cancan/CHANGELOG.rdoc

1.6.7 (October 4, 2011)

* fixing nested resource problem caused by namespace addition - issue #482


1.6.6 (September 28, 2011)

* correct "return cant jump across threads" error when using check_authorization (thanks codeprimate) - issues #463, #469

* fixing tests in development by specifying with_model version  (thanks kirkconnell) - issue #476

* added travis.yml file for TravisCI support (thanks bai) - issue #427

* better support for namespaced models (thanks whilefalse) - issues #424

* adding :id_param option to load_and_authorize_resource (thanks skhisma) - issue #425

* make default unauthorized message translatable text (thanks nhocki) - issue #409

* improving DataMapper behavior (thanks psanford, maxsum-corin) - issue #410, #373

* allow :find_by option to be full find method name - issue #335


1.6.5 (May 18, 2011)

* pass action and subject through AccessDenied exception when :through isn't found - issue #366

* many Mongoid adapter improvements (thanks rahearn, cardagin) - issues #363, #352, #343

* allow :through option to work with private controller methods - issue #360

* ensure Mongoid::Document is defined before loading Mongoid adapter - issue #359

* many DataMapper adapter improvements (thanks emmanuel) - issue #355

* handle checking nil attributes through associations (thanks thatothermitch) - issue #330

* improve scope merging - issue #328


1.6.4 (March 29, 2011)

* Fixed mongoid 'or' error - see issue #322


1.6.3 (March 25, 2011)

* Make sure ActiveRecord::Relation is defined before checking conditions against it so Rails 2 is supported again - see issue #312

* Return subject passed to authorize! - see issue #314


1.6.2 (March 18, 2011)

* Fixed instance loading when :singleton option is used - see issue #310


1.6.1 (March 15, 2011)

* Use Item.new instead of build_item for singleton resource so it doesn't effect database - see issue #304

* Made accessible_by action default to :index and parent action default to :show instead of :read - see issue #302

* Reverted Inherited Resources "collection" override since it doesn't seem to be working - see issue #305


1.6.0 (March 11, 2011)

* Added MetaWhere support - see issue #194 and #261

* Allow Active Record scopes in Ability conditions - see issue #257

* Added :if and :unless options to check_authorization - see issue #284

* Several Inherited Resources fixes (thanks aq1018, tanordheim and stefanoverna)

* Pass action name to accessible_by call when loading a collection (thanks amw)

* Added :prepend option to load_and_authorize_resource to load before other filters - see issue #290

* Fixed spacing issue in I18n message for multi-word model names - see issue #292

* Load resource collection for any action which doesn't have an "id" parameter - see issue #296

* Raise an exception when trying to make a Ability condition with both a hash of conditions and a block - see issue #269


1.5.1 (January 20, 2011)

* Fixing deeply nested conditions in Active Record adapter - see issue #246

* Improving Mongoid support for multiple can and cannot definitions (thanks stellard) - see issue #239


1.5.0 (January 11, 2011)

* Added an Ability generator - see issue #170

* Added DataMapper support (thanks natemueller)

* Added Mongoid support (thanks bowsersenior)

* Added skip_load_and_authorize_resource methods to controller class - see issue #164

* Added support for uncountable resources in index action - see issue #193

* Cleaned up README and added spec/README

* Internal: renamed CanDefinition to Rule

* Internal: added a model adapter layer for easily supporting more ORMs

* Internal: added .rvmrc to auto-switch to 1.8.7 with gemset - see issue #231


1.4.1 (November 12, 2010)

* Renaming skip_authorization to skip_authorization_check - see issue #169

* Adding :through_association option to load_resource (thanks hunterae) - see issue #171

* The :shallow option now works with the :singleton option (thanks nandalopes) - see issue #187

* Play nicely with quick_scopes gem (thanks ramontayag) - see issue #183

* Fix odd behavior when "cache_classes = false" (thanks mphalliday) - see issue #174


1.4.0 (October 5, 2010)

* Adding Gemfile; to get specs running just +bundle+ and +rake+ - see issue #163

* Stop at 'cannot' definition when there are no conditions - see issue #161

* The :through option will now call a method with that name if instance variable doesn't exist - see issue #146

* Adding :shallow option to load_resource to bring back old behavior of fetching a child without a parent

* Raise AccessDenied error when loading a child and parent resource isn't found

* Abilities defined on a module will apply to anything that includes that module - see issue #150 and #152

* Abilities can be defined with a string of SQL in addition to a block so accessible_by works with a block - see issue #150

* Adding better support for InheritedResource - see issue #23

* Loading the collection instance variable (for index action) using accessible_by - see issue #137

* Adding action and subject variables to I18n unauthorized message - closes #142

* Adding check_authorization and skip_authorization controller class methods to ensure authorization is performed (thanks justinko) - see issue #135

* Setting initial attributes based on ability conditions in new/create actions - see issue #114

* Check parent attributes for nested association in index action - see issue #121

* Supporting nesting in can? method using hash - see issue #121

* Adding I18n support for Access Denied messages (thanks EppO) - see issue #103

* Passing no arguments to +can+ definition will pass action, class, and object to block - see issue #129

* Don't pass action to block in +can+ definition when using :+manage+ option - see issue #129

* No longer calling block in +can+ definition when checking on class - see issue #116


1.3.4 (August 31, 2010)

* Don't stop at +cannot+ with hash conditions when checking class (thanks tamoya) - see issue #131


1.3.3 (August 20, 2010)

* Switching to Rspec namespace to remove deprecation warning in Rspec 2 - see issue #119

* Pluralize nested associations for conditions in accessible_by (thanks mlooney) - see issue #123


1.3.2 (August 7, 2010)

* Fixing slice error when passing in custom resource name - see issue #112


1.3.1 (August 6, 2010)

* Fixing protected sanitize_sql error - see issue #111


1.3.0 (August 6, 2010)

* Adding :find_by option to load_resource - see issue #19

* Adding :singleton option to load_resource - see issue #93

* Supporting multiple resources in :through option for polymorphic associations - see issue #73

* Supporting Single Table Inheritance for "can" comparisons - see issue #55

* Adding :instance_name option to load/authorize_resource - see issue #44

* Don't pass nil to "new" to keep MongoMapper happy - see issue #63

* Parent resources are now authorized with :read action.

* Changing :resource option in load/authorize_resource back to :class with ability to pass false

* Removing :nested option in favor of :through option with separate load/authorize call

* Moving internal logic from ResourceAuthorization to ControllerResource class

* Supporting multiple "can" and "cannot" calls with accessible_by (thanks funny-falcon) - see issue #71

* Supporting deeply nested aliases - see issue #98


1.2.0 (July 16, 2010)

* Load nested parent resources on collection actions such as "index" (thanks dohzya)

* Adding :name option to load_and_authorize_resource if it does not match controller - see issue #65

* Fixing issue when using accessible_by with nil can conditions (thanks jrallison) - see issue #66

* Pluralize table name for belongs_to associations in can conditions hash (thanks logandk) - see issue #62

* Support has_many association or arrays in can conditions hash

* Adding joins clause to accessible_by when conditions are across associations


1.1.1 (April 17, 2010)

* Fixing behavior in Rails 3 by properly initializing ResourceAuthorization


1.1.0 (April 17, 2010)

* Supporting arrays, ranges, and nested hashes in ability conditions

* Removing "unauthorized!" method in favor of "authorize!" in controllers

* Adding action, subject and default_message abilities to AccessDenied exception - see issue #40

* Adding caching to current_ability controller method, if you're overriding this be sure to add caching too.

* Adding "accessible_by" method to Active Record for fetching records matching a specific ability

* Adding conditions behavior to Ability#can and fetch with Ability#conditions - see issue #53

* Renaming :class option to :resource for load_and_authorize_resource which now supports a symbol for non models - see issue #45

* Properly handle Admin::AbilitiesController in params[:controller] - see issue #46

* Adding be_able_to RSpec matcher (thanks dchelimsky), requires Ruby 1.8.7 or higher - see issue #54

* Support additional arguments to can? which get passed to the block - see issue #48


1.0.2 (Dec 30, 2009)

* Adding clear_aliased_actions to Ability which removes previously defined actions including defaults - see issue #20

* Append aliased actions (don't overwrite them) - see issue #20

* Adding custom message argument to unauthorized! method (thanks tjwallace) - see issue #18


1.0.1 (Dec 14, 2009)

* Adding :class option to load_resource so one can customize which class to use for the model - see issue #17

* Don't fetch parent of nested resource if *_id parameter is missing so it works with shallow nested routes - see issue #14


1.0.0 (Dec 13, 2009)

* Don't set resource instance variable if it has been set already - see issue #13

* Allowing :nested option to accept an array for deep nesting

* Adding :nested option to load resource method - see issue #10

* Pass :only and :except options to before filters for load/authorize resource methods.

* Adding :collection and :new options to load_resource method so we can specify behavior of additional actions if needed.

* BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: turning load and authorize resource methods into class methods which set up the before filter so they can accept additional arguments.


0.2.1 (Nov 26, 2009)

* many internal refactorings - see issues #11 and #12

* adding "cannot" method to define which abilities cannot be done - see issue #7

* support custom objects (usually symbols) in can definition - see issue #8


0.2.0 (Nov 17, 2009)

* fix behavior of load_and_authorize_resource for namespaced controllers - see issue #3

* support arrays being passed to "can" to specify multiple actions or classes - see issue #2

* adding "cannot?" method to ability, controller, and view which is inverse of "can?" - see issue #1

* BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: use Ability#initialize instead of 'prepare' to set up abilities - see issue #4


0.1.0 (Nov 16, 2009)

* initial release