# File lib/mongrel/rails.rb, line 141
      def rails(options={})

        return @rails_handler if @rails_handler

        ops = resolve_defaults(options)

        # fix up some defaults
        ops[:environment] ||= "development"
        ops[:docroot] ||= "public"
        ops[:mime] ||= {}

        $orig_dollar_quote = $".clone
        ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = ops[:environment]
        env_location = "#{ops[:cwd]}/config/environment"
        require env_location
        require 'dispatcher'
        require 'mongrel/rails'

        ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = ops[:prefix] if ops[:prefix]

        @rails_handler = RailsHandler.new(ops[:docroot], ops[:mime])
      end