releasing version 1.2.0

CHANGELOG.rdoc

@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+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

README.rdoc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Wiki[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan] | RDocs[http://rdoc.info/projects/ryan
 
 CanCan is an authorization solution for Ruby on Rails. This restricts what a given user is allowed to access throughout the application. It is completely decoupled from any role based implementation and focusses on keeping permission logic in a single location (the +Ability+ class) so it is not duplicated across controllers, views, and database queries.
 
-This assumes you already have authentication (such as Authlogic[http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic] or Devise[http://github.com/plataformatec/devise]). This will provide a +current_user+ method which CanCan relies on. See {Changing Defaults}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/changing-defaults] if you need different behavior.
+This assumes you already have authentication (such as Authlogic[http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic] or Devise[http://github.com/plataformatec/devise]) that provides a +current_user+ method which CanCan relies on. See {Changing Defaults}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/changing-defaults] if you need different behavior.
 
 
 == Installation
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The "authorize!" method in the controller will raise an exception if the user is
     authorize! :read, @article
   end
 
-Setting this for every action can be tedious, therefore the +load_and_authorize_resource+ method is provided to automatically authorize all actions in a RESTful style resource controller. It will set up a before filter which loads the resource into the instance variable and authorizes it for each action.
+Setting this for every action can be tedious, therefore the +load_and_authorize_resource+ method is provided to automatically authorize all actions in a RESTful style resource controller. It will use a before filter to load the resource into an instance variable and authorize it for each action.
 
   class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
     load_and_authorize_resource
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Setting this for every action can be tedious, therefore the +load_and_authorize_
 
 See {Authorizing Controller Actions}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/authorizing-controller-actions] for more information
 
-If the user authorization fails a CanCan::AccessDenied exception will be raised. You can catch this and modify its behavior in the +ApplicationController+.
+If the user authorization fails, a CanCan::AccessDenied exception will be raised. You can catch this and modify its behavior in the +ApplicationController+.
 
   class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception|
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ If the block returns true then the user has that :+update+ ability for that proj
 
 == Aliasing Actions
 
-You will usually be working with four actions when defining and checking permissions: :+read+, :+create+, :+update+, :+destroy+. These aren't the same as the 7 RESTful actions in Rails. CanCan adds some default aliases for mapping those actions.
+You will usually be working with four actions when defining and checking permissions: :+read+, :+create+, :+update+, :+destroy+. These aren't the same as the 7 RESTful actions in Rails. CanCan automatically adds some default aliases for mapping those actions.
 
   alias_action :index, :show, :to => :read
   alias_action :new, :to => :create
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ See {Fetching Records}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/fetching-records] for
 * {Upgrading to 1.1}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/upgrading-to-11]
 * {Testing Abilities}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/testing-abilities]
 * {Accessing Request Data}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/accessing-request-data]
+* {Admin Namespace}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/admin-namespace]
 * {See more}[http://wiki.github.com/ryanb/cancan/]
 
 == Special Thanks

cancan.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "cancan"
-  s.version     = "1.1.0"
+  s.version     = "1.2.0"
   s.author      = "Ryan Bates"
   s.email       = "ryan@railscasts.com"
   s.homepage    = "http://github.com/ryanb/cancan"

lib/cancan.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'cancan/ability'
+require 'cancan/can_definition'
 require 'cancan/controller_resource'
 require 'cancan/resource_authorization'
 require 'cancan/controller_additions'

lib/cancan/ability.rb

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module CanCan
   #   end
   #
   module Ability
-    # Use to check the user's permission for a given action and object.
+    # Use to check if the user has permission to perform a given action on an object.
     #
     #   can? :destroy, @project
     #
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ module CanCan
     #     assert ability.cannot?(:destroy, Project.new)
     #   end
     #
+    # Also see the RSpec Matchers to aid in testing.
     def can?(action, subject, *extra_args)
-      matching_can_definition(action, subject) do |base_behavior, defined_actions, defined_subjects, defined_conditions, defined_block|
+      raise Error, "Nom nom nom. I eated it." if action == :has && subject == :cheezburger
-        result = can_perform_action?(action, subject, defined_actions, defined_subjects, defined_conditions, defined_block, extra_args)
+      can_definition = matching_can_definition(action, subject)
-        return base_behavior ? result : !result
+      can_definition && can_definition.can?(action, subject, extra_args)
-      end
-      false
     end
 
     # Convenience method which works the same as "can?" but returns the opposite value.
@@ -78,8 +77,8 @@ module CanCan
     #
     #   can :read, Project, :active => true, :user_id => user.id
     #
-    # Here the user can only see active projects which he owns. See ControllerAdditions#conditions for a way to
+    # Here the user can only see active projects which he owns. See ActiveRecordAdditions#accessible_by
-    # use this in database queries.
+    # for how to use this in database queries.
     #
     # If the conditions hash does not give you enough control over defining abilities, you can use a block to
     # write any Ruby code you want.
@@ -117,11 +116,10 @@ module CanCan
     #   can? :read, :stats # => true
     #
     def can(action, subject, conditions = nil, &block)
-      @can_definitions ||= []
+      can_definitions << CanDefinition.new(true, action, subject, conditions, block)
-      @can_definitions << [true, action, subject, conditions, block]
     end
 
-    # Define an ability which cannot be done. Accepts the same arguments as "can".
+    # Defines an ability which cannot be done. Accepts the same arguments as "can".
     #
     #   can :read, :all
     #   cannot :read, Comment
@@ -134,8 +132,7 @@ module CanCan
     #   end
     #
     def cannot(action, subject, conditions = nil, &block)
-      @can_definitions ||= []
+      can_definitions << CanDefinition.new(false, action, subject, conditions, block)
-      @can_definitions << [false, action, subject, conditions, block]
     end
 
     # Alias one or more actions into another one.
@@ -194,23 +191,36 @@ module CanCan
     # If the ability is not defined then false is returned so be sure to take that into consideration.
     # If the ability is defined using a block then this will raise an exception since a hash of conditions cannot be
     # determined from that.
-    def conditions(action, subject)
+    def conditions(action, subject, options = {})
-      matching_can_definition(action, subject) do |base_behavior, defined_actions, defined_subjects, defined_conditions, defined_block|
+      can_definition = matching_can_definition(action, subject)
-        raise Error, "Cannot determine ability conditions from block for #{action.inspect} #{subject.inspect}" if defined_block
+      if can_definition
-        return defined_conditions || {}
+        raise Error, "Cannot determine ability conditions from block for #{action.inspect} #{subject.inspect}" if can_definition.block
+        can_definition.conditions(options) || {}
+      else
+        false
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns the associations used in conditions. This is usually used in the :joins option for a search.
+    # See ActiveRecordAdditions#accessible_by for use in Active Record.
+    def association_joins(action, subject)
+      can_definition = matching_can_definition(action, subject)
+      if can_definition
+        raise Error, "Cannot determine association joins from block for #{action.inspect} #{subject.inspect}" if can_definition.block
+        can_definition.association_joins
       end
-      false
     end
 
     private
 
-    def matching_can_definition(action, subject, &block)
+    def can_definitions
-      (@can_definitions || []).reverse.each do |base_behavior, defined_action, defined_subject, defined_conditions, defined_block|
+      @can_definitions ||= []
-        defined_actions = expand_actions(defined_action)
+    end
-        defined_subjects = [defined_subject].flatten
+
-        if includes_action?(defined_actions, action) && includes_subject?(defined_subjects, subject)
+    def matching_can_definition(action, subject)
-          return block.call(base_behavior, defined_actions, defined_subjects, defined_conditions, defined_block)
+      can_definitions.reverse.detect do |can_definition|
-        end
+        can_definition.expand_actions(aliased_actions)
+        can_definition.matches? action, subject
       end
     end
 
@@ -221,55 +231,5 @@ module CanCan
         :update => [:edit],
       }
     end
-    
-    def expand_actions(actions)
-      [actions].flatten.map do |action|
-        if aliased_actions[action]
-          [action, *aliased_actions[action]]
-        else
-          action
-        end
-      end.flatten
-    end
-    
-    def can_perform_action?(action, subject, defined_actions, defined_subjects, defined_conditions, defined_block, extra_args)
-      if defined_block
-        block_args = []
-        block_args << action if defined_actions.include?(:manage)
-        block_args << (subject.class == Class ? subject : subject.class) if defined_subjects.include?(:all)
-        block_args << (subject.class == Class ? nil : subject)
-        block_args += extra_args
-        defined_block.call(*block_args)
-      elsif defined_conditions
-        if subject.class == Class
-          true
-        else
-          matches_conditions? subject, defined_conditions
-        end
-      else
-        true
-      end
-    end
-    
-    def matches_conditions?(subject, defined_conditions)
-      defined_conditions.all? do |name, value|
-        attribute = subject.send(name)
-        if value.kind_of?(Hash)
-          matches_conditions? attribute, value
-        elsif value.kind_of?(Array) || value.kind_of?(Range)
-          value.include? attribute
-        else
-          attribute == value
-        end
-      end
-    end
-    
-    def includes_action?(actions, action)
-      actions.include?(:manage) || actions.include?(action)
-    end
-    
-    def includes_subject?(subjects, subject)
-      subjects.include?(:all) || subjects.include?(subject) || subjects.any? { |c| c.kind_of?(Class) && subject.kind_of?(c) }
-    end
   end
 end

lib/cancan/active_record_additions.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module CanCan
-  # This module is automatically included into all Active Record.
+  # This module is automatically included into all Active Record models.
   module ActiveRecordAdditions
     module ClassMethods
       # Returns a scope which fetches only the records that the passed ability
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ module CanCan
       # Here only the articles which the user can update are returned. This
       # internally uses Ability#conditions method, see that for more information.
       def accessible_by(ability, action = :read)
-        conditions = ability.conditions(action, self) || {:id => nil}
+        conditions = ability.conditions(action, self, :tableize => true) || {:id => nil}
+        joins = ability.association_joins(action, self)
         if respond_to? :where
-          where(conditions)
+          where(conditions).joins(joins)
         else
-          scoped(:conditions => conditions)
+          scoped(:conditions => conditions, :joins => joins)
         end
       end
     end

lib/cancan/can_definition.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+module CanCan
+  # This class is used internally and should only be called through Ability.
+  # it holds the information about a "can" call made on Ability and provides
+  # helpful methods to determine permission checking and conditions hash generation.
+  class CanDefinition # :nodoc:
+    include ActiveSupport::Inflector
+    attr_reader :block
+    
+    # The first argument when initializing is the base_behavior which is a true/false
+    # value. True for "can" and false for "cannot". The next two arguments are the action
+    # and subject respectively (such as :read, @project). The third argument is a hash
+    # of conditions and the last one is the block passed to the "can" call.
+    def initialize(base_behavior, action, subject, conditions, block)
+      @base_behavior = base_behavior
+      @actions = [action].flatten
+      @subjects = [subject].flatten
+      @conditions = conditions || {}
+      @block = block
+    end
+
+    # Accepts a hash of aliased actions and returns an array of actions which match.
+    # This should be called before "matches?" and other checking methods since they
+    # rely on the actions to be expanded.
+    def expand_actions(aliased_actions)
+      @expanded_actions = @actions.map do |action|
+        aliased_actions[action] ? [action, *aliased_actions[action]] : action
+      end.flatten
+    end
+
+    def matches?(action, subject)
+      matches_action?(action) && matches_subject?(subject)
+    end
+
+    def can?(action, subject, extra_args)
+      result = can_without_base_behavior?(action, subject, extra_args)
+      @base_behavior ? result : !result
+    end
+
+    # Returns a hash of conditions. If the ":tableize => true" option is passed
+    # it will pluralize the association conditions to match the table name.
+    def conditions(options = {})
+      if options[:tableize] && @conditions.kind_of?(Hash)
+        @conditions.inject({}) do |tableized_conditions, (name, value)|
+          name = tableize(name).to_sym if value.kind_of? Hash
+          tableized_conditions[name] = value
+          tableized_conditions
+        end
+      else
+        @conditions
+      end
+    end
+
+    def association_joins(conditions = @conditions)
+      joins = []
+      conditions.each do |name, value|
+        if value.kind_of? Hash
+          nested = association_joins(value)
+          if nested
+            joins << {name => nested}
+          else
+            joins << name
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      joins unless joins.empty?
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def matches_action?(action)
+      @expanded_actions.include?(:manage) || @expanded_actions.include?(action)
+    end
+
+    def matches_subject?(subject)
+      @subjects.include?(:all) || @subjects.include?(subject) || @subjects.any? { |sub| sub.kind_of?(Class) && subject.kind_of?(sub) }
+    end
+
+    def can_without_base_behavior?(action, subject, extra_args)
+      if @block
+        call_block(action, subject, extra_args)
+      elsif @conditions && subject.class != Class
+        matches_conditions? subject
+      else
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+    def matches_conditions?(subject, conditions = @conditions)
+      conditions.all? do |name, value|
+        attribute = subject.send(name)
+        if value.kind_of?(Hash)
+          if attribute.kind_of? Array
+            attribute.any? { |element| matches_conditions? element, value }
+          else
+            matches_conditions? attribute, value
+          end
+        elsif value.kind_of?(Array) || value.kind_of?(Range)
+          value.include? attribute
+        else
+          attribute == value
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def call_block(action, subject, extra_args)
+      block_args = []
+      block_args << action if @expanded_actions.include?(:manage)
+      block_args << (subject.class == Class ? subject : subject.class) if @subjects.include?(:all)
+      block_args << (subject.class == Class ? nil : subject)
+      block_args += extra_args
+      @block.call(*block_args)
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ module CanCan
       #
       #     load_resource :nested => [:publisher, :author]
       #
+      # [:+name+]
+      #   The name of the resource if it cannot be determined from controller (string or symbol).
+      #
+      #     load_resource :name => :article
+      #
       # [:+resource+]
       #   The class to use for the model (string or constant).
       #
@@ -102,6 +107,11 @@ module CanCan
       # [:+except+]
       #   Does not apply before filter to given actions.
       #
+      # [:+name+]
+      #   The name of the resource if it cannot be determined from controller (string or symbol).
+      #
+      #     load_resource :name => :article
+      #
       # [:+resource+]
       #   The class to use for the model (string or constant). Alternatively pass a symbol
       #   to represent a resource which does not have a class.

lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 module CanCan
+  # Used internally to load and authorize a given controller resource.
+  # This manages finding or building an instance of the resource. If a
+  # parent is given it will go through the association.
   class ControllerResource # :nodoc:
     def initialize(controller, name, parent = nil, options = {})
       raise ImplementationRemoved, "The :class option has been renamed to :resource for specifying the class in CanCan." if options.has_key? :class
@@ -8,13 +11,17 @@ module CanCan
       @options = options
     end
     
+    # Returns the class used for this resource. This can be overriden by the :resource option.
+    # Sometimes one will use a symbol as the resource if a class does not exist for it. In that
+    # case "find" and "build" should not be called on it.
     def model_class
-      if @options[:resource].nil?
+      resource_class = @options[:resource]
+      if resource_class.nil?
         @name.to_s.camelize.constantize
-      elsif @options[:resource].kind_of? String
+      elsif resource_class.kind_of? String
-        @options[:resource].constantize
+        resource_class.constantize
       else
-        @options[:resource]
+        resource_class # could be a symbol
       end
     end
     
@@ -22,12 +29,10 @@ module CanCan
       self.model_instance ||= base.find(id)
     end
     
+    # Build a new instance of this resource. If it is a class we just call "new" otherwise
+    # it's an associaiton and "build" is used.
     def build(attributes)
-      if base.kind_of? Class
+      self.model_instance ||= (base.kind_of?(Class) ? base.new(attributes) : base.build(attributes))
-        self.model_instance ||= base.new(attributes)
-      else
-        self.model_instance ||= base.build(attributes)
-      end
     end
     
     def model_instance
@@ -40,6 +45,8 @@ module CanCan
     
     private
     
+    # The object that methods (such as "find", "new" or "build") are called on.
+    # If there is a parent it will be the association, otherwise it will be the model's class.
     def base
       @parent ? @parent.model_instance.send(@name.to_s.pluralize) : model_class
     end

lib/cancan/exceptions.rb

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module CanCan
   #   exception.action # => :read
   #   exception.subject # => Article
   #
-  # If the message is not specified (or is nil) it will default to "You are anot authorized
+  # If the message is not specified (or is nil) it will default to "You are not authorized
   # to access this page." This default can be overridden by setting default_message.
   #
   #   exception.default_message = "Default error message"

lib/cancan/resource_authorization.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 module CanCan
+  # Handle the load and authorization controller logic so we don't clutter up all controllers with non-interface methods.
+  # This class is used internally, so you do not need to call methods directly on it.
   class ResourceAuthorization # :nodoc:
-    attr_reader :params
-    
     def self.add_before_filter(controller_class, method, options = {})
       controller_class.before_filter(options.slice(:only, :except)) do |controller|
-        new(controller, controller.params, options.except(:only, :except)).send(method)
+        ResourceAuthorization.new(controller, controller.params, options.except(:only, :except)).send(method)
       end
     end
 
@@ -20,17 +20,19 @@ module CanCan
     end
 
     def load_resource
-      unless collection_actions.include? params[:action].to_sym
+      if collection_actions.include? @params[:action].to_sym
-        if new_actions.include? params[:action].to_sym
+        parent_resource
-          resource.build(params[model_name.to_sym])
+      else
-        elsif params[:id]
+        if new_actions.include? @params[:action].to_sym
-          resource.find(params[:id])
+          resource.build(@params[model_name.to_sym])
+        elsif @params[:id]
+          resource.find(@params[:id])
         end
       end
     end
 
     def authorize_resource
-      @controller.authorize!(params[:action].to_sym, resource.model_instance || resource.model_class)
+      @controller.authorize!(@params[:action].to_sym, resource.model_instance || resource.model_class)
     end
 
     private
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ module CanCan
     end
 
     def model_name
-      params[:controller].sub("Controller", "").underscore.split('/').last.singularize
+      @options[:name] || @params[:controller].sub("Controller", "").underscore.split('/').last.singularize
     end
 
     def collection_actions

spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb

@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ describe CanCan::Ability do
     @ability.can?(:read, ["test1", "foo"]).should be_true
   end
 
+  it "should allow nested hash of arrays and match any element" do
+    @ability.can :read, Array, :first => { :to_i => 3 }
+    @ability.can?(:read, [[1, 2, 3]]).should be_true
+    @ability.can?(:read, [[4, 5, 6]]).should be_false
+  end
+
   it "should return conditions for a given ability" do
     @ability.can :read, Array, :first => 1, :last => 3
     @ability.conditions(:show, Array).should == {:first => 1, :last => 3}
@@ -188,4 +194,10 @@ describe CanCan::Ability do
   it "should return false when performed on an action which isn't defined" do
     @ability.conditions(:foo, Array).should == false
   end
+
+  it "should has eated cheezburger" do
+    lambda {
+      @ability.can? :has, :cheezburger
+    }.should raise_exception(CanCan::Error, "Nom nom nom. I eated it.")
+  end
 end

spec/cancan/active_record_additions_spec.rb

@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ describe CanCan::ActiveRecordAdditions do
   end
 
   it "should call where(:id => nil) when no ability is defined so no records are found" do
-    stub(@model_class).where(:id => nil) { :no_where }
+    stub(@model_class).where(:id => nil).stub!.joins(nil) { :no_where }
     @model_class.accessible_by(@ability, :read).should == :no_where
   end
 
   it "should call where with matching ability conditions" do
-    @ability.can :read, @model_class, :foo => 1
+    @ability.can :read, @model_class, :foo => {:bar => 1}
-    stub(@model_class).where(:foo => 1) { :found_records }
+    stub(@model_class).where(:foos => { :bar => 1 }).stub!.joins([:foo]) { :found_records }
     @model_class.accessible_by(@ability, :read).should == :found_records
   end
 
   it "should default to :read ability and use scoped when where isn't available" do
-    @ability.can :read, @model_class, :foo => 1
+    @ability.can :read, @model_class, :foo => {:bar => 1}
-    stub(@model_class).scoped(:conditions => {:foo => 1}) { :found_records }
+    stub(@model_class).scoped(:conditions => {:foos => {:bar => 1}}, :joins => [:foo]) { :found_records }
     @model_class.accessible_by(@ability).should == :found_records
   end
 end

spec/cancan/can_definition_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe CanCan::CanDefinition do
+  before(:each) do
+    @conditions = {}
+    @can = CanCan::CanDefinition.new(true, :read, Integer, @conditions, nil)
+  end
+
+  it "should return no association joins if none exist" do
+    @can.association_joins.should be_nil
+  end
+
+  it "should return no association for joins if just attributes" do
+    @conditions[:foo] = :bar
+    @can.association_joins.should be_nil
+  end
+
+  it "should return single association for joins" do
+    @conditions[:foo] = {:bar => 1}
+    @can.association_joins.should == [:foo]
+  end
+
+  it "should return multiple associations for joins" do
+    @conditions[:foo] = {:bar => 1}
+    @conditions[:test] = {1 => 2}
+    @can.association_joins.map(&:to_s).sort.should == [:foo, :test].map(&:to_s).sort
+  end
+
+  it "should return nested associations for joins" do
+    @conditions[:foo] = {:bar => {1 => 2}}
+    @can.association_joins.should == [{:foo => [:bar]}]
+  end
+
+  it "should return table names in conditions for association joins" do
+    @conditions[:foo] = {:bar => 1}
+    @conditions[:test] = 1
+    @can.conditions(:tableize => true).should == { :foos => { :bar => 1}, :test => 1 }
+  end
+
+  it "should return no association joins if conditions is nil" do
+    can = CanCan::CanDefinition.new(true, :read, Integer, nil, nil)
+    can.association_joins.should be_nil
+  end
+end

spec/cancan/resource_authorization_spec.rb

@@ -86,12 +86,23 @@ describe CanCan::ResourceAuthorization do
   end
 
   it "should load nested resource and fetch other resource through the association" do
-    stub(Person).find(456).stub!.abilities.stub!.find(123) { :some_ability }
+    person = Object.new
+    stub(Person).find(456) { person }
+    stub(person).abilities.stub!.find(123) { :some_ability }
     authorization = CanCan::ResourceAuthorization.new(@controller, {:controller => "abilities", :action => "show", :id => 123, :person_id => 456}, {:nested => :person})
     authorization.load_resource
+    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@person).should == person
     @controller.instance_variable_get(:@ability).should == :some_ability
   end
 
+  it "should load nested resource for collection action" do
+    person = Object.new
+    stub(Person).find(456) { person }
+    authorization = CanCan::ResourceAuthorization.new(@controller, {:controller => "abilities", :action => "index", :person_id => 456}, {:nested => :person})
+    authorization.load_resource
+    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@person).should == person
+  end
+
   it "should load nested resource and build resource through a deep association" do
     stub(Person).find(456).stub!.behaviors.stub!.find(789).stub!.abilities.stub!.build(nil) { :some_ability }
     authorization = CanCan::ResourceAuthorization.new(@controller, {:controller => "abilities", :action => "new", :person_id => 456, :behavior_id => 789}, {:nested => [:person, :behavior]})
@@ -114,4 +125,11 @@ describe CanCan::ResourceAuthorization do
     authorization.load_resource
     @controller.instance_variable_get(:@ability).should == :some_resource
   end
+
+  it "should use :name option to determine resource name" do
+    stub(Ability).find(123) { :some_resource }
+    authorization = CanCan::ResourceAuthorization.new(@controller, {:controller => "foo", :action => "show", :id => 123}, {:name => :ability})
+    authorization.load_resource
+    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@ability).should == :some_resource
+  end
 end