.application as "class MyApp::Application < Rails::Application"
4)  Run config.before_configuration callbacks
5)  Load config/environments/ENV.rb
6)  Run config.before_initialize callbacks
7)  Run Railtie#initializer defined by railties, engines and application.
    One by one, each engine sets up its load paths, routes and runs its config/initializers/* files.
9)  Custom Railtie#initializers added by railties, engines and applications are executed
10) Build the middleware stack and run to_prepare callbacks
11) Run config.before_eager_load and eager_load if cache classes is true
12) Run config.after_initialize callbacks

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Bootstrap, Finisher Classes: Configuration, Railties, RouteInspector, RoutesReloader

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Railtie

Railtie::ABSTRACT_RAILTIES

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Engine

#app, #eager_load!, endpoint, #endpoint, find, #helpers, isolate_namespace, #load_generators, #load_seed, #railties, #routes, #routes_url_helpers

Methods inherited from Railtie

abstract_railtie?, console, #eager_load!, generators, #load_generators, railtie_name, #railtie_namespace, rake_tasks, subclasses

Methods included from Initializable

included, #run_initializers

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Application

Returns a new instance of Application.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 77

def initialize
  super
  @initialized = false
  @reloaders   = []
end

Instance Attribute Details

#assets ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute assets



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 71

def assets
  @assets
end

#reloaders ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute reloaders



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 73

def reloaders
  @reloaders
end

#sandbox ⇒ Object Also known as: sandbox?

Returns the value of attribute sandbox



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 71

def sandbox
  @sandbox
end

Class Method Details

.inherited(base) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 62

def inherited(base)
  raise "You cannot have more than one Rails::Application" if Rails.application
  super
  Rails.application = base.instance
  Rails.application.add_lib_to_load_path!
  ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:before_configuration, base.instance)
end

Instance Method Details

#add_lib_to_load_path! ⇒ Object

This method is called just after an application inherits from Rails::Application, allowing the developer to load classes in lib and use them during application configuration.

class MyApplication < Rails::Application
  require "my_backend" # in lib/my_backend
  config.i18n.backend = MyBackend
end

Notice this method takes into consideration the default root path. So if you are changing config.root inside your application definition or having a custom Rails application, you will need to add lib to $LOAD_PATH on your own in case you need to load files in lib/ during the application configuration as well.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 96

def add_lib_to_load_path! #:nodoc:
  path = config.root.join('lib').to_s
  $LOAD_PATH.unshift(path) if File.exists?(path)
end

#call(env) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 221

def call(env)
  env["ORIGINAL_FULLPATH"] = build_original_fullpath(env)
  super(env)
end

#config ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 209

def config #:nodoc:
  @config ||= Application::Configuration.new(find_root_with_flag("config.ru", Dir.pwd))
end

#env_config ⇒ Object

Rails.application.env_config stores some of the Rails initial environment parameters. Currently stores:

* "action_dispatch.parameter_filter"         => config.filter_parameters,
* "action_dispatch.secret_token"             => config.secret_token,
* "action_dispatch.show_exceptions"          => config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions,
* "action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions" => config.consider_all_requests_local,
* "action_dispatch.logger"                   => Rails.logger,
* "action_dispatch.backtrace_cleaner"        => Rails.backtrace_cleaner

These parameters will be used by middlewares and engines to configure themselves.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 169

def env_config
  @env_config ||= super.merge({
    "action_dispatch.parameter_filter" => config.filter_parameters,
    "action_dispatch.secret_token" => config.secret_token,
    "action_dispatch.show_exceptions" => config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions,
    "action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions" => config.consider_all_requests_local,
    "action_dispatch.logger" => Rails.logger,
    "action_dispatch.backtrace_cleaner" => Rails.backtrace_cleaner
  })
end

#helpers_paths ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 217

def helpers_paths #:nodoc:
  config.helpers_paths
end

#initialize!(group = :default) ⇒ Object

Initialize the application passing the given group. By default, the group is :default but sprockets precompilation passes group equals to assets if initialize_on_precompile is false to avoid booting the whole app.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 134

def initialize!(group=:default) #:nodoc:
  raise "Application has been already initialized." if @initialized
  run_initializers(group, self)
  @initialized = true
  self
end

#initializers ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 203

def initializers #:nodoc:
  Bootstrap.initializers_for(self) +
  super +
  Finisher.initializers_for(self)
end

#load_console(app = self) ⇒ Object

Load the application console and invoke the registered hooks. Check Rails::Railtie.console for more info.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 151

def load_console(app=self)
  initialize_console
  super
  self
end

#load_tasks(app = self) ⇒ Object

Load the application and its railties tasks and invoke the registered hooks. Check Rails::Railtie.rake_tasks for more info.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 143

def load_tasks(app=self)
  initialize_tasks
  super
  self
end

#ordered_railties ⇒ Object

Returns the ordered railties for this application considering railties_order.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 181

def ordered_railties #:nodoc:
  @ordered_railties ||= begin
    order = config.railties_order.map do |railtie|
      if railtie == :main_app
        self
      elsif railtie.respond_to?(:instance)
        railtie.instance
      else
        railtie
      end
    end

    all = (railties.all - order)
    all.push(self)   unless (all + order).include?(self)
    order.push(:all) unless order.include?(:all)

    index = order.index(:all)
    order[index] = all
    order.reverse.flatten
  end
end

#reload_routes! ⇒ Object

Reload application routes regardless if they changed or not.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 107

def reload_routes!
  routes_reloader.reload!
end

#require_environment! ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 101

def require_environment! #:nodoc:
  environment = paths["config/environment"].existent.first
  require environment if environment
end

#routes_reloader ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 111

def routes_reloader #:nodoc:
  @routes_reloader ||= RoutesReloader.new
end

#to_app ⇒ Object 



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 213

def to_app
  self
end

#watchable_args ⇒ Object

Returns an array of file paths appended with a hash of directories-extensions suitable for ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker API.



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# File 'railties/lib/rails/application.rb', line 117

def watchable_args
  files = []
  files.concat config.watchable_files

  dirs = {}
  dirs.merge! config.watchable_dirs
  ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths.each do |path|
    dirs[path.to_s] = [:rb]
  end

  [files, dirs]
end