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+require 'action_controller/mime_type'
+require 'action_controller/request'
+require 'action_controller/response'
+require 'action_controller/routing'
+require 'action_controller/resources'
+require 'action_controller/url_rewriter'
+require 'action_controller/status_codes'
+require 'drb'
+require 'set'
+
+module ActionController #:nodoc:
+  class ActionControllerError < StandardError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class SessionRestoreError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class MissingTemplate < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class RoutingError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+    attr_reader :failures
+    def initialize(message, failures=[])
+      super(message)
+      @failures = failures
+    end
+  end
+  class UnknownController < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class UnknownAction < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class MissingFile < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class RenderError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  class SessionOverflowError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+    DEFAULT_MESSAGE = 'Your session data is larger than the data column in which it is to be stored. You must increase the size of your data column if you intend to store large data.'
+
+    def initialize(message = nil)
+      super(message || DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
+    end
+  end
+  class DoubleRenderError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+    DEFAULT_MESSAGE = "Render and/or redirect were called multiple times in this action. Please note that you may only call render OR redirect, and only once per action. Also note that neither redirect nor render terminate execution of the action, so if you want to exit an action after redirecting, you need to do something like \"redirect_to(...) and return\". Finally, note that to cause a before filter to halt execution of the rest of the filter chain, the filter must return false, explicitly, so \"render(...) and return false\"."
+
+    def initialize(message = nil)
+      super(message || DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
+    end
+  end
+  class RedirectBackError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
+    DEFAULT_MESSAGE = 'No HTTP_REFERER was set in the request to this action, so redirect_to :back could not be called successfully. If this is a test, make sure to specify request.env["HTTP_REFERER"].'
+
+    def initialize(message = nil)
+      super(message || DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Action Controllers are the core of a web request in Rails. They are made up of one or more actions that are executed
+  # on request and then either render a template or redirect to another action. An action is defined as a public method
+  # on the controller, which will automatically be made accessible to the web-server through Rails Routes.
+  #
+  # A sample controller could look like this:
+  #
+  #   class GuestBookController < ActionController::Base
+  #     def index
+  #       @entries = Entry.find(:all)
+  #     end
+  #
+  #     def sign
+  #       Entry.create(params[:entry])
+  #       redirect_to :action => "index"
+  #     end
+  #   end
+  #
+  # Actions, by default, render a template in the <tt>app/views</tt> directory corresponding to the name of the controller and action
+  # after executing code in the action. For example, the +index+ action of the +GuestBookController+  would render the
+  # template <tt>app/views/guestbook/index.rhtml</tt> by default after populating the <tt>@entries</tt> instance variable.
+  #
+  # Unlike index, the sign action will not render a template. After performing its main purpose (creating a
+  # new entry in the guest book), it initiates a redirect instead. This redirect works by returning an external
+  # "302 Moved" HTTP response that takes the user to the index action.
+  #
+  # The index and sign represent the two basic action archetypes used in Action Controllers. Get-and-show and do-and-redirect.
+  # Most actions are variations of these themes.
+  #
+  # == Requests
+  #
+  # Requests are processed by the Action Controller framework by extracting the value of the "action" key in the request parameters.
+  # This value should hold the name of the action to be performed. Once the action has been identified, the remaining
+  # request parameters, the session (if one is available), and the full request with all the http headers are made available to
+  # the action through instance variables. Then the action is performed.
+  #
+  # The full request object is available with the request accessor and is primarily used to query for http headers. These queries
+  # are made by accessing the environment hash, like this:
+  #
+  #   def server_ip
+  #     location = request.env["SERVER_ADDR"]
+  #     render :text => "This server hosted at #{location}"
+  #   end
+  #
+  # == Parameters
+  #
+  # All request parameters, whether they come from a GET or POST request, or from the URL, are available through the params method
+  # which returns a hash. For example, an action that was performed through <tt>/weblog/list?category=All&limit=5</tt> will include
+  # <tt>{ "category" => "All", "limit" => 5 }</tt> in params.
+  #
+  # It's also possible to construct multi-dimensional parameter hashes by specifying keys using brackets, such as:
+  #
+  #   <input type="text" name="post[name]" value="david">
+  #   <input type="text" name="post[address]" value="hyacintvej">
+  #
+  # A request stemming from a form holding these inputs will include <tt>{ "post" => { "name" => "david", "address" => "hyacintvej" } }</tt>.
+  # If the address input had been named "post[address][street]", the params would have included
+  # <tt>{ "post" => { "address" => { "street" => "hyacintvej" } } }</tt>. There's no limit to the depth of the nesting.
+  #
+  # == Sessions
+  #
+  # Sessions allows you to store objects in between requests. This is useful for objects that are not yet ready to be persisted,
+  # such as a Signup object constructed in a multi-paged process, or objects that don't change much and are needed all the time, such
+  # as a User object for a system that requires login. The session should not be used, however, as a cache for objects where it's likely
+  # they could be changed unknowingly. It's usually too much work to keep it all synchronized -- something databases already excel at.
+  #
+  # You can place objects in the session by using the <tt>session</tt> method, which accesses a hash:
+  #
+  #   session[:person] = Person.authenticate(user_name, password)
+  #
+  # And retrieved again through the same hash:
+  #
+  #   Hello #{session[:person]}
+  #
+  # For removing objects from the session, you can either assign a single key to nil, like <tt>session[:person] = nil</tt>, or you can
+  # remove the entire session with reset_session.
+  #
+  # By default, sessions are stored on the file system in <tt>RAILS_ROOT/tmp/sessions</tt>. Any object can be placed in the session
+  # (as long as it can be Marshalled). But remember that 1000 active sessions each storing a 50kb object could lead to a 50MB store on the filesystem.
+  # In other words, think carefully about size and caching before resorting to the use of the session on the filesystem.
+  #
+  # An alternative to storing sessions on disk is to use ActiveRecordStore to store sessions in your database, which can solve problems
+  # caused by storing sessions in the file system and may speed up your application. To use ActiveRecordStore, uncomment the line:
+  #
+  #   config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store
+  #
+  # in your <tt>environment.rb</tt> and run <tt>rake db:sessions:create</tt>.
+  #
+  # == Responses
+  #
+  # Each action results in a response, which holds the headers and document to be sent to the user's browser. The actual response
+  # object is generated automatically through the use of renders and redirects and requires no user intervention.
+  #
+  # == Renders
+  #
+  # Action Controller sends content to the user by using one of five rendering methods. The most versatile and common is the rendering
+  # of a template. Included in the Action Pack is the Action View, which enables rendering of ERb templates. It's automatically configured.
+  # The controller passes objects to the view by assigning instance variables:
+  #
+  #   def show
+  #     @post = Post.find(params[:id])
+  #   end
+  #
+  # Which are then automatically available to the view:
+  #
+  #   Title: <%= @post.title %>
+  #
+  # You don't have to rely on the automated rendering. Especially actions that could result in the rendering of different templates will use
+  # the manual rendering methods:
+  #
+  #   def search
+  #     @results = Search.find(params[:query])
+  #     case @results
+  #       when 0 then render :action => "no_results"
+  #       when 1 then render :action => "show"
+  #       when 2..10 then render :action => "show_many"
+  #     end
+  #   end
+  #
+  # Read more about writing ERb and Builder templates in link:classes/ActionView/Base.html.
+  #
+  # == Redirects
+  #
+  # Redirects are used to move from one action to another. For example, after a <tt>create</tt> action, which stores a blog entry to a database,
+  # we might like to show the user the new entry. Because we're following good DRY principles (Don't Repeat Yourself), we're going to reuse (and redirect to)
+  # a <tt>show</tt> action that we'll assume has already been created. The code might look like this:
+  #
+  #   def create
+  #     @entry = Entry.new(params[:entry])
+  #     if @entry.save
+  #       # The entry was saved correctly, redirect to show
+  #       redirect_to :action => 'show', :id => @entry.id
+  #     else
+  #       # things didn't go so well, do something else
+  #     end
+  #   end
+  #
+  # In this case, after saving our new entry to the database, the user is redirected to the <tt>show</tt> method which is then executed.
+  #
+  # == Calling multiple redirects or renders
+  #
+  # An action should conclude with a single render or redirect. Attempting to try to do either again will result in a DoubleRenderError:
+  #
+  #   def do_something
+  #     redirect_to :action => "elsewhere"
+  #     render :action => "overthere" # raises DoubleRenderError
+  #   end
+  #
+  # If you need to redirect on the condition of something, then be sure to add "and return" to halt execution.
+  #
+  #   def do_something
+  #     redirect_to(:action => "elsewhere") and return if monkeys.nil?
+  #     render :action => "overthere" # won't be called unless monkeys is nil
+  #   end
+  #
+  class Base
+    DEFAULT_RENDER_STATUS_CODE = "200 OK"
+
+    include Reloadable::Deprecated
+    include StatusCodes
+
+    # Determines whether the view has access to controller internals @request, @response, @session, and @template.
+    # By default, it does.
+    @@view_controller_internals = true
+    cattr_accessor :view_controller_internals
+
+    # Protected instance variable cache
+    @@protected_variables_cache = nil
+    cattr_accessor :protected_variables_cache
+
+    # Prepends all the URL-generating helpers from AssetHelper. This makes it possible to easily move javascripts, stylesheets,
+    # and images to a dedicated asset server away from the main web server. Example:
+    #   ActionController::Base.asset_host = "http://assets.example.com"
+    @@asset_host = ""
+    cattr_accessor :asset_host
+
+    # All requests are considered local by default, so everyone will be exposed to detailed debugging screens on errors.
+    # When the application is ready to go public, this should be set to false, and the protected method <tt>local_request?</tt>
+    # should instead be implemented in the controller to determine when debugging screens should be shown.
+    @@consider_all_requests_local = true
+    cattr_accessor :consider_all_requests_local
+
+    # Enable or disable the collection of failure information for RoutingErrors.
+    # This information can be extremely useful when tweaking custom routes, but is
+    # pointless once routes have been tested and verified.
+    @@debug_routes = true
+    cattr_accessor :debug_routes
+
+    # Controls whether the application is thread-safe, so multi-threaded servers like WEBrick know whether to apply a mutex
+    # around the performance of each action. Action Pack and Active Record are by default thread-safe, but many applications
+    # may not be. Turned off by default.
+    @@allow_concurrency = false
+    cattr_accessor :allow_concurrency
+
+    # Modern REST web services often need to submit complex data to the web application.
+    # The param_parsers hash lets you register handlers which will process the http body and add parameters to the
+    # <tt>params</tt> hash. These handlers are invoked for post and put requests.
+    #
+    # By default application/xml is enabled. A XmlSimple class with the same param name as the root will be instanciated
+    # in the <tt>params</tt>. This allows XML requests to mask themselves as regular form submissions, so you can have one
+    # action serve both regular forms and web service requests.
+    #
+    # Example of doing your own parser for a custom content type:
+    #
+    #   ActionController::Base.param_parsers[Mime::Type.lookup('application/atom+xml')] = Proc.new do |data|
+    #      node = REXML::Document.new(post)
+    #     { node.root.name => node.root }
+    #   end
+    #
+    # Note: Up until release 1.1 of Rails, Action Controller would default to using XmlSimple configured to discard the
+    # root node for such requests. The new default is to keep the root, such that "<r><name>David</name></r>" results
+    # in params[:r][:name] for "David" instead of params[:name]. To get the old behavior, you can
+    # re-register XmlSimple as application/xml handler ike this:
+    #
+    #   ActionController::Base.param_parsers[Mime::XML] =
+    #     Proc.new { |data| XmlSimple.xml_in(data, 'ForceArray' => false) }
+    #
+    # A YAML parser is also available and can be turned on with:
+    #
+    #   ActionController::Base.param_parsers[Mime::YAML] = :yaml
+    @@param_parsers = { Mime::XML => :xml_simple }
+    cattr_accessor :param_parsers
+
+    # Controls the default charset for all renders.
+    @@default_charset = "utf-8"
+    cattr_accessor :default_charset
+
+    # Template root determines the base from which template references will be made. So a call to render("test/template")
+    # will be converted to "#{template_root}/test/template.rhtml".
+    class_inheritable_accessor :template_root
+
+    # The logger is used for generating information on the action run-time (including benchmarking) if available.
+    # Can be set to nil for no logging. Compatible with both Ruby's own Logger and Log4r loggers.
+    cattr_accessor :logger
+
+    # Determines which template class should be used by ActionController.
+    cattr_accessor :template_class
+
+    # Turn on +ignore_missing_templates+ if you want to unit test actions without making the associated templates.
+    cattr_accessor :ignore_missing_templates
+
+    # Holds the request object that's primarily used to get environment variables through access like
+    # <tt>request.env["REQUEST_URI"]</tt>.
+    attr_internal :request
+
+    # Holds a hash of all the GET, POST, and Url parameters passed to the action. Accessed like <tt>params["post_id"]</tt>
+    # to get the post_id. No type casts are made, so all values are returned as strings.
+    attr_internal :params
+
+    # Holds the response object that's primarily used to set additional HTTP headers through access like
+    # <tt>response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache"</tt>. Can also be used to access the final body HTML after a template
+    # has been rendered through response.body -- useful for <tt>after_filter</tt>s that wants to manipulate the output,
+    # such as a OutputCompressionFilter.
+    attr_internal :response
+
+    # Holds a hash of objects in the session. Accessed like <tt>session[:person]</tt> to get the object tied to the "person"
+    # key. The session will hold any type of object as values, but the key should be a string or symbol.
+    attr_internal :session
+
+    # Holds a hash of header names and values. Accessed like <tt>headers["Cache-Control"]</tt> to get the value of the Cache-Control
+    # directive. Values should always be specified as strings.
+    attr_internal :headers
+
+    # Holds the hash of variables that are passed on to the template class to be made available to the view. This hash
+    # is generated by taking a snapshot of all the instance variables in the current scope just before a template is rendered.
+    attr_accessor :assigns
+
+    # Returns the name of the action this controller is processing.
+    attr_accessor :action_name
+
+    # Templates that are exempt from layouts
+    @@exempt_from_layout = Set.new([/\.rjs$/])
+
+    class << self
+      # Factory for the standard create, process loop where the controller is discarded after processing.
+      def process(request, response) #:nodoc:
+        new.process(request, response)
+      end
+
+      # Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "NeatController".
+      def controller_class_name
+        @controller_class_name ||= name.demodulize
+      end
+
+      # Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "neat".
+      def controller_name
+        @controller_name ||= controller_class_name.sub(/Controller$/, '').underscore
+      end
+
+      # Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "one_module/two_module/neat".
+      def controller_path
+        @controller_path ||= name.gsub(/Controller$/, '').underscore
+      end
+
+      # Return an array containing the names of public methods that have been marked hidden from the action processor.
+      # By default, all methods defined in ActionController::Base and included modules are hidden.
+      # More methods can be hidden using <tt>hide_actions</tt>.
+      def hidden_actions
+        write_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions, ActionController::Base.public_instance_methods) unless read_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions)
+        read_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions)
+      end
+
+      # Hide each of the given methods from being callable as actions.
+      def hide_action(*names)
+        write_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions, hidden_actions | names.collect { |n| n.to_s })
+      end
+
+      # Replace sensitive paramater data from the request log.
+      # Filters paramaters that have any of the arguments as a substring.
+      # Looks in all subhashes of the param hash for keys to filter.
+      # If a block is given, each key and value of the paramater hash and all
+      # subhashes is passed to it, the value or key
+      # can be replaced using String#replace or similar method.
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   filter_parameter_logging
+      #   => Does nothing, just slows the logging process down
+      #
+      #   filter_parameter_logging :password
+      #   => replaces the value to all keys matching /password/i with "[FILTERED]"
+      #
+      #   filter_parameter_logging :foo, "bar"
+      #   => replaces the value to all keys matching /foo|bar/i with "[FILTERED]"
+      #
+      #   filter_parameter_logging { |k,v| v.reverse! if k =~ /secret/i }
+      #   => reverses the value to all keys matching /secret/i
+      #
+      #   filter_parameter_logging(:foo, "bar") { |k,v| v.reverse! if k =~ /secret/i }
+      #   => reverses the value to all keys matching /secret/i, and
+      #      replaces the value to all keys matching /foo|bar/i with "[FILTERED]"
+      def filter_parameter_logging(*filter_words, &block)
+        parameter_filter = Regexp.new(filter_words.collect{ |s| s.to_s }.join('|'), true) if filter_words.length > 0
+
+        define_method(:filter_parameters) do |unfiltered_parameters|
+          filtered_parameters = {}
+
+          unfiltered_parameters.each do |key, value|
+            if key =~ parameter_filter
+              filtered_parameters[key] = '[FILTERED]'
+            elsif value.is_a?(Hash)
+              filtered_parameters[key] = filter_parameters(value)
+            elsif block_given?
+              key, value = key.dup, value.dup
+              yield key, value
+              filtered_parameters[key] = value
+            else
+              filtered_parameters[key] = value
+            end
+          end
+
+          filtered_parameters
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Don't render layouts for templates with the given extensions.
+      def exempt_from_layout(*extensions)
+        @@exempt_from_layout.merge extensions.collect { |extension|
+          if extension.is_a?(Regexp)
+            extension
+          else
+            /\.#{Regexp.escape(extension.to_s)}$/
+          end
+        }
+      end
+    end
+
+    public
+      # Extracts the action_name from the request parameters and performs that action.
+      def process(request, response, method = :perform_action, *arguments) #:nodoc:
+        initialize_template_class(response)
+        assign_shortcuts(request, response)
+        initialize_current_url
+        assign_names
+        forget_variables_added_to_assigns
+
+        log_processing
+        send(method, *arguments)
+
+        assign_default_content_type_and_charset
+        response
+      ensure
+        process_cleanup
+      end
+
+      # Returns a URL that has been rewritten according to the options hash and the defined Routes.
+      # (For doing a complete redirect, use redirect_to).
+      #  
+      # <tt>url_for</tt> is used to:
+      #  
+      # All keys given to url_for are forwarded to the Route module, save for the following:
+      # * <tt>:anchor</tt> -- specifies the anchor name to be appended to the path. For example,
+      #   <tt>url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :id => 10, :anchor => 'comments'</tt>
+      #   will produce "/posts/show/10#comments".
+      # * <tt>:only_path</tt> --  if true, returns the relative URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) (<tt>false</tt> by default)
+      # * <tt>:trailing_slash</tt> --  if true, adds a trailing slash, as in "/archive/2005/". Note that this
+      #   is currently not recommended since it breaks caching.
+      # * <tt>:host</tt> -- overrides the default (current) host if provided
+      # * <tt>:protocol</tt> -- overrides the default (current) protocol if provided
+      #
+      # The URL is generated from the remaining keys in the hash. A URL contains two key parts: the <base> and a query string.
+      # Routes composes a query string as the key/value pairs not included in the <base>.
+      #
+      # The default Routes setup supports a typical Rails path of "controller/action/id" where action and id are optional, with
+      # action defaulting to 'index' when not given. Here are some typical url_for statements and their corresponding URLs:
+      #  
+      #   url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => 'recent' # => 'proto://host.com/posts/recent'
+      #   url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => 'index' # => 'proto://host.com/posts'
+      #   url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :id => 10 # => 'proto://host.com/posts/show/10'
+      #
+      # When generating a new URL, missing values may be filled in from the current request's parameters. For example,
+      # <tt>url_for :action => 'some_action'</tt> will retain the current controller, as expected. This behavior extends to
+      # other parameters, including <tt>:controller</tt>, <tt>:id</tt>, and any other parameters that are placed into a Route's
+      # path.
+      #  
+      # The URL helpers such as <tt>url_for</tt> have a limited form of memory: when generating a new URL, they can look for
+      # missing values in the current request's parameters. Routes attempts to guess when a value should and should not be
+      # taken from the defaults. There are a few simple rules on how this is performed:
+      #
+      # * If the controller name begins with a slash, no defaults are used: <tt>url_for :controller => '/home'</tt>
+      # * If the controller changes, the action will default to index unless provided
+      #
+      # The final rule is applied while the URL is being generated and is best illustrated by an example. Let us consider the
+      # route given by <tt>map.connect 'people/:last/:first/:action', :action => 'bio', :controller => 'people'</tt>.
+      #
+      # Suppose that the current URL is "people/hh/david/contacts". Let's consider a few different cases of URLs which are generated
+      # from this page.
+      #
+      # * <tt>url_for :action => 'bio'</tt> -- During the generation of this URL, default values will be used for the first and
+      # last components, and the action shall change. The generated URL will be, "people/hh/david/bio".
+      # * <tt>url_for :first => 'davids-little-brother'</tt> This generates the URL 'people/hh/davids-little-brother' -- note
+      #   that this URL leaves out the assumed action of 'bio'.
+      #
+      # However, you might ask why the action from the current request, 'contacts', isn't carried over into the new URL. The
+      # answer has to do with the order in which the parameters appear in the generated path. In a nutshell, since the
+      # value that appears in the slot for <tt>:first</tt> is not equal to default value for <tt>:first</tt> we stop using
+      # defaults. On it's own, this rule can account for much of the typical Rails URL behavior.
+      #  
+      # Although a convienence, defaults can occasionaly get in your way. In some cases a default persists longer than desired.
+      # The default may be cleared by adding <tt>:name => nil</tt> to <tt>url_for</tt>'s options.
+      # This is often required when writing form helpers, since the defaults in play may vary greatly depending upon where the
+      # helper is used from. The following line will redirect to PostController's default action, regardless of the page it is
+      # displayed on:
+      #
+      #   url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => nil
+      #
+      # If you explicitly want to create a URL that's almost the same as the current URL, you can do so using the
+      # :overwrite_params options. Say for your posts you have different views for showing and printing them.
+      # Then, in the show view, you get the URL for the print view like this
+      #
+      #   url_for :overwrite_params => { :action => 'print' }
+      #
+      # This takes the current URL as is and only exchanges the action. In contrast, <tt>url_for :action => 'print'</tt>
+      # would have slashed-off the path components after the changed action.
+      def url_for(options = {}, *parameters_for_method_reference) #:doc:
+        case options
+          when String
+            options
+
+          when Symbol
+            ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
+              "You called url_for(:#{options}), which is a deprecated API call. Instead you should use the named " +
+              "route directly, like #{options}(). Using symbols and parameters with url_for will be removed from Rails 2.0.",
+              caller
+            )
+
+            send(options, *parameters_for_method_reference)
+
+          when Hash
+            @url.rewrite(rewrite_options(options))
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "NeatController".
+      def controller_class_name
+        self.class.controller_class_name
+      end
+
+      # Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "neat".
+      def controller_name
+        self.class.controller_name
+      end
+
+      # Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "one_module/two_module/neat".
+      def controller_path
+        self.class.controller_path
+      end
+
+      def session_enabled?
+        request.session_options && request.session_options[:disabled] != false
+      end
+
+    protected
+      # Renders the content that will be returned to the browser as the response body.
+      #
+      # === Rendering an action
+      #
+      # Action rendering is the most common form and the type used automatically by Action Controller when nothing else is
+      # specified. By default, actions are rendered within the current layout (if one exists).
+      #
+      #   # Renders the template for the action "goal" within the current controller
+      #   render :action => "goal"
+      #
+      #   # Renders the template for the action "short_goal" within the current controller,
+      #   # but without the current active layout
+      #   render :action => "short_goal", :layout => false
+      #
+      #   # Renders the template for the action "long_goal" within the current controller,
+      #   # but with a custom layout
+      #   render :action => "long_goal", :layout => "spectacular"
+      #
+      # _Deprecation_ _notice_: This used to have the signatures <tt>render_action("action", status = 200)</tt>,
+      # <tt>render_without_layout("controller/action", status = 200)</tt>, and
+      # <tt>render_with_layout("controller/action", status = 200, layout)</tt>.
+      #
+      # === Rendering partials
+      #
+      # Partial rendering in a controller is most commonly used together with Ajax calls that only update one or a few elements on a page
+      # without reloading. Rendering of partials from the controller makes it possible to use the same partial template in
+      # both the full-page rendering (by calling it from within the template) and when sub-page updates happen (from the
+      # controller action responding to Ajax calls). By default, the current layout is not used.
+      #
+      #   # Renders the same partial with a local variable.
+      #   render :partial => "person", :locals => { :name => "david" }
+      #
+      #   # Renders a collection of the same partial by making each element
+      #   # of @winners available through the local variable "person" as it
+      #   # builds the complete response.
+      #   render :partial => "person", :collection => @winners
+      #
+      #   # Renders the same collection of partials, but also renders the
+      #   # person_divider partial between each person partial.
+      #   render :partial => "person", :collection => @winners, :spacer_template => "person_divider"
+      #
+      #   # Renders a collection of partials located in a view subfolder
+      #   # outside of our current controller.  In this example we will be
+      #   # rendering app/views/shared/_note.r(html|xml)  Inside the partial
+      #   # each element of @new_notes is available as the local var "note".
+      #   render :partial => "shared/note", :collection => @new_notes
+      #
+      #   # Renders the partial with a status code of 500 (internal error).
+      #   render :partial => "broken", :status => 500
+      #
+      # Note that the partial filename must also be a valid Ruby variable name,
+      # so e.g. 2005 and register-user are invalid.
+      #
+      # _Deprecation_ _notice_: This used to have the signatures
+      # <tt>render_partial(partial_path = default_template_name, object = nil, local_assigns = {})</tt> and
+      # <tt>render_partial_collection(partial_name, collection, partial_spacer_template = nil, local_assigns = {})</tt>.
+      #
+      # === Rendering a template
+      #
+      # Template rendering works just like action rendering except that it takes a path relative to the template root.
+      # The current layout is automatically applied.
+      #
+      #   # Renders the template located in [TEMPLATE_ROOT]/weblog/show.r(html|xml) (in Rails, app/views/weblog/show.rhtml)
+      #   render :template => "weblog/show"
+      #
+      # === Rendering a file
+      #
+      # File rendering works just like action rendering except that it takes a filesystem path. By default, the path
+      # is assumed to be absolute, and the current layout is not applied.
+      #
+      #   # Renders the template located at the absolute filesystem path
+      #   render :file => "/path/to/some/template.rhtml"
+      #   render :file => "c:/path/to/some/template.rhtml"
+      #
+      #   # Renders a template within the current layout, and with a 404 status code
+      #   render :file => "/path/to/some/template.rhtml", :layout => true, :status => 404
+      #   render :file => "c:/path/to/some/template.rhtml", :layout => true, :status => 404
+      #
+      #   # Renders a template relative to the template root and chooses the proper file extension
+      #   render :file => "some/template", :use_full_path => true
+      #
+      # _Deprecation_ _notice_: This used to have the signature <tt>render_file(path, status = 200)</tt>
+      #
+      # === Rendering text
+      #
+      # Rendering of text is usually used for tests or for rendering prepared content, such as a cache. By default, text
+      # rendering is not done within the active layout.
+      #
+      #   # Renders the clear text "hello world" with status code 200
+      #   render :text => "hello world!"
+      #
+      #   # Renders the clear text "Explosion!"  with status code 500
+      #   render :text => "Explosion!", :status => 500
+      #
+      #   # Renders the clear text "Hi there!" within the current active layout (if one exists)
+      #   render :text => "Explosion!", :layout => true
+      #
+      #   # Renders the clear text "Hi there!" within the layout
+      #   # placed in "app/views/layouts/special.r(html|xml)"
+      #   render :text => "Explosion!", :layout => "special"
+      #
+      # The :text option can also accept a Proc object, which can be used to manually control the page generation. This should
+      # generally be avoided, as it violates the separation between code and content, and because almost everything that can be
+      # done with this method can also be done more cleanly using one of the other rendering methods, most notably templates.
+      #
+      #   # Renders "Hello from code!"
+      #   render :text => proc { |response, output| output.write("Hello from code!") }
+      #
+      # _Deprecation_ _notice_: This used to have the signature <tt>render_text("text", status = 200)</tt>
+      #
+      # === Rendering JSON
+      #
+      # Rendering JSON sets the content type to text/x-json and optionally wraps the JSON in a callback. It is expected
+      # that the response will be eval'd for use as a data structure.
+      #
+      #   # Renders '{name: "David"}'
+      #   render :json => {:name => "David"}.to_json
+      #
+      # Sometimes the result isn't handled directly by a script (such as when the request comes from a SCRIPT tag),
+      # so the callback option is provided for these cases.
+      #
+      #   # Renders 'show({name: "David"})'
+      #   render :json => {:name => "David"}.to_json, :callback => 'show'
+      #
+      # === Rendering an inline template
+      #
+      # Rendering of an inline template works as a cross between text and action rendering where the source for the template
+      # is supplied inline, like text, but its interpreted with ERb or Builder, like action. By default, ERb is used for rendering
+      # and the current layout is not used.
+      #
+      #   # Renders "hello, hello, hello, again"
+      #   render :inline => "<%= 'hello, ' * 3 + 'again' %>"
+      #
+      #   # Renders "<p>Good seeing you!</p>" using Builder
+      #   render :inline => "xml.p { 'Good seeing you!' }", :type => :rxml
+      #
+      #   # Renders "hello david"
+      #   render :inline => "<%= 'hello ' + name %>", :locals => { :name => "david" }
+      #
+      # _Deprecation_ _notice_: This used to have the signature <tt>render_template(template, status = 200, type = :rhtml)</tt>
+      #
+      # === Rendering inline JavaScriptGenerator page updates
+      #
+      # In addition to rendering JavaScriptGenerator page updates with Ajax in RJS templates (see ActionView::Base for details),
+      # you can also pass the <tt>:update</tt> parameter to +render+, along with a block, to render page updates inline.
+      #
+      #   render :update do |page|
+      #     page.replace_html  'user_list', :partial => 'user', :collection => @users
+      #     page.visual_effect :highlight, 'user_list'
+      #   end
+      #
+      # === Rendering nothing
+      #
+      # Rendering nothing is often convenient in combination with Ajax calls that perform their effect client-side or
+      # when you just want to communicate a status code. Due to a bug in Safari, nothing actually means a single space.
+      #
+      #   # Renders an empty response with status code 200
+      #   render :nothing => true
+      #
+      #   # Renders an empty response with status code 401 (access denied)
+      #   render :nothing => true, :status => 401
+      def render(options = nil, deprecated_status = nil, &block) #:doc:
+        raise DoubleRenderError, "Can only render or redirect once per action" if performed?
+
+        if options.nil?
+          return render_file(default_template_name, deprecated_status, true)
+        else
+          # Backwards compatibility
+          unless options.is_a?(Hash)
+            if options == :update
+              options = { :update => true }
+            else
+              ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
+                "You called render('#{options}'), which is a deprecated API call. Instead you use " +
+                "render :file => #{options}. Calling render with just a string will be removed from Rails 2.0.",
+                caller
+              )
+
+              return render_file(options, deprecated_status, true)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        if content_type = options[:content_type]
+          response.content_type = content_type.to_s
+        end
+
+        if text = options[:text]
+          render_text(text, options[:status])
+
+        else
+          if file = options[:file]
+            render_file(file, options[:status], options[:use_full_path], options[:locals] || {})
+
+          elsif template = options[:template]
+            render_file(template, options[:status], true)
+
+          elsif inline = options[:inline]
+            render_template(inline, options[:status], options[:type], options[:locals] || {})
+
+          elsif action_name = options[:action]
+            ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+              render_action(action_name, options[:status], options[:layout])
+            end
+
+          elsif xml = options[:xml]
+            render_xml(xml, options[:status])
+
+          elsif json = options[:json]
+            render_json(json, options[:callback], options[:status])
+
+          elsif partial = options[:partial]
+            partial = default_template_name if partial == true
+            if collection = options[:collection]
+              render_partial_collection(partial, collection, options[:spacer_template], options[:locals], options[:status])
+            else
+              render_partial(partial, ActionView::Base::ObjectWrapper.new(options[:object]), options[:locals], options[:status])
+            end
+
+          elsif options[:update]
+            add_variables_to_assigns
+            @template.send :evaluate_assigns
+
+            generator = ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper::JavaScriptGenerator.new(@template, &block)
+            render_javascript(generator.to_s)
+
+          elsif options[:nothing]
+            # Safari doesn't pass the headers of the return if the response is zero length
+            render_text(" ", options[:status])
+
+          else
+            render_file(default_template_name, options[:status], true)
+
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Renders according to the same rules as <tt>render</tt>, but returns the result in a string instead
+      # of sending it as the response body to the browser.
+      def render_to_string(options = nil, &block) #:doc:
+        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence { render(options, &block) }
+      ensure
+        erase_render_results
+        forget_variables_added_to_assigns
+        reset_variables_added_to_assigns
+      end
+
+      def render_action(action_name, status = nil, with_layout = true) #:nodoc:
+        template = default_template_name(action_name.to_s)
+        if with_layout && !template_exempt_from_layout?(template)
+          render_with_layout(:file => template, :status => status, :use_full_path => true, :layout => true)
+        else
+          render_without_layout(:file => template, :status => status, :use_full_path => true)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def render_file(template_path, status = nil, use_full_path = false, locals = {}) #:nodoc:
+        add_variables_to_assigns
+        assert_existence_of_template_file(template_path) if use_full_path
+        logger.info("Rendering #{template_path}" + (status ? " (#{status})" : '')) if logger
+        render_text(@template.render_file(template_path, use_full_path, locals), status)
+      end
+
+      def render_template(template, status = nil, type = :rhtml, local_assigns = {}) #:nodoc:
+        add_variables_to_assigns
+        render_text(@template.render_template(type, template, nil, local_assigns), status)
+      end
+
+      def render_text(text = nil, status = nil, append_response = false) #:nodoc:
+        @performed_render = true
+
+        response.headers['Status'] = interpret_status(status || DEFAULT_RENDER_STATUS_CODE)
+
+        if append_response
+          response.body ||= ''
+          response.body << text
+        else
+          response.body = text
+        end
+      end
+
+      def render_javascript(javascript, status = nil, append_response = true) #:nodoc:
+        response.content_type = Mime::JS
+        render_text(javascript, status, append_response)
+      end
+
+      def render_xml(xml, status = nil) #:nodoc:
+        response.content_type = Mime::XML
+        render_text(xml, status)
+      end
+
+      def render_json(json, callback = nil, status = nil) #:nodoc:
+        json = "#{callback}(#{json})" unless callback.blank?
+
+        response.content_type = Mime::JSON
+        render_text(json, status)
+      end
+
+      def render_nothing(status = nil) #:nodoc:
+        render_text(' ', status)
+      end
+
+      def render_partial(partial_path = default_template_name, object = nil, local_assigns = nil, status = nil) #:nodoc:
+        add_variables_to_assigns
+        render_text(@template.render_partial(partial_path, object, local_assigns), status)
+      end
+
+      def render_partial_collection(partial_name, collection, partial_spacer_template = nil, local_assigns = nil, status = nil) #:nodoc:
+        add_variables_to_assigns
+        render_text(@template.render_partial_collection(partial_name, collection, partial_spacer_template, local_assigns), status)
+      end
+
+      def render_with_layout(template_name = default_template_name, status = nil, layout = nil) #:nodoc:
+        render_with_a_layout(template_name, status, layout)
+      end
+
+      def render_without_layout(template_name = default_template_name, status = nil) #:nodoc:
+        render_with_no_layout(template_name, status)
+      end
+
+
+      # Return a response that has no content (merely headers). The options
+      # argument is interpreted to be a hash of header names and values.
+      # This allows you to easily return a response that consists only of
+      # significant headers:
+      #
+      #   head :created, :location => person_path(@person)
+      #
+      # It can also be used to return exceptional conditions:
+      #
+      #   return head(:method_not_allowed) unless request.post?
+      #   return head(:bad_request) unless valid_request?
+      #   render
+      def head(*args)
+        if args.length > 2
+          raise ArgumentError, "too many arguments to head"
+        elsif args.empty?
+          raise ArgumentError, "too few arguments to head"
+        elsif args.length == 2
+          status = args.shift
+          options = args.shift
+        elsif args.first.is_a?(Hash)
+          options = args.first
+        else
+          status = args.first
+          options = {}
+        end
+
+        raise ArgumentError, "head requires an options hash" if !options.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        status = interpret_status(status || options.delete(:status) || :ok)
+
+        options.each do |key, value|
+          headers[key.to_s.dasherize.split(/-/).map { |v| v.capitalize }.join("-")] = value.to_s
+        end
+
+        render :nothing => true, :status => status
+      end
+
+
+      # Clears the rendered results, allowing for another render to be performed.
+      def erase_render_results #:nodoc:
+        response.body = nil
+        @performed_render = false
+      end
+
+      # Clears the redirected results from the headers, resets the status to 200 and returns
+      # the URL that was used to redirect or nil if there was no redirected URL
+      # Note that +redirect_to+ will change the body of the response to indicate a redirection.
+      # The response body is not reset here, see +erase_render_results+
+      def erase_redirect_results #:nodoc:
+        @performed_redirect = false
+        response.redirected_to = nil
+        response.redirected_to_method_params = nil
+        response.headers['Status'] = DEFAULT_RENDER_STATUS_CODE
+        response.headers.delete('Location')
+      end
+
+      # Erase both render and redirect results
+      def erase_results #:nodoc:
+        erase_render_results
+        erase_redirect_results
+      end
+
+      def rewrite_options(options) #:nodoc:
+        if defaults = default_url_options(options)
+          defaults.merge(options)
+        else
+          options
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Overwrite to implement a number of default options that all url_for-based methods will use. The default options should come in
+      # the form of a hash, just like the one you would use for url_for directly. Example:
+      #
+      #   def default_url_options(options)
+      #     { :project => @project.active? ? @project.url_name : "unknown" }
+      #   end
+      #
+      # As you can infer from the example, this is mostly useful for situations where you want to centralize dynamic decisions about the
+      # urls as they stem from the business domain. Please note that any individual url_for call can always override the defaults set
+      # by this method.
+      def default_url_options(options) #:doc:
+      end
+
+      # Redirects the browser to the target specified in +options+. This parameter can take one of three forms:
+      #
+      # * <tt>Hash</tt>: The URL will be generated by calling url_for with the +options+.
+      # * <tt>String starting with protocol:// (like http://)</tt>: Is passed straight through as the target for redirection.
+      # * <tt>String not containing a protocol</tt>: The current protocol and host is prepended to the string.
+      # * <tt>:back</tt>: Back to the page that issued the request. Useful for forms that are triggered from multiple places.
+      #   Short-hand for redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"])
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   redirect_to :action => "show", :id => 5
+      #   redirect_to "http://www.rubyonrails.org"
+      #   redirect_to "/images/screenshot.jpg"
+      #   redirect_to :back
+      #
+      # The redirection happens as a "302 Moved" header.
+      #
+      # When using <tt>redirect_to :back</tt>, if there is no referrer,
+      # RedirectBackError will be raised. You may specify some fallback
+      # behavior for this case by rescueing RedirectBackError.
+      def redirect_to(options = {}, *parameters_for_method_reference) #:doc:
+        case options
+          when %r{^\w+://.*}
+            raise DoubleRenderError if performed?
+            logger.info("Redirected to #{options}") if logger
+            response.redirect(options)
+            response.redirected_to = options
+            @performed_redirect = true
+
+          when String
+            redirect_to(request.protocol + request.host_with_port + options)
+
+          when :back
+            request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] ? redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"]) : raise(RedirectBackError)
+
+          else
+            if parameters_for_method_reference.empty?
+              redirect_to(url_for(options))
+              response.redirected_to = options
+            else
+              # TOOD: Deprecate me!
+              redirect_to(url_for(options, *parameters_for_method_reference))
+              response.redirected_to, response.redirected_to_method_params = options, parameters_for_method_reference
+            end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sets a HTTP 1.1 Cache-Control header. Defaults to issuing a "private" instruction, so that
+      # intermediate caches shouldn't cache the response.
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   expires_in 20.minutes
+      #   expires_in 3.hours, :private => false
+      #   expires in 3.hours, 'max-stale' => 5.hours, :private => nil, :public => true
+      #
+      # This method will overwrite an existing Cache-Control header.
+      # See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html for more possibilities.
+      def expires_in(seconds, options = {}) #:doc:
+        cache_options = { 'max-age' => seconds, 'private' => true }.symbolize_keys.merge!(options.symbolize_keys)
+        cache_options.delete_if { |k,v| v.nil? or v == false }
+        cache_control = cache_options.map{ |k,v| v == true ? k.to_s : "#{k.to_s}=#{v.to_s}"}
+        response.headers["Cache-Control"] = cache_control.join(', ')
+      end
+
+      # Sets a HTTP 1.1 Cache-Control header of "no-cache" so no caching should occur by the browser or
+      # intermediate caches (like caching proxy servers).
+      def expires_now #:doc:
+        response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache"
+      end
+
+      # Resets the session by clearing out all the objects stored within and initializing a new session object.
+      def reset_session #:doc:
+        request.reset_session
+        @_session = request.session
+        response.session = @_session
+      end
+
+    private
+      def self.view_class
+        @view_class ||=
+          # create a new class based on the default template class and include helper methods
+          returning Class.new(ActionView::Base) do |view_class|
+            view_class.send(:include, master_helper_module)
+          end
+      end
+
+      def self.view_root
+        @view_root ||= template_root
+      end
+
+      def initialize_template_class(response)
+        raise "You must assign a template class through ActionController.template_class= before processing a request" unless @@template_class
+
+        response.template = self.class.view_class.new(self.class.view_root, {}, self)
+        response.redirected_to = nil
+        @performed_render = @performed_redirect = false
+      end
+
+      def assign_shortcuts(request, response)
+        @_request, @_params, @_cookies = request, request.parameters, request.cookies
+
+        @_response         = response
+        @_response.session = request.session
+
+        @_session = @_response.session
+        @template = @_response.template
+        @assigns  = @_response.template.assigns
+
+        @_headers = @_response.headers
+
+        assign_deprecated_shortcuts(request, response)
+      end
+
+
+      # TODO: assigns cookies headers params request response template
+      DEPRECATED_INSTANCE_VARIABLES = %w(cookies flash headers params request response session)
+
+      # Gone after 1.2.
+      def assign_deprecated_shortcuts(request, response)
+        DEPRECATED_INSTANCE_VARIABLES.each do |method|
+          var = "@#{method}"
+          if instance_variables.include?(var)
+            value = instance_variable_get(var)
+            unless ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy === value
+              raise "Deprecating #{var}, but it's already set to #{value.inspect}! Use the #{method}= writer method instead of setting #{var} directly."
+            end
+          end
+          instance_variable_set var, ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy.new(self, method)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def initialize_current_url
+        @url = UrlRewriter.new(request, params.clone)
+      end
+
+      def log_processing
+        if logger
+          logger.info "\n\nProcessing #{controller_class_name}\##{action_name} (for #{request_origin}) [#{request.method.to_s.upcase}]"
+          logger.info "  Session ID: #{@_session.session_id}" if @_session and @_session.respond_to?(:session_id)
+          logger.info "  Parameters: #{respond_to?(:filter_parameters) ? filter_parameters(params).inspect : params.inspect}"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def perform_action
+        if self.class.action_methods.include?(action_name)
+          send(action_name)
+          render unless performed?
+        elsif respond_to? :method_missing
+          send(:method_missing, action_name)
+          render unless performed?
+        elsif template_exists? && template_public?
+          render
+        else
+          raise UnknownAction, "No action responded to #{action_name}", caller
+        end
+      end
+
+      def performed?
+        @performed_render || @performed_redirect
+      end
+
+      def assign_names
+        @action_name = (params['action'] || 'index')
+      end
+
+      def assign_default_content_type_and_charset
+        response.content_type ||= Mime::HTML
+        response.charset      ||= self.class.default_charset unless sending_file?
+      end
+
+      def sending_file?
+        response.headers["Content-Transfer-Encoding"] == "binary"
+      end
+
+      def action_methods
+        self.class.action_methods
+      end
+
+      def self.action_methods
+        @action_methods ||= Set.new(public_instance_methods - hidden_actions)
+      end
+
+      def add_variables_to_assigns
+        unless @variables_added
+          add_instance_variables_to_assigns
+          add_class_variables_to_assigns if view_controller_internals
+          @variables_added = true
+        end
+      end
+
+      def forget_variables_added_to_assigns
+        @variables_added = nil
+      end
+
+      def reset_variables_added_to_assigns
+        @template.instance_variable_set("@assigns_added", nil)
+      end
+
+      def add_instance_variables_to_assigns
+        @@protected_variables_cache ||= Set.new(protected_instance_variables)
+        instance_variables.each do |var|
+          next if @@protected_variables_cache.include?(var)
+          @assigns[var[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(var)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def add_class_variables_to_assigns
+        %w(template_root logger template_class ignore_missing_templates).each do |cvar|
+          @assigns[cvar] = self.send(cvar)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def protected_instance_variables
+        if view_controller_internals
+          %w(@assigns @performed_redirect @performed_render)
+        else
+          %w(@assigns @performed_redirect @performed_render
+             @_request @request @_response @response @_params @params
+             @_session @session @_cookies @cookies
+             @template @request_origin @parent_controller)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def request_origin
+        # this *needs* to be cached!
+        # otherwise you'd get different results if calling it more than once
+        @request_origin ||= "#{request.remote_ip} at #{Time.now.to_s(:db)}"
+      end
+
+      def complete_request_uri
+        "#{request.protocol}#{request.host}#{request.request_uri}"
+      end
+
+      def close_session
+        @_session.close if @_session && @_session.respond_to?(:close)
+      end
+
+      def template_exists?(template_name = default_template_name)
+        @template.file_exists?(template_name)
+      end
+
+      def template_public?(template_name = default_template_name)
+        @template.file_public?(template_name)
+      end
+
+      def template_exempt_from_layout?(template_name = default_template_name)
+        extension = @template.pick_template_extension(template_name) rescue nil
+        name_with_extension = !template_name.include?('.') && extension ? "#{template_name}.#{extension}" : template_name
+        extension == :rjs || @@exempt_from_layout.any? { |ext| name_with_extension =~ ext }
+      end
+
+      def assert_existence_of_template_file(template_name)
+        unless template_exists?(template_name) || ignore_missing_templates
+          full_template_path = @template.send(:full_template_path, template_name, 'rhtml')
+          template_type = (template_name =~ /layouts/i) ? 'layout' : 'template'
+          raise(MissingTemplate, "Missing #{template_type} #{full_template_path}")
+        end
+      end
+
+      def default_template_name(action_name = self.action_name)
+        if action_name
+          action_name = action_name.to_s
+          if action_name.include?('/') && template_path_includes_controller?(action_name)
+            action_name = strip_out_controller(action_name)
+          end
+        end
+        "#{self.class.controller_path}/#{action_name}"
+      end
+
+      def strip_out_controller(path)
+        path.split('/', 2).last
+      end
+
+      def template_path_includes_controller?(path)
+        self.class.controller_path.split('/')[-1] == path.split('/')[0]
+      end
+
+      def process_cleanup
+        close_session
+      end
+  end
+end