init.rb in caterpillar-0.9.16 vs init.rb in caterpillar-1.0.0

@@ -1,8 +1,35 @@
+# Rails plugin initialization.
+
 file = File.symlink?(__FILE__) ? File.readlink(__FILE__) : __FILE__
 this_dir = File.dirname(File.expand_path(file))
 
-# append the views path
-ActionController::Base.append_view_path File.join(this_dir, 'views')
-
 # load the main file
 require File.join(this_dir, 'lib', 'caterpillar')
+
+STDERR.puts 'Caterpillar: version %s' % Caterpillar::VERSION
+
+# Add Caterpillar portlet navigation to views paths
+ActionController::Base.append_view_path File.join(this_dir, 'views')
+
+### Portlet test bench
+  # Adding directories to the load path makes them appear just like files in the the main app directory.
+  ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths << File.join(this_dir, 'portlet_test_bench', 'controllers')
+  ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths << File.join(this_dir, 'portlet_test_bench', 'helpers')
+
+  # Removing a directory from the load once paths allow changes
+  # to be picked up as soon as you save the file – without having to restart the web server.
+  ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_once_paths.delete(File.join(this_dir, 'portlet_test_bench'))
+
+  # Add views
+  ActionController::Base.append_view_path File.join(this_dir, 'portlet_test_bench','views')
+
+  # Define routes
+  # NOTE: the routes need to be activated by 'map.caterpillar' in RAILS_ROOT/config/routes.rb
+  require File.join(this_dir, 'portlet_test_bench', 'routing')
+  ActionController::Routing::RouteSet::Mapper.send :include, Caterpillar::Routing::MapperExtensions
+
+  # hack; the application controller needs to be loaded explicitly,
+  # but NOT for standard Caterpillar tasks (breaks the tasks)
+  unless $0[/caterpillar|generate/]
+    require File.join(this_dir, 'portlet_test_bench','controllers','caterpillar','application')
+  end