marnen-cancan 2.0.0.alpha.pre.f1cebde51a87be149b4970a3287826bb63c0ac0b

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  8. data/lib/cancan.rb +13 -0
  9. data/lib/cancan/ability.rb +348 -0
  10. data/lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb +392 -0
  11. data/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb +265 -0
  12. data/lib/cancan/exceptions.rb +53 -0
  13. data/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb +20 -0
  14. data/lib/cancan/matchers.rb +14 -0
  15. data/lib/cancan/model_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb +56 -0
  16. data/lib/cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter.rb +172 -0
  17. data/lib/cancan/model_adapters/data_mapper_adapter.rb +34 -0
  18. data/lib/cancan/model_adapters/default_adapter.rb +7 -0
  19. data/lib/cancan/model_adapters/mongoid_adapter.rb +54 -0
  20. data/lib/cancan/model_additions.rb +29 -0
  21. data/lib/cancan/rule.rb +178 -0
  22. data/lib/generators/cancan/ability/USAGE +5 -0
  23. data/lib/generators/cancan/ability/ability_generator.rb +16 -0
  24. data/lib/generators/cancan/ability/templates/ability.rb +24 -0
  25. data/lib/generators/cancan/ability/templates/ability_spec.rb +16 -0
  26. data/lib/generators/cancan/ability/templates/ability_test.rb +10 -0
  27. data/spec/README.rdoc +28 -0
  28. data/spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb +541 -0
  29. data/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb +118 -0
  30. data/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb +535 -0
  31. data/spec/cancan/exceptions_spec.rb +58 -0
  32. data/spec/cancan/inherited_resource_spec.rb +58 -0
  33. data/spec/cancan/matchers_spec.rb +33 -0
  34. data/spec/cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter_spec.rb +278 -0
  35. data/spec/cancan/model_adapters/data_mapper_adapter_spec.rb +120 -0
  36. data/spec/cancan/model_adapters/default_adapter_spec.rb +7 -0
  37. data/spec/cancan/model_adapters/mongoid_adapter_spec.rb +227 -0
  38. data/spec/cancan/rule_spec.rb +55 -0
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+ 1.6.8 (June 25, 2012)
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+ * improved support for namespaced controllers and models
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+ * pass :if and :unless options for load and authorize resource (thanks mauriciozaffari)
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+ * Travis CI badge (thanks plentz)
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+ * adding Ability#merge for combining multiple abilities (thanks rogercampos)
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+ * support for multiple MetaWhere rules (thanks andhapp)
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+ * various fixes for DataMapper, Mongoid, and Inherited Resource integration
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.7...1.6.8]
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+ 1.6.7 (October 4, 2011)
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+ * fixing nested resource problem caused by namespace addition - issue #482
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.6...1.6.7]
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+ 1.6.6 (September 28, 2011)
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+ * correct "return cant jump across threads" error when using check_authorization (thanks codeprimate) - issues #463, #469
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+ * fixing tests in development by specifying with_model version (thanks kirkconnell) - issue #476
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+ * added travis.yml file for TravisCI support (thanks bai) - issue #427
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+ * better support for namespaced models (thanks whilefalse) - issues #424
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+ * adding :id_param option to load_and_authorize_resource (thanks skhisma) - issue #425
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+ * make default unauthorized message translatable text (thanks nhocki) - issue #409
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+ * improving DataMapper behavior (thanks psanford, maxsum-corin) - issue #410, #373
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+ * allow :find_by option to be full find method name - issue #335
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.5...1.6.6]
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+ 1.6.5 (May 18, 2011)
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+ * pass action and subject through AccessDenied exception when :through isn't found - issue #366
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+ * many Mongoid adapter improvements (thanks rahearn, cardagin) - issues #363, #352, #343
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+ * allow :through option to work with private controller methods - issue #360
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+ * ensure Mongoid::Document is defined before loading Mongoid adapter - issue #359
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+ * many DataMapper adapter improvements (thanks emmanuel) - issue #355
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+ * handle checking nil attributes through associations (thanks thatothermitch) - issue #330
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+ * improve scope merging - issue #328
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.4...1.6.5]
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+ 1.6.4 (March 29, 2011)
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+ * Fixed mongoid 'or' error - see issue #322
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.3...1.6.4]
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+ 1.6.3 (March 25, 2011)
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+ * Make sure ActiveRecord::Relation is defined before checking conditions against it so Rails 2 is supported again - see issue #312
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+ * Return subject passed to authorize! - see issue #314
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.2...1.6.3]
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+ 1.6.2 (March 18, 2011)
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+ * Fixed instance loading when :singleton option is used - see issue #310
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.1...1.6.2]
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+ 1.6.1 (March 15, 2011)
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+ * Use Item.new instead of build_item for singleton resource so it doesn't effect database - see issue #304
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+ * Made accessible_by action default to :index and parent action default to :show instead of :read - see issue #302
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+ * Reverted Inherited Resources "collection" override since it doesn't seem to be working - see issue #305
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.6.0...1.6.1]
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+ 1.6.0 (March 11, 2011)
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+ * Added MetaWhere support - see issue #194 and #261
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+ * Allow Active Record scopes in Ability conditions - see issue #257
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+ * Added :if and :unless options to check_authorization - see issue #284
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+ * Several Inherited Resources fixes (thanks aq1018, tanordheim and stefanoverna)
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+ * Pass action name to accessible_by call when loading a collection (thanks amw)
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+ * Added :prepend option to load_and_authorize_resource to load before other filters - see issue #290
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+ * Fixed spacing issue in I18n message for multi-word model names - see issue #292
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+ * Load resource collection for any action which doesn't have an "id" parameter - see issue #296
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+ * Raise an exception when trying to make a Ability condition with both a hash of conditions and a block - see issue #269
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.5.1...1.6.0]
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+ 1.5.1 (January 20, 2011)
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+ * Fixing deeply nested conditions in Active Record adapter - see issue #246
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+ * Improving Mongoid support for multiple can and cannot definitions (thanks stellard) - see issue #239
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.5.0...1.5.1]
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+ 1.5.0 (January 11, 2011)
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+ * Added an Ability generator - see issue #170
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+ * Added DataMapper support (thanks natemueller)
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+ * Added Mongoid support (thanks bowsersenior)
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+ * Added skip_load_and_authorize_resource methods to controller class - see issue #164
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+ * Added support for uncountable resources in index action - see issue #193
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+ * Cleaned up README and added spec/README
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+ * Internal: renamed CanDefinition to Rule
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+ * Internal: added a model adapter layer for easily supporting more ORMs
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+ * Internal: added .rvmrc to auto-switch to 1.8.7 with gemset - see issue #231
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.4.1...1.5.0]
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+ 1.4.1 (November 12, 2010)
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+ * Renaming skip_authorization to skip_authorization_check - see issue #169
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+ * Adding :through_association option to load_resource (thanks hunterae) - see issue #171
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+ * The :shallow option now works with the :singleton option (thanks nandalopes) - see issue #187
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+ * Play nicely with quick_scopes gem (thanks ramontayag) - see issue #183
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+ * Fix odd behavior when "cache_classes = false" (thanks mphalliday) - see issue #174
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.4.0...1.4.1]
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+ 1.4.0 (October 5, 2010)
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+ * Adding Gemfile; to get specs running just +bundle+ and +rake+ - see issue #163
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+ * Stop at 'cannot' definition when there are no conditions - see issue #161
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+ * The :through option will now call a method with that name if instance variable doesn't exist - see issue #146
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+ * Adding :shallow option to load_resource to bring back old behavior of fetching a child without a parent
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+ * Raise AccessDenied error when loading a child and parent resource isn't found
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+ * Abilities defined on a module will apply to anything that includes that module - see issue #150 and #152
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+ * Abilities can be defined with a string of SQL in addition to a block so accessible_by works with a block - see issue #150
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+ * Adding better support for InheritedResource - see issue #23
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+ * Loading the collection instance variable (for index action) using accessible_by - see issue #137
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+ * Adding action and subject variables to I18n unauthorized message - closes #142
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+ * Adding check_authorization and skip_authorization controller class methods to ensure authorization is performed (thanks justinko) - see issue #135
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+ * Setting initial attributes based on ability conditions in new/create actions - see issue #114
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+ * Check parent attributes for nested association in index action - see issue #121
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+ * Supporting nesting in can? method using hash - see issue #121
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+ * Adding I18n support for Access Denied messages (thanks EppO) - see issue #103
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+ * Passing no arguments to +can+ definition will pass action, class, and object to block - see issue #129
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+ * Don't pass action to block in +can+ definition when using :+manage+ option - see issue #129
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+ * No longer calling block in +can+ definition when checking on class - see issue #116
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.3.4...1.4.0]
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+ * Don't stop at +cannot+ with hash conditions when checking class (thanks tamoya) - see issue #131
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.3.3...1.3.4]
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+ * Switching to Rspec namespace to remove deprecation warning in Rspec 2 - see issue #119
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+ * Pluralize nested associations for conditions in accessible_by (thanks mlooney) - see issue #123
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.3.2...1.3.3]
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+ 1.3.2 (August 7, 2010)
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+ * Fixing slice error when passing in custom resource name - see issue #112
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.3.1...1.3.2]
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+ 1.3.1 (August 6, 2010)
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+ * Fixing protected sanitize_sql error - see issue #111
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.3.0...1.3.1]
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+ 1.3.0 (August 6, 2010)
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+ * Adding :find_by option to load_resource - see issue #19
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+ * Adding :singleton option to load_resource - see issue #93
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+ * Supporting multiple resources in :through option for polymorphic associations - see issue #73
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+ * Supporting Single Table Inheritance for "can" comparisons - see issue #55
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+ * Adding :instance_name option to load/authorize_resource - see issue #44
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+ * Don't pass nil to "new" to keep MongoMapper happy - see issue #63
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+ * Parent resources are now authorized with :read action.
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+ * Changing :resource option in load/authorize_resource back to :class with ability to pass false
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+ * Removing :nested option in favor of :through option with separate load/authorize call
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+ * Moving internal logic from ResourceAuthorization to ControllerResource class
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+ * Supporting multiple "can" and "cannot" calls with accessible_by (thanks funny-falcon) - see issue #71
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+ * Supporting deeply nested aliases - see issue #98
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0]
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+ * Load nested parent resources on collection actions such as "index" (thanks dohzya)
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+ * Adding :name option to load_and_authorize_resource if it does not match controller - see issue #65
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+ * Fixing issue when using accessible_by with nil can conditions (thanks jrallison) - see issue #66
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+ * Pluralize table name for belongs_to associations in can conditions hash (thanks logandk) - see issue #62
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+ * Support has_many association or arrays in can conditions hash
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+ * Adding joins clause to accessible_by when conditions are across associations
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.1.1...1.2.0]
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.1...1.1.1]
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+ * Removing "unauthorized!" method in favor of "authorize!" in controllers
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+ * Adding action, subject and default_message abilities to AccessDenied exception - see issue #40
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+ * Adding caching to current_ability controller method, if you're overriding this be sure to add caching too.
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+ * Adding "accessible_by" method to Active Record for fetching records matching a specific ability
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+ * Adding conditions behavior to Ability#can and fetch with Ability#conditions - see issue #53
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+ * Renaming :class option to :resource for load_and_authorize_resource which now supports a symbol for non models - see issue #45
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+ * Properly handle Admin::AbilitiesController in params[:controller] - see issue #46
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+ * Adding be_able_to RSpec matcher (thanks dchelimsky), requires Ruby 1.8.7 or higher - see issue #54
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+ * Support additional arguments to can? which get passed to the block - see issue #48
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.0.2...1.1]
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+ * Adding clear_aliased_actions to Ability which removes previously defined actions including defaults - see issue #20
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+ * Append aliased actions (don't overwrite them) - see issue #20
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+ * Adding custom message argument to unauthorized! method (thanks tjwallace) - see issue #18
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.0.1...1.0.2]
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+ * Adding :class option to load_resource so one can customize which class to use for the model - see issue #17
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+ * Don't fetch parent of nested resource if *_id parameter is missing so it works with shallow nested routes - see issue #14
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/1.0.0...1.0.1]
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+ * Allowing :nested option to accept an array for deep nesting
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+ * Adding :nested option to load resource method - see issue #10
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+ * Pass :only and :except options to before filters for load/authorize resource methods.
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+ * BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: turning load and authorize resource methods into class methods which set up the before filter so they can accept additional arguments.
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/0.2.1...1.0.0]
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+ * support custom objects (usually symbols) in can definition - see issue #8
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+ * support arrays being passed to "can" to specify multiple actions or classes - see issue #2
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+ * adding "cannot?" method to ability, controller, and view which is inverse of "can?" - see issue #1
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+ * BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: use Ability#initialize instead of 'prepare' to set up abilities - see issue #4
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+ * {see the full list of changes}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/compare/0.1.0...0.2.0]
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+ = CanCan {<img src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/ryanb/cancan.png" />}[http://travis-ci.org/ryanb/cancan]
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+ This is the branch for CanCan 2.0 which is in very early development. For a stable release please check out the {master branch}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan]
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+ Here are some instructions for setting up CanCan 2.0. Try this out and provide feedback in the {issue tracker}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/issues].
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+ == Setup
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+ CanCan expects your controllers to have a +current_user+ method. Add some authentication for this (such as Devise[https://github.com/plataformatec/devise], Authlogic[https://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic] or {nifty:authentication}[https://github.com/ryanb/nifty-generators]). See {Changing Defaults}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/Changing-Defaults] to customize this behavior.
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+ To install CanCan, add it to your Gemfile and run the `bundle` command.
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+ gem "cancan", :git => "git://github.com/ryanb/cancan.git", :branch => "2.0"
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+ Next generate an Ability class, this is where your permissions will be defined.
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+ rails g cancan:ability
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+ Add authorization by calling {enable_authorization}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/enable_authorization] in your ApplicationController.
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+ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
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+ enable_authorization
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+ end
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+ This will add an authorization check locking down every controller action. If you try visiting a page, a <tt>CanCan::Unauthorized</tt> exception will be raised since you have not granted the user ability to access it.
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+ == Defining Abilities
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+ You grant access to controller actions through the +Ability+ class which was generated above. The +current_user+ is passed in allowing you to define permissions based on user attributes. For example:
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+ if user
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+ can :access, :all
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+ can :access, :home
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+ can :create, [:users, :sessions]
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+ end
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+ Here if there is a user he will be able to perform any action on any controller. If someone is not logged in he can only access the home, users, and sessions controllers.
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+ The first argument to +can+ is the action the user can perform. The second argument is the controller name they can perform that action on. You can pass <tt>:access</tt> and <tt>:all</tt> to represent any action and controller respectively.
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+ As shown above, pass an array to either of these will grant permission on each item in the array. It isn't necessary to pass the +new+ action here because CanCan includes some default aliases. See the {Aliases}[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/Aliases] page for details.
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+ You can check permissions in any controller or view using the <tt>can?</tt> method.
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+ <% if can? :create, :comments %>
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+ <%= link_to "New Comment", new_comment_path %>
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+ <% end %>
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+ Here the link will only show up the user can create comments.
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+ == Resource Conditions
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+ What if you need to change authorization based on a model's attributes? You can do so by passing a hash of conditions as the last argument to +can+. For example, if you want to only allow one to access projects which he owns you can set the <tt>:user_id</tt>.
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+ can :access, :projects, :user_id => user.id
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+ A block can also be used for complex condition checks just like in CanCan 1, but here it is not necessary.
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+ If you try visiting any of the project pages at this point you will see a <tt>CanCan::InsufficientAuthorizationCheck</tt> exception is raised. This is because the default authorization has no way to check permissions on the <tt>@project</tt> instance. You can check permissions on an object manually using the <tt>authorize!</tt> method.
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+ However this can get tedious. Instead CanCan provides a +load_and_authorize_resource+ method to load the <tt>@project</tt> instance in every controller action and authorize it.
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+ load_and_authorize_resource
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+ def edit
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+ # @project already loaded here and authorized
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+ end
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+ end
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+ The +index+ (and other collection actions) will load the <tt>@projects</tt> instance which automatically limits the projects the user is allowed to access. This is a scope so you can make further calls to +where+ to limit what is returned from the database.
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+ def index
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+ end
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+ You can check permissions on instances using the <tt>can?</tt> method.
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+ <%= link_to "Edit Project", edit_project_path if can? :update, @project %>
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+ Here it will only show the edit link if the +user_id+ matches.
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+ == Resource Attributes
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+ In CanCan 2.0 it is possible to define permissions on specific resource attributes. For example, if you want to allow a user to only update the name and priority of a project, pass that as the third argument to +can+.
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+ can :update, :projects, [:name, :priority]
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+ If you use this in combination with +load_and_authorize_resource+ it will ensure that only those two attributes exist in <tt>params[:project]</tt> when updating the project. If you do this everywhere it will not be necessary to use +attr_accessible+ in your models.
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+ You can combine this with a hash of conditions. For example, here the user can update all attributes except the price when the product is discontinued.
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+ You can check permissions on specific attributes to determine what to show in the form.
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+ <%= f.text_field :name if can? :update, @project, :name %>
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