Accesses the current user from the session. Future calls avoid the database because nil is not equal to false.

Is this a root node?

Return an array of comments, threaded, from highest to lowest votes. Sorts by votes descending by default, but could use any other field. If you want

Filter method to enforce a sign_in requirement. To require sign_ins for all actions, use this in your controllers: before_filter :sign_in_required

Redirect as appropriate when an access request fails. The default action is to redirect to the sign_in screen. Override this method in your controll

Used by Comment#threaded_with_field to assemble the results.

Check if the user is authorized Override this method in your controllers if you want to restrict access to only a few actions or if you want to check

Comment owner automatically upvotes.

Stories are displayed in order of relevance. Relevance will eventually reach zero, at which point, stories are displayed in order of date posted and v

Create a slug from the title. From Sluggable Finder: http://github.com/ismasan/sluggable-finder/

Note: this slug creation code is vulnerable to race conditions. Refactoring forthcoming.

Store the given user id in the session.

Inclusion hook to make #current_user and #signed_in? available as ActionView helper methods.

Make sure that each test case has a teardown method to clear the db after each test.

Redirect to the URI stored by the most recent store_location call or to the passed default. Set an appropriately modified after_filter :store_location

Store the comment's path.

Called from #current_user. Now, attempt to sign_in by basic authentication information.

Called from #current_user. First attempt to sign_in by the user id stored in the session.

This is ususally what you want; resetting the session willy-nilly wreaks havoc with forgery protection, and is only strictly necessary on sign_in. How

The session should only be reset at the tail end of a form POST -- otherwise the request forgery protection fails. It's only really necessary when you

Returns true or false if the user is signed in. Preloads @current_user with the user model if they're signed in.

Store the URI of the current request in the session. We can return to this location by calling #redirect_back_or_default.

Cache username and upvote.

Uses the class method of upvote to fire and forget.

Upvote this comment.