Added support for engines and namespaced models.

lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module CanCan
     def resource_class
       case @options[:class]
       when false  then name.to_sym
-      when nil    then name.to_s.camelize.constantize
+      when nil    then namespaced_name.to_s.camelize.constantize
       when String then @options[:class].constantize
       else @options[:class]
       end
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ module CanCan
       @name || name_from_controller
     end
 
+    def namespaced_name
+      @params[:controller].sub("Controller", "").singularize.constantize
+    rescue NameError
+      name
+    end
+
     def name_from_controller
       @params[:controller].sub("Controller", "").underscore.split('/').last.singularize
     end

spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ describe CanCan::ControllerResource do
     @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).should == project
   end
 
+  it "should attempt to load a resource with the same namespace as the controller when using :: for namespace" do
+    module MyEngine
+      class Project < ::Project; end
+    end
+
+    project = MyEngine::Project.create!
+    @params.merge!(:controller => "MyEngine::ProjectsController", :action => "show", :id => project.id)
+    resource = CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller)
+    resource.load_resource
+    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).should == project
+  end
+
   it "should properly load resource for namespaced controller when using '::' for namespace" do
     project = Project.create!
     @params.merge!(:controller => "Admin::ProjectsController", :action => "show", :id => project.id)