process

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb, line 242
        def process(method, path, parameters = nil, headers = nil)
          data = requestify(parameters)
          path = interpret_uri(path) if path =~ %r{://}
          path = "/#{path}" unless path[0] == ?/
          @path = path
          env = {}

          if method == :get
            env["QUERY_STRING"] = data
            data = nil
          end

          env.update(
            "REQUEST_METHOD" => method.to_s.upcase,
            "REQUEST_URI"    => path,
            "HTTP_HOST"      => host,
            "REMOTE_ADDR"    => remote_addr,
            "SERVER_PORT"    => (https? ? "443" : "80"),
            "CONTENT_TYPE"   => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
            "CONTENT_LENGTH" => data ? data.length.to_s : nil,
            "HTTP_COOKIE"    => encode_cookies,
            "HTTPS"          => https? ? "on" : "off",
            "HTTP_ACCEPT"    => accept
          )

          (headers || {}).each do |key, value|
            key = key.to_s.upcase.gsub(/-/, "_")
            key = "HTTP_#{key}" unless env.has_key?(key) || key =~ /^HTTP_/
            env[key] = value
          end

          unless ActionController::Base.respond_to?(:clear_last_instantiation!)
            ActionController::Base.module_eval { include ControllerCapture }
          end

          ActionController::Base.clear_last_instantiation!

          cgi = StubCGI.new(env, data)
          ActionController::Dispatcher.dispatch(cgi, ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS, cgi.stdoutput)
          @result = cgi.stdoutput.string
          @request_count += 1

          @controller = ActionController::Base.last_instantiation
          @request = @controller.request
          @response = @controller.response

          # Decorate the response with the standard behavior of the TestResponse
          # so that things like assert_response can be used in integration
          # tests.
          @response.extend(TestResponseBehavior)

          @html_document = nil

          parse_result
          return status
        end