Abolished ActionController::Base.require_or_load in favor of require_dependency and ActiveRecord::Base.require_or_load in favor of require_association. Both methods are now also available in the global namespace when you need to require dependencies or associations outside of whats done automatically.

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@32 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb

@@ -256,9 +256,11 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       end
 
       # Loads the <tt>file_name</tt> if reload_dependencies is true or requires if it's false.
-      def require_or_load(file_name)
+      def require_dependency(file_name)
         reload_dependencies ? silence_warnings { load("#{file_name}.rb") } : require(file_name)
       end
+
+      Object.send(:define_method, :require_dependency) { |file_name| ActiveRecord::Base.require_dependency(file_name) }
     end
 
     public

actionpack/lib/action_controller/dependencies.rb

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         def require_dependencies(layer, dependencies)
           dependencies.flatten.each do |dependency|
             begin
-              require_or_load(dependency.to_s)
+              require_dependency(dependency.to_s)
             rescue LoadError
               raise LoadError, "Missing #{layer} #{dependency}.rb"
             end

actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
             file_name  = Inflector.underscore(arg.to_s.downcase) + '_helper'
             class_name = Inflector.camelize(file_name)
             begin
-              require_or_load(file_name)
+              require_dependency(file_name)
             rescue LoadError
               raise LoadError, "Missing helper file helpers/#{file_name}.rb"
             end

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb

@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def require_association_class(class_name)
           begin 
-            require_or_load(Inflector.underscore(class_name))
+            require_association(Inflector.underscore(class_name))
           rescue LoadError
             # Failed to load the associated class -- let's hope the developer is doing the requiring himself.
           end

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -546,13 +546,15 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       end
 
       # Loads the <tt>file_name</tt> if reload_associations is true or requires if it's false.
-      def require_or_load(file_name)
+      def require_association(file_name)
         if !associations_loaded.include?(file_name)
           associations_loaded << file_name
           reload_associations ? silence_warnings { load("#{file_name}.rb") } : require(file_name)
         end
       end
       
+      Object.send(:define_method, :require_association) { |file_name| ActiveRecord::Base.require_association(file_name) }
+      
       # Resets the list of dependencies loaded (typically to be called by the end of a request), so when require_or_load is
       # called for that dependency it'll be loaded anew.
       def reset_associations_loaded
@@ -782,10 +784,16 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         self.class.column_methods_hash[method.to_sym] || respond_to_without_attributes?(method)
       end
 
-      def require_or_load(file_name)
-        self.class.require_or_load(file_name)
+      # Loads the <tt>file_name</tt> if reload_associations is true or requires if it's false.
+      def require_association(file_name)
+        if !associations_loaded.include?(file_name)
+          associations_loaded << file_name
+          reload_associations ? silence_warnings { load("#{file_name}.rb") } : require(file_name)
+        end
       end
       
+      Object.send(:define_method, :require_association) { |file_name| ActiveRecord::Base.require_association(file_name) }
+      
     private
       def create_or_update
         if new_record? then create else update end

railties/environments/shared.rb

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require 'action_mailer'
 
 
 # Environment-specific configuration.
-ActionController::Base.require_or_load "environments/#{RAILS_ENV}"
+require_dependency "environments/#{RAILS_ENV}"
 ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = YAML::load(File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/database.yml"))
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
 

railties/environments/shared_for_gem.rb

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require_gem 'rails'
 
 
 # Environment-specific configuration.
-ActionController::Base.require_or_load "environments/#{RAILS_ENV}"
+require_dependency "environments/#{RAILS_ENV}"
 ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = YAML::load(File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/database.yml"))
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
 

railties/lib/dispatcher.rb

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class Dispatcher
       
       controller_name, module_name = controller_name(request.parameters), module_name(request.parameters)
 
-      ActionController::Base.require_or_load("abstract_application")
-      ActionController::Base.require_or_load(controller_path(controller_name, module_name))
+      require_dependency("abstract_application")
+      require_dependency(controller_path(controller_name, module_name))
 
       controller_class(controller_name).process(request, response).out
     rescue Object => e