Dropped the idea of automatically routing :format for the vanilla routes -- that will be a treat for map.resources. Deprecated the name route root as it'll be used as a shortcut for map.connect '' in Rails 2.0 (Rails 1.2). Added map.root as an alias for map.connect '' (Rails 2.0)

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@5671 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added map.root as an alias for map.connect '' [DHH]
+
 * Added Request#format to return the format used for the request as a mime type. If no format is specified, the first Request#accepts type is used. This means you can stop using respond_to for anything else than responses [DHH]. Examples:
 
     GET /posts/5.xml   | request.format => Mime::XML

actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb

@@ -975,6 +975,11 @@ module ActionController
           @set.add_route(path, options)
         end
 
+        # Creates a named route called "root" for matching the root level request.
+        def root(options = {})
+          named_route("root", '', options)
+        end
+
         def named_route(name, path, options = {})
           @set.add_named_route(name, path, options)
         end

actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class LegacyRouteSetTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_named_url_with_no_action_specified
     rs.draw do |map|
-      map.root '', :controller => 'content'
+      map.home '', :controller => 'content'
       map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
     end
     
@@ -384,14 +384,14 @@ class LegacyRouteSetTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal '/', rs.generate(:controller => 'content')
     
     x = setup_for_named_route.new
-    assert_equal({:controller => 'content', :action => 'index', :use_route => :root, :only_path => false},
-                 x.send(:root_url))
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'content', :action => 'index', :use_route => :home, :only_path => false},
+                 x.send(:home_url))
   end
   
   def test_url_generated_when_forgetting_action
     [{:controller => 'content', :action => 'index'}, {:controller => 'content'}].each do |hash| 
       rs.draw do |map|
-        map.root '', hash
+        map.home '', hash
         map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
       end
       assert_equal '/', rs.generate({:action => nil}, {:controller => 'content', :action => 'hello'})
@@ -1592,6 +1592,20 @@ class RouteSetTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal "/people/list", url
   end
 
+  def test_root_map
+    Object.const_set(:PeopleController, Class.new)
+
+    set.draw { |map| map.root :controller => "people" }
+
+    request.path = ""
+    request.method = :get
+    assert_nothing_raised { set.recognize(request) }
+    assert_equal("people", request.path_parameters[:controller])
+    assert_equal("index", request.path_parameters[:action])
+  ensure
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :PeopleController)
+  end
+
   def test_generate_finds_best_fit
     set.draw do |map|
       map.connect "/people", :controller => "people", :action => "index"

railties/configs/routes.rb

@@ -8,16 +8,20 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   # Sample of named route:
   # map.purchase 'products/:id/purchase', :controller => 'catalog', :action => 'purchase'
   # This route can be invoked with purchase_url(:id => product.id)
+  
+  # Sample resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions automatically):
+  # map.resources :products
 
-  # You can have the root of your site routed by hooking up '' 
+  # Sample resource route with options:
+  # map.resources :products, :member => { :short => :get, :toggle => :post }, :collection => { :sold => :get }
+
+  # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root
   # -- just remember to delete public/index.html.
-  # map.connect '', :controller => "welcome"
+  # map.root :controller => "welcome"
 
-  # Allow downloading Web Service WSDL as a file with an extension
-  # instead of a file named 'wsdl'
+  # Allow downloading Web Service WSDL as a file with an extension instead of a file named 'wsdl'
   map.connect ':controller/service.wsdl', :action => 'wsdl'
 
   # Install the default route as the lowest priority.
-  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
 end