Rails - Dec 2005 - initialize called more than once?

Hi,

In my test case below, it seems that ''initialize'' is called
everytime
''hello'' is called. Is this by design, a bug, or my pilot
error?

    class FooController < ApplicationController

        def initialize
            print "\n initialize \n"
        end

        def hello
            print "\n hello \n"
        end
    end

I thought initialize will be called exactly once when the controller is 
constructed and not when an action is executed.

Thanks for your help and sorry if duplicate,

-Danny

On 12/15/05, Danny Hendargo
<danny-uFU5qH6teA8qcZcGjlUOXw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my test case below, it seems that ''initialize'' is
called everytime
> ''hello'' is called. Is this by design, a bug, or my pilot
error?
>
>     class FooController < ApplicationController
>
>         def initialize
>             print "\n initialize \n"
>         end
>
>         def hello
>             print "\n hello \n"
>         end
>     end
>
> I thought initialize will be called exactly once when the controller is
> constructed and not when an action is executed.
On every request, a controller object is created.  When the controller
object is created, the initialized function is called.

Well the controler gets created every time a action is called, HTTP is a 
stateless protocol : )

Danny Hendargo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my test case below, it seems that ''initialize'' is
called everytime
> ''hello'' is called. Is this by design, a bug, or my pilot
error?
>
>    class FooController < ApplicationController
>
>        def initialize
>            print "\n initialize \n"
>        end
>
>        def hello
>            print "\n hello \n"
>        end
>    end
>
> I thought initialize will be called exactly once when the controller 
> is constructed and not when an action is executed.
>
> Thanks for your help and sorry if duplicate,
>
> -Danny
>
>
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On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 15:47 -0800, Danny Hendargo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In my test case below, it seems that ''initialize'' is
called everytime
> ''hello'' is called. Is this by design, a bug, or my pilot
error?
> 
>     class FooController < ApplicationController
> 
>         def initialize
>             print "\n initialize \n"
>         end
> 
>         def hello
>             print "\n hello \n"
>         end
>     end
> 
> I thought initialize will be called exactly once when the controller is 
> constructed and not when an action is executed.
This is correct, it''s just that a new FooController is being created
(instantiated, whatever) for each request.

- Jamie

If you''re in dev mode, I believe the controller would be reloaded  
with every request so you would see initialize called for each  
invocation of hello.



On Dec 15, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Danny Hendargo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my test case below, it seems that ''initialize'' is
called
> everytime ''hello'' is called. Is this by design, a bug, or
my pilot
> error?
>
>    class FooController < ApplicationController
>
>        def initialize
>            print "\n initialize \n"
>        end
>
>        def hello
>            print "\n hello \n"
>        end
>    end
>
> I thought initialize will be called exactly once when the  
> controller is constructed and not when an action is executed.
>
> Thanks for your help and sorry if duplicate,
>
> -Danny
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
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On 12/15/05, Steven Smith <ssmith-ykxUa7oIpO9Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> If you''re in dev mode, I believe the controller would be reloaded
> with every request so you would see initialize called for each
> invocation of hello.
Controllers get re-constructed on every invocation of every action, no
matter if you''re in development, test, or production mode.
> On Dec 15, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Danny Hendargo wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In my test case below, it seems that ''initialize'' is
called
> > everytime ''hello'' is called. Is this by design, a
bug, or my pilot
> > error?
> >
> >    class FooController < ApplicationController
> >
> >        def initialize
> >            print "\n initialize \n"
> >        end
> >
> >        def hello
> >            print "\n hello \n"
> >        end
> >    end
> >
> > I thought initialize will be called exactly once when the
> > controller is constructed and not when an action is executed.
> >
> > Thanks for your help and sorry if duplicate,
> >
> > -Danny
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
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>
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