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i am trying to create a system so that different users have different priviliges on my application. i was going to modify my authorize function so that i could pass the required role to it and have it check the current user for that role. i am using before_filter and would like to have just one function instead of writing one for each role like so: authorize(role) instead of:

...re_edit - end - def tmp_authorize_admin - authorize_admin - end - def pre_create - end - def pre_show - end - - # These authorize_XXX methods should go away once we're fully converted to - # the service layer - def authorize_view - authorize_action(Privilege::VIEW) - end - def authorize_user - authorize_action(Privilege::VM_CONTROL) - end - def authorize_admin - authorize_action(Privilege::MODIFY) - end - def authorize_action(privilege) - authorized!(privilege) - true - end - def handle_perm_error(error) handle_error(:error => error, :status => :forbidden...