Deprecated all of ActionController::Dependencies. All dependency loading is now handled from Active Support [DHH]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@4948 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Deprecated all of ActionController::Dependencies. All dependency loading is now handled from Active Support [DHH]
+
 * Added assert_select* for CSS selector-based testing (deprecates assert_tag) #5936 [assaf.arkin@gmail.com]
 
 * radio_button_tag generates unique id attributes.  #3353 [Bob Silva, somekool@gmail.com]

actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require 'action_controller/benchmarking'
 require 'action_controller/flash'
 require 'action_controller/filters'
 require 'action_controller/layout'
-require 'action_controller/dependencies'
+require 'action_controller/deprecated_dependencies'
 require 'action_controller/mime_responds'
 require 'action_controller/pagination'
 require 'action_controller/scaffolding'

actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated_dependencies.rb

@@ -4,29 +4,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       base.extend(ClassMethods)
     end
 
-    # Dependencies control what classes are needed for the controller to run its course. This is an alternative to doing explicit
-    # +require+ statements that bring a number of benefits. It's more succinct, communicates what type of dependency we're talking about,
-    # can trigger special behavior (as in the case of +observer+), and enables Rails to be clever about reloading in cached environments
-    # like FCGI. Example:
-    #
-    #   class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-    #     model    :account, :company, :person, :project, :category
-    #     helper   :access_control
-    #     service  :notifications, :billings
-    #     observer :project_change_observer
-    #   end
-    #
-    # Please note that a controller like ApplicationController will automatically attempt to require_dependency on a model of its 
-    # singuralized name and a helper of its name. If nothing is found, no error is raised. This is especially useful for concrete 
-    # controllers like PostController:
-    #
-    #   class PostController < ApplicationController
-    #     # model  :post (already required)
-    #     # helper :post (already required)
-    #   end
-    #
-    # Also note, that if the models follow the pattern of just 1 class per file in the form of MyClass => my_class.rb, then these
-    # classes don't have to be required as Active Support will auto-require them.
+    # Deprecated module. The responsibility of loading dependencies belong with Active Support now.
     module ClassMethods #:nodoc:
       # Specifies a variable number of models that this controller depends on. Models are normally Active Record classes or a similar
       # backend for modelling entity classes.
@@ -34,6 +12,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         require_dependencies(:model, models)
         depend_on(:model, models)
       end
+      deprecate :model
 
       # Specifies a variable number of services that this controller depends on. Services are normally singletons or factories, like
       # Action Mailer service or a Payment Gateway service.
@@ -41,6 +20,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         require_dependencies(:service, services)
         depend_on(:service, services)
       end
+      deprecate :service
       
       # Specifies a variable number of observers that are to govern when this controller is handling actions. The observers will
       # automatically have .instance called on them to make them active on assignment.
@@ -49,16 +29,19 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         depend_on(:observer, observers)
         instantiate_observers(observers)
       end
+      deprecate :observer
 
       # Returns an array of symbols that specify the dependencies on a given layer. For the example at the top, calling
       # <tt>ApplicationController.dependencies_on(:model)</tt> would return <tt>[:account, :company, :person, :project, :category]</tt>
       def dependencies_on(layer)
         read_inheritable_attribute("#{layer}_dependencies")
       end
-    
+      deprecate :dependencies_on
+
       def depend_on(layer, dependencies) #:nodoc:
         write_inheritable_array("#{layer}_dependencies", dependencies)
       end
+      deprecate :depend_on
 
       private
         def instantiate_observers(observers)