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    <div id="content"><h1>Module: Ballast::Concerns::Common
  
  
  
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<h2>Overview</h2><div class="docstring">
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    <p>A concern to handle common tasks in an application.</p>


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      <a href="#authenticate_user-instance_method" title="#authenticate_user (instance method)">- (Object) <strong>authenticate_user</strong>(area: nil, title: nil, message: nil, &amp;authenticator) </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Authenticates a user via HTTP, handling the error if the authentication failed.</p>
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      <a href="#format_long_date-instance_method" title="#format_long_date (instance method)">- (Object) <strong>format_long_date</strong>(date, separator: &quot;•&quot;, format: &quot;%I:%M%p %- %b %o, %Y (%:Z)&quot;) </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Formats a long date.</p>
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      <a href="#format_short_amount-instance_method" title="#format_short_amount (instance method)">- (String) <strong>format_short_amount</strong>(amount, suffix = &quot;&quot;) </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Formats a short amount of time (less than one hour).</p>
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      <a href="#format_short_duration-instance_method" title="#format_short_duration (instance method)">- (String) <strong>format_short_duration</strong>(date, reference: nil, suffix: &quot;&quot;) </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Formats a relative date using abbreviation or short formats.</p>
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      <a href="#json%3F-instance_method" title="#json? (instance method)">- (Boolean) <strong>json?</strong> </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Checks if the current request wants JSON or JSONP as response.</p>
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      <a href="#perform_service-instance_method" title="#perform_service (instance method)">- (Service::Response) <strong>perform_service</strong>(klass, operation = :perform, **kwargs) </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Executes a service.</p>
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      <a href="#request_data%3F-instance_method" title="#request_data? (instance method)">- (Boolean) <strong>request_data?</strong> </a>
    

    
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    <span class="summary_desc"><div class='inline'><p>Checks if the user is sending any data.</p>
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  <h3 class="signature first" id="authenticate_user-instance_method">
  
    - (<tt>Object</tt>) <strong>authenticate_user</strong>(area: nil, title: nil, message: nil, &amp;authenticator) 
  

  

  
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    <p>Authenticates a user via HTTP, handling the error if the authentication failed.</p>


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        <span class='name'>area</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String|NilClass</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
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        <div class='inline'><p>The name of the area.</p>
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        <span class='name'>title</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String|NilClass</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>A title for authentication errors.</p>
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        <span class='name'>message</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String|NilClass</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>A message for authentication errors.</p>
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        <span class='name'>authenticator</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>Proc</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>A block to verify if authentication is valid.</p>
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      <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'lib/ballast/concerns/common.rb', line 87</span>

<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_authenticate_user identifier id'>authenticate_user</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='label val'>area:</span> <span class='rubyid_nil nil kw'>nil</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>title:</span> <span class='rubyid_nil nil kw'>nil</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>message:</span> <span class='rubyid_nil nil kw'>nil</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='bitand op'>&amp;</span><span class='rubyid_authenticator identifier id'>authenticator</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_return return kw'>return</span> <span class='rubyid_if if_mod kw'>if</span> <span class='rubyid_authenticate_with_http_basic identifier id'>authenticate_with_http_basic</span> <span class='lbrace token'>{</span> <span class='bitor op'>|</span><span class='rubyid_username identifier id'>username</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='rubyid_password identifier id'>password</span><span class='bitor op'>|</span> <span class='rubyid_authenticator identifier id'>authenticator</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_call identifier id'>call</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_username identifier id'>username</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='rubyid_password identifier id'>password</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span> <span class='rbrace token'>}</span>

  <span class='rubyid_area identifier id'>area</span> <span class='opasgn op'>||=</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;Private Area&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_title identifier id'>title</span> <span class='opasgn op'>||=</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;Authentication required.&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_message identifier id'>message</span> <span class='opasgn op'>||=</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;To view this resource you have to authenticate.&quot;</span>

  <span class='rubyid_headers identifier id'>headers</span><span class='lbrack token'>[</span><span class='string val'>&quot;WWW-Authenticate&quot;</span><span class='rbrack token'>]</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='dstring node'>&quot;Basic realm=\&quot;#{area}\&quot;&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_handle_error identifier id'>handle_error</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='lbrace token'>{</span><span class='label val'>status:</span> <span class='integer val'>401</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>title:</span> <span class='rubyid_title identifier id'>title</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>message:</span> <span class='rubyid_message identifier id'>message</span><span class='rbrace token'>}</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
<span class='rubyid_end end kw'>end</span>
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    - (<tt>Object</tt>) <strong>format_long_date</strong>(date, separator: &quot;•&quot;, format: &quot;%I:%M%p %- %b %o, %Y (%:Z)&quot;) 
  

  

  
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    <p>Formats a long date.</p>


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  <p class="tag_title">Parameters:</p>
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        <span class='name'>date</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>DateTime</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
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        <div class='inline'><p>The date to format.</p>
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        <span class='name'>separator</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The separator between date and time.</p>
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        <span class='name'>format</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The format of the date, like in strftime. Use <code>%-</code> for the separator, <code>%o</code> for the ordinalized version of the day of the month
and <code>%:Z</code> for the zone name considering also DST.</p>
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      <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'lib/ballast/concerns/common.rb', line 75</span>

<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_format_long_date identifier id'>format_long_date</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>separator:</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;•&quot;</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>format:</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;%I:%M%p %- %b %o, %Y (%:Z)&quot;</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_tz identifier id'>tz</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='rubyid_Time constant id'>Time</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_zone identifier id'>zone</span>
  <span class='rubyid_replacements identifier id'>replacements</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='lbrace token'>{</span><span class='string val'>&quot;%-&quot;</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span><span class='gt op'>&gt;</span> <span class='rubyid_separator identifier id'>separator</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;%o&quot;</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span><span class='gt op'>&gt;</span> <span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_day identifier id'>day</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_ordinalize identifier id'>ordinalize</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;%:Z&quot;</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span><span class='gt op'>&gt;</span> <span class='rubyid_tz identifier id'>tz</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_current_name identifier id'>current_name</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_tz identifier id'>tz</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_uses_dst? fid id'>uses_dst?</span> <span class='andop op'>&amp;&amp;</span> <span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_dst? fid id'>dst?</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span><span class='rbrace token'>}</span>
  <span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_strftime identifier id'>strftime</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_format identifier id'>format</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_gsub identifier id'>gsub</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='regexp val'>/%(-|o|(:Z))/</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span> <span class='lbrace token'>{</span> <span class='bitor op'>|</span><span class='rubyid_r identifier id'>r</span><span class='bitor op'>|</span> <span class='rubyid_replacements identifier id'>replacements</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_fetch identifier id'>fetch</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_r identifier id'>r</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='rubyid_r identifier id'>r</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span> <span class='rbrace token'>}</span>
<span class='rubyid_end end kw'>end</span>
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  <h3 class="signature " id="format_short_amount-instance_method">
  
    - (<tt>String</tt>) <strong>format_short_amount</strong>(amount, suffix = &quot;&quot;) 
  

  

  
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    <p>Formats a short amount of time (less than one hour).</p>


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  <p class="tag_title">Parameters:</p>
<ul class="param">
  
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        <span class='name'>amount</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>Fixnum</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The amount to format.</p>
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    </li>
  
    <li>
      
        <span class='name'>suffix</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
      
      
        <em class="default">(defaults to: <tt>&quot;&quot;</tt>)</em>
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The suffix to add to the formatted amount.</p>
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</ul>

<p class="tag_title">Returns:</p>
<ul class="return">
  
    <li>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The formatted amount.</p>
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      <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'lib/ballast/concerns/common.rb', line 59</span>

<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_format_short_amount identifier id'>format_short_amount</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='rubyid_suffix identifier id'>suffix</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;&quot;</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_if if kw'>if</span> <span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span> <span class='lt op'>&lt;</span> <span class='float val'>1</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_minute identifier id'>minute</span>
    <span class='dstring node'>&quot;#{amount.floor}s#{suffix}&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_elsif elsif kw'>elsif</span> <span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span> <span class='lt op'>&lt;</span> <span class='float val'>1</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_hour identifier id'>hour</span>
    <span class='dstring node'>&quot;#{(amount / 60).floor}m#{suffix}&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_else else kw'>else</span>
    <span class='dstring node'>&quot;#{(amount / 3600).floor}h#{suffix}&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_end end kw'>end</span>
<span class='rubyid_end end kw'>end</span>
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  <h3 class="signature " id="format_short_duration-instance_method">
  
    - (<tt>String</tt>) <strong>format_short_duration</strong>(date, reference: nil, suffix: &quot;&quot;) 
  

  

  
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    <p>Formats a relative date using abbreviation or short formats.</p>


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  <p class="tag_title">Parameters:</p>
<ul class="param">
  
    <li>
      
        <span class='name'>date</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>DateTime</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The date to format.</p>
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    <li>
      
        <span class='name'>reference</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>DateTime|NilClass</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The reference date.</p>
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    </li>
  
    <li>
      
        <span class='name'>suffix</span>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The suffix to add to the formatted date.</p>
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    </li>
  
</ul>

<p class="tag_title">Returns:</p>
<ul class="return">
  
    <li>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>The formatted date.</p>
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      <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'lib/ballast/concerns/common.rb', line 40</span>

<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_format_short_duration identifier id'>format_short_duration</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>reference:</span> <span class='rubyid_nil nil kw'>nil</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>suffix:</span> <span class='string val'>&quot;&quot;</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_reference identifier id'>reference</span> <span class='orop op'>||</span> <span class='rubyid_Time constant id'>Time</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_now identifier id'>now</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_to_i identifier id'>to_i</span> <span class='minus op'>-</span> <span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_to_i identifier id'>to_i</span>

  <span class='rubyid_if if kw'>if</span> <span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span> <span class='leq op'>&lt;=</span> <span class='integer val'>0</span>
    <span class='string val'>&quot;now&quot;</span>
  <span class='rubyid_elsif elsif kw'>elsif</span> <span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span> <span class='lt op'>&lt;</span> <span class='float val'>1</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_day identifier id'>day</span>
    <span class='rubyid_format_short_amount identifier id'>format_short_amount</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='rubyid_suffix identifier id'>suffix</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_elsif elsif kw'>elsif</span> <span class='rubyid_amount identifier id'>amount</span> <span class='lt op'>&lt;</span> <span class='float val'>1</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_year identifier id'>year</span>
    <span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_strftime identifier id'>strftime</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='string val'>&quot;%b %d&quot;</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_else else kw'>else</span>
    <span class='rubyid_date identifier id'>date</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_strftime identifier id'>strftime</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='string val'>&quot;%b %d %Y&quot;</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_end end kw'>end</span>
<span class='rubyid_end end kw'>end</span>
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    - (<tt>Boolean</tt>) <strong>json?</strong> 
  

  

  
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    <p>Checks if the current request wants JSON or JSONP as response.</p>


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    <li>
      
      
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<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_json? fid id'>json?</span>
  <span class='lbrack token'>[</span><span class='symbol val'>:json</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='symbol val'>:jsonp</span><span class='rbrack token'>]</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_include? fid id'>include?</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_request identifier id'>request</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_format identifier id'>format</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_to_sym identifier id'>to_sym</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span> <span class='orop op'>||</span> <span class='rubyid_params identifier id'>params</span><span class='lbrack token'>[</span><span class='symbol val'>:json</span><span class='rbrack token'>]</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_to_boolean identifier id'>to_boolean</span>
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<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_perform_service identifier id'>perform_service</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_klass identifier id'>klass</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='rubyid_operation identifier id'>operation</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='symbol val'>:perform</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='pow op'>**</span><span class='rubyid_kwargs identifier id'>kwargs</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
  <span class='rubyid_@result ivar id'>@result</span> <span class='assign token'>=</span> <span class='rubyid_klass identifier id'>klass</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_new identifier id'>new</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_self self kw'>self</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_call identifier id'>call</span><span class='lparen token'>(</span><span class='rubyid_operation identifier id'>operation</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='label val'>params:</span> <span class='rubyid_params identifier id'>params</span><span class='comma token'>,</span> <span class='pow op'>**</span><span class='rubyid_kwargs identifier id'>kwargs</span><span class='rparen token'>)</span>
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<span class='rubyid_def def kw'>def</span> <span class='rubyid_request_data? fid id'>request_data?</span>
  <span class='rubyid_request identifier id'>request</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_post? fid id'>post?</span> <span class='orop op'>||</span> <span class='rubyid_request identifier id'>request</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_put? fid id'>put?</span> <span class='orop op'>||</span> <span class='rubyid_request identifier id'>request</span><span class='dot token'>.</span><span class='rubyid_patch? fid id'>patch?</span>
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