Action Controller

Table A-1. Deprecated controller instance variables

Rails 1.1.6	Rails 1.2
@cookies	cookies
@env	env
@flash	flash
@headers	headers
@params	params
@request	request
@response	response
@session	session

Table A-2. Deprecated controller methods

Rails 1.1.6	Rails 1.2
expire_matched_fragments	expire_fragment
keep_flash	flash.keep
parse_query_parameters	parse_form_encoded_parameters
parse_request_parameters	parse_form_encoded_parameters
redirect_to_path	redirect_to( path )
redirect_to_url	redirect_to( url )
render('#{options}')	render :file => #{options}
url_for(:#{options})	Call url_for with a named route directly

Table A-3. Deprecated assertions

Rails 1.1.6	Rails 1.2
assert_assigned_equal	assert_equal(expected, @response.template.assigns[key.to_s])
assert_cookie_equal	assert(@response.cookies.key?(key))
assert_flash_empty	assert(!@response.has_flash_with_contents?)
assert_flash_equal	assert_equal(expected, @response.flash[key])
assert_flash_exists	assert(@response.has_flash?)
assert_flash_has	assert(@response.has_flash_object?(key))
assert_flash_has_no	assert(!@response.has_flash_object?(key))
assert_flash_not_empty	assert(@response.has_flash_with_contents?)
assert_flash_not_exists	assert(!@response.has_flash?)
assert_invalid_column_on_record	assert(record.errors.invalid?(column))
assert_invalid_record	assert(!assigns(key).valid?)
assert_no_cookie	assert(!@response.cookies.key?(key))
assert_redirect	assert_response(:redirect)
assert_redirect_url	assert_equal(url, @response.redirect_url)
assert_redirect_url_match	assert(@response.redirect_url_match?(pattern))
assert_rendered_file	assert_template
assert_session_equal	assert_equal(expected, @response[key])
assert_session_has	assert(@response.has_session_object?(key))
assert_session_has_no	assert(!@response.has_session_object?(key))
assert_success	assert_response(:success)
assert_template_equal	assert_equal(expected, @response.template.assigns[key.to_s])
assert_template_has	assert(@response.has_template_object?(key))
assert_template_has_no	assert(!@response.has_template_object?(key))
assert_template_xpath_match	assert_tag
assert_valid_record	assert(assigns(key).valid?)
assert_valid_column_on_record	assert(!record.errors.invalid?(column))

Rails 1.2

Components are deprecated.

All dependency loaders formerly in Dependencies module now belong to Active Support instead of Active Controller. These include: :depend_on, :dependencies_on, :model, :observer, :service.