Rails 3 vs Rails 2 "wild controller" routing

Question

I'm trying to get my Rails 3 project to automatically resolve namespaced controllers, similar to the Rails 2 behaviour. For example (Rails 2):

$ rails pathtest && cd pathtest
$ script/generate controller First
$ script/generate controller first/second
$ script/generate controller first/second/third
$ script/server

Requests to:

/first routes to first controller

/first/second routes to second controller

/first/second/third routes to third controller

But, Rails 3 yields different routing using the 'wild controllers' path.

$ rails new pathtest && cd pathtest
$ rails generate controller First
$ rails generate controller first/second
$ rails generate controller first/second/third

## config/routes.rb
Pathtest::Application.routes.draw do
  match ':controller(/:action(/:id(.:format)))'
end

$ rails server

Requests to:

/first routes to first controller

/first/second routes to first#second

/first/second/third routes to first#second :id => 'third'

I'm starting to think that kind of automatic resolution of namespaced controllers isn't the way anymore? Has anyone found a way to automatically resolve namespaced controllers like this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this:

Pathtest::Application.routes.draw do
  resources :first do
    resources :second do
      resources :third
    end
  end
end