How to get request's target controller and action with Rails 3?

Question

In the application controller before filter.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :authenticate

  def authenticate
    # How          


        

Answer 1

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :authenticate

  def authenticate
    # How do we know which controller and action was targetted?
    params[:controller]
    params[:action]
    # OR
    controller.controller_name
    controller.action_name    
  end
end