RailsAOT

Introduction

AOT compilation of Ruby on Rails controllers and models can be useful for protecting/hiding/obfuscating/obscuring your Ruby on Rails source code when you develop applications not hosted by you. (Naturally this is not a secure solution for protecting source code.)

JRuby 1.1 is required.

Howto

• Compile your controller/model using jrubyc

$jrubyc your_controller.rb

• Choose one of the following three ways:

1. Two files, different file prefixes

• Rename your compiled file to e.g. your_controller_compiled.class and place it in the same directory as your Ruby controller/model

$mv ruby/your_controller.class ./your_controller_compiled.class

• Replace the content of your original Ruby controller/model (e.g. your_controller.rb) with a reference to your newly compiled file

require 'your_controller_compiled'

2. Two files, same file prefix (does this work by luck, or are .class files prioritized?)

• Move your compiled file to the same directory as your Ruby controller/model

$mv ruby/your_controller.class ./

• Replace the content of your original Ruby controller/model (e.g. your_controller.rb) with a reference to your newly compiled file

require 'your_controller'

3. Replace your .rb file with your .class file

$mv ruby/your_controller.class ./your_controller.rb