Remove unused ActionController::Base.template_class. Closes #10787

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@8985 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Remove unused ActionController::Base.template_class. Closes #10787 [Pratik]
+
 * Moved template handlers related code from ActionView::Base to ActionView::Template. [Pratik]
 
 * Tests for div_for and content_tag_for helpers. Closes #11223 [thechrisoshow]

actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ require 'action_controller/request_forgery_protection'
 require 'action_controller/headers'
 
 require 'action_view'
-ActionController::Base.template_class = ActionView::Base
 
 ActionController::Base.class_eval do
   include ActionController::Flash

actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb

@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
     # 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
 
@@ -1122,10 +1119,6 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       end
       
       def initialize_template_class(response)
-        unless @@template_class
-          raise "You must assign a template class through ActionController.template_class= before processing a request"
-        end
-
         response.template = ActionView::Base.new(self.class.view_paths, {}, self)
         response.template.extend self.class.master_helper_module
         response.redirected_to = nil
@@ -1225,7 +1218,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def add_class_variables_to_assigns
-        %w(view_paths logger template_class ignore_missing_templates).each do |cvar|
+        %w(view_paths logger ignore_missing_templates).each do |cvar|
           @assigns[cvar] = self.send(cvar)
         end
       end

actionpack/test/controller/helper_test.rb

@@ -46,22 +46,10 @@ class HelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     eval("class #{controller_class_name} < TestController; end")
     @controller_class = self.class.const_get(controller_class_name)
 
-    # Generate new template class and assign to controller.
-    template_class_name = "Test#{@symbol}View"
-    eval("class #{template_class_name} < ActionView::Base; end")
-    @template_class = self.class.const_get(template_class_name)
-    @controller_class.template_class = @template_class
-
     # Set default test helper.
     self.test_helper = LocalAbcHelper
   end
-
-  def teardown
-    # Reset template class.
-    #ActionController::Base.template_class = ActionView::Base
-  end
-
-
+  
   def test_deprecated_helper
     assert_equal expected_helper_methods, missing_methods
     assert_nothing_raised { @controller_class.helper TestHelper }