On 6 July 2010 21:38, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeff Cohen wrote: > [...] >> Good question. Methods in controllers are considered actions only if >> they're connected to a url. > > That's not true at all. For example, if you have > > class PlaysController < ApplicationController > def write_shakespeare > ... > end > end > > then (unless I'm badly mistaken) you can get to the write_shakespeare > method by (say) calling > > redirect_to :controller => 'plays', :action => 'write_shakespeare' > > regardless of what's in your routes file. There may not be a direct URL > to that action, but that doesn't prevent it from being an action.
In fact would it be true to say that no method of a controller is inherently an action or not an action? An action is a verb not a noun so it is not correct to say that a method is or is not an action. An action (initiated via a url or redirect_to for example) results in calling a method of a controller and it is under these circumstances that the filters are called. Calling a method directly from code will not result in filters being called. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
