Add experimental plugin support #2335

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@2465 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

railties/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Add experimental plugin support #2335
+
 * Removed all the scripts in script/* and replaced it with one generic portal: script/run
 
 * Made Rakefile aware of new .js files in script.aculo.us [Thomas Fuchs]

railties/lib/initializer.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module Rails
       set_connection_adapters
 
       require_frameworks
+      load_plugins
       load_environment
 
       initialize_database
@@ -65,6 +66,26 @@ module Rails
       configuration.frameworks.each { |framework| require(framework.to_s) }
     end
     
+    def load_plugins
+      config = configuration
+
+      Dir.glob("#{configuration.plugins_path}/*") do |directory|
+        next if File.basename(directory)[0] == ?. || !File.directory?(directory)
+
+        if File.exist?("#{directory}/init.rb")
+          silence_warnings do
+            eval(IO.read("#{directory}/init.rb"), binding)
+          end
+        end
+
+        if File.directory?("#{directory}/lib")
+          $LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{directory}/lib"
+        end
+      end
+
+      $LOAD_PATH.uniq!
+    end
+
     def load_environment
       silence_warnings do
         config = configuration
@@ -178,6 +199,10 @@ module Rails
       "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environments/#{environment}.rb"
     end
 
+    def plugins_path
+      "#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins"
+    end
+    
     def environment
       ::RAILS_ENV
     end