Class: Merb::Rack::Console

Class | Merb::Rack::Console
In: | lib/merb-core/rack/adapter/irb.rb
Parent: | Object

### Methods

close_sandbox! open_sandbox! reload! show_routes trace_log! url

### Public Instance methods

close_sandbox!()

Ends a sandboxed session (delegates to any Merb::Orms::* modules).

An ORM should implement Merb::Orms::MyOrm#close_sandbox! to support this. Usually this involves rolling back a transaction. :api: public

open_sandbox!()

Starts a sandboxed session (delegates to any Merb::Orms::* modules).

An ORM should implement Merb::Orms::MyOrm#open_sandbox! to support this. Usually this involves starting a transaction. :api: public

reload!()

Reloads classes using Merb::BootLoader::ReloadClasses. :api: public

show_routes()

Prints all routes for the application. :api: public

trace_log!()

Explictly show logger output during IRB session :api: public

url(name, *args)

There are three possible ways to use this method. First, if you have a named route, you can specify the route as the first parameter as a symbol and any paramters in a hash. Second, you can generate the default route by just passing the params hash, just passing the params hash. Finally, you can use the anonymous parameters. This allows you to specify the parameters to a named route in the order they appear in the router.

#### Parameters(Named Route)

name<Symbol>: | The name of the route.
args<Hash>: | Parameters for the route generation.

#### Parameters(Default Route)

args<Hash>: | Parameters for the route generation. This route will use the default route.

#### Parameters(Anonymous Parameters)

name<Symbol>: | The name of the route.
args<Array>: | An array of anonymous parameters to generate the route with. These parameters are assigned to the route parameters in the order that they are passed.

#### Returns

String: | The generated URL.

#### Examples

Named Route

Merb::Router.prepare do

      match("/articles/:title").to(:controller => :articles, :action => :show).name("articles")

end

url(:articles, :title => "new_article")

Default Route

Merb::Router.prepare do

      default_routes

end

url(:controller => "articles", :action => "new")

Anonymous Paramters

Merb::Router.prepare do

      match("/articles/:year/:month/:title").to(:controller => :articles, :action => :show).name("articles")

end

url(:articles, 2008, 10, "test_article")

:api: public

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