path: root/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb

module ActionController #:nodoc:
  module Layout #:nodoc:
    def self.included(base)
      base.extend(ClassMethods)
      base.class_eval do
        # NOTE: Can't use alias_method_chain here because +render_without_layout+ is already
        # defined as a publicly exposed method
        alias_method :render_with_no_layout, :render
        alias_method :render, :render_with_a_layout

        class << self
          alias_method_chain :inherited, :layout
        end
      end
    end

    # Layouts reverse the common pattern of including shared headers and footers in many templates to isolate changes in
    # repeated setups. The inclusion pattern has pages that look like this:
    #
    #   <%= render "shared/header" %>
    #   Hello World
    #   <%= render "shared/footer" %>
    #
    # This approach is a decent way of keeping common structures isolated from the changing content, but it's verbose
    # and if you ever want to change the structure of these two includes, you'll have to change all the templates.
    #
    # With layouts, you can flip it around and have the common structure know where to insert changing content. This means
    # that the header and footer are only mentioned in one place, like this:
    #
    #   // The header part of this layout
    #   <%= yield %>
    #   // The footer part of this layout -->
    #
    # And then you have content pages that look like this:
    #
    #    hello world
    #
    # Not a word about common structures. At rendering time, the content page is computed and then inserted in the layout, 
    # like this:
    #
    #   // The header part of this layout
    #   hello world
    #   // The footer part of this layout -->
    #
    # == Accessing shared variables
    #
    # Layouts have access to variables specified in the content pages and vice versa. This allows you to have layouts with
    # references that won't materialize before rendering time:
    #
    #   <h1><%= @page_title %></h1>
    #   <%= yield %>
    #
    # ...and content pages that fulfill these references _at_ rendering time:
    #
    #    <% @page_title = "Welcome" %>
    #    Off-world colonies offers you a chance to start a new life
    #
    # The result after rendering is:
    #
    #   <h1>Welcome</h1>
    #   Off-world colonies offers you a chance to start a new life
    #
    # == Automatic layout assignment
    #
    # If there is a template in <tt>app/views/layouts/</tt> with the same name as the current controller then it will be automatically
    # set as that controller's layout unless explicitly told otherwise. Say you have a WeblogController, for example. If a template named 
    # <tt>app/views/layouts/weblog.erb</tt> or <tt>app/views/layouts/weblog.builder</tt> exists then it will be automatically set as
    # the layout for your WeblogController. You can create a layout with the name <tt>application.erb</tt> or <tt>application.builder</tt>
    # and this will be set as the default controller if there is no layout with the same name as the current controller and there is 
    # no layout explicitly assigned with the +layout+ method. Nested controllers use the same folder structure for automatic layout.
    # assignment. So an Admin::WeblogController will look for a template named <tt>app/views/layouts/admin/weblog.erb</tt>.
    # Setting a layout explicitly will always override the automatic behaviour for the controller where the layout is set.
    # Explicitly setting the layout in a parent class, though, will not override the child class's layout assignement if the child
    # class has a layout with the same name. 
    #
    # == Inheritance for layouts
    #
    # Layouts are shared downwards in the inheritance hierarchy, but not upwards. Examples:
    #
    #   class BankController < ActionController::Base
    #     layout "bank_standard"
    #
    #   class InformationController < BankController
    #
    #   class VaultController < BankController
    #     layout :access_level_layout
    #
    #   class EmployeeController < BankController
    #     layout nil
    #
    # The InformationController uses "bank_standard" inherited from the BankController, the VaultController overwrites
    # and picks the layout dynamically, and the EmployeeController doesn't want to use a layout at all.
    #
    # == Types of layouts
    #
    # Layouts are basically just regular templates, but the name of this template needs not be specified statically. Sometimes
    # you want to alternate layouts depending on runtime information, such as whether someone is logged in or not. This can
    # be done either by specifying a method reference as a symbol or using an inline method (as a proc).
    #
    # The method reference is the preferred approach to variable layouts and is used like this:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     layout :writers_and_readers
    #
    #     def index
    #       # fetching posts
    #     end
    #
    #     private
    #       def writers_and_readers
    #         logged_in? ? "writer_layout" : "reader_layout"
    #       end
    #
    # Now when a new request for the index action is processed, the layout will vary depending on whether the person accessing 
    # is logged in or not.
    #
    # If you want to use an inline method, such as a proc, do something like this:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     layout proc{ |controller| controller.logged_in? ? "writer_layout" : "reader_layout" }
    #
    # Of course, the most common way of specifying a layout is still just as a plain template name:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     layout "weblog_standard"
    #
    # If no directory is specified for the template name, the template will by default by looked for in +app/views/layouts/+.
    #
    # == Conditional layouts
    #
    # If you have a layout that by default is applied to all the actions of a controller, you still have the option of rendering
    # a given action or set of actions without a layout, or restricting a layout to only a single action or a set of actions. The 
    # <tt>:only</tt> and <tt>:except</tt> options can be passed to the layout call. For example:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     layout "weblog_standard", :except => :rss
    # 
    #     # ...
    #
    #   end
    #
    # This will assign "weblog_standard" as the WeblogController's layout  except for the +rss+ action, which will not wrap a layout 
    # around the rendered view.
    #
    # Both the <tt>:only</tt> and <tt>:except</tt> condition can accept an arbitrary number of method references, so 
    # #<tt>:except => [ :rss, :text_only ]</tt> is valid, as is <tt>:except => :rss</tt>.
    #
    # == Using a different layout in the action render call
    # 
    # If most of your actions use the same layout, it makes perfect sense to define a controller-wide layout as described above.
    # Some times you'll have exceptions, though, where one action wants to use a different layout than the rest of the controller.
    # This is possible using the <tt>render</tt> method. It's just a bit more manual work as you'll have to supply fully
    # qualified template and layout names as this example shows:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     def help
    #       render :action => "help/index", :layout => "help"
    #     end
    #   end
    #
    # As you can see, you pass the template as the first parameter, the status code as the second ("200" is OK), and the layout
    # as the third.
    #
    # NOTE: The old notation for rendering the view from a layout was to expose the magic <tt>@content_for_layout</tt> instance 
    # variable. The preferred notation now is to use <tt>yield</tt>, as documented above.
    module ClassMethods
      # If a layout is specified, all rendered actions will have their result rendered  
      # when the layout<tt>yield</tt>'s. This layout can itself depend on instance variables assigned during action
      # performance and have access to them as any normal template would.
      def layout(template_name, conditions = {})
        add_layout_conditions(conditions)
        write_inheritable_attribute "layout", template_name
      end

      def layout_conditions #:nodoc:
        @layout_conditions ||= read_inheritable_attribute("layout_conditions")
      end
      
      def default_layout #:nodoc:
        @default_layout ||= read_inheritable_attribute("layout")
      end
      
      def layout_list #:nodoc:
        view_paths.collect do |path|
          Dir["#{path}/layouts/**/*"]
        end.flatten
      end
      
      private
        def inherited_with_layout(child)
          inherited_without_layout(child)
          layout_match = child.name.underscore.sub(/_controller$/, '').sub(/^controllers\//, '')
          child.layout(layout_match) unless child.layout_list.grep(%r{layouts/#{layout_match}\.[a-z][0-9a-z]*$}).empty?
        end

        def add_layout_conditions(conditions)
          write_inheritable_hash "layout_conditions", normalize_conditions(conditions)
        end

        def normalize_conditions(conditions)
          conditions.inject({}) {|hash, (key, value)| hash.merge(key => [value].flatten.map {|action| action.to_s})}
        end
        
        def layout_directory_exists_cache
          @@layout_directory_exists_cache ||= Hash.new do |h, dirname|
            h[dirname] = File.directory? dirname
          end
        end
    end

    # Returns the name of the active layout. If the layout was specified as a method reference (through a symbol), this method
    # is called and the return value is used. Likewise if the layout was specified as an inline method (through a proc or method
    # object). If the layout was defined without a directory, layouts is assumed. So <tt>layout "weblog/standard"</tt> will return
    # weblog/standard, but <tt>layout "standard"</tt> will return layouts/standard.
    def active_layout(passed_layout = nil)
      layout = passed_layout || self.class.default_layout

      active_layout = case layout
        when String then layout
        when Symbol then send(layout)
        when Proc   then layout.call(self)
      end
      
      # Explicitly passed layout names with slashes are looked up relative to the template root,
      # but auto-discovered layouts derived from a nested controller will contain a slash, though be relative
      # to the 'layouts' directory so we have to check the file system to infer which case the layout name came from.
      if active_layout
        if active_layout.include?('/') && ! layout_directory?(active_layout)
          active_layout
        else
          "layouts/#{active_layout}"
        end
      end
    end

    def render_with_a_layout(options = nil, deprecated_status = nil, deprecated_layout = nil, &block) #:nodoc:
      template_with_options = options.is_a?(Hash)

      if apply_layout?(template_with_options, options) && (layout = pick_layout(template_with_options, options, deprecated_layout))
        assert_existence_of_template_file(layout)

        options = options.merge :layout => false if template_with_options
        logger.info("Rendering template within #{layout}") if logger

        if template_with_options
          content_for_layout = render_with_no_layout(options, &block)
          deprecated_status = options[:status] || deprecated_status
        else
          content_for_layout = render_with_no_layout(options, deprecated_status, &block)
        end

        erase_render_results
        add_variables_to_assigns
        @template.instance_variable_set("@content_for_layout", content_for_layout)
        response.layout = layout
        render_text(@template.render_file(layout, true), deprecated_status)
      else
        render_with_no_layout(options, deprecated_status, &block)
      end
    end


    private
      def apply_layout?(template_with_options, options)
        return false if options == :update
        template_with_options ?  candidate_for_layout?(options) : !template_exempt_from_layout?
      end

      def candidate_for_layout?(options)
        (options.has_key?(:layout) && options[:layout] != false) || 
        options.values_at(:text, :xml, :json, :file, :inline, :partial, :nothing).compact.empty? &&
        !template_exempt_from_layout?(default_template_name(options[:action] || options[:template]))
      end

      def pick_layout(template_with_options, options, deprecated_layout)
        if deprecated_layout
          deprecated_layout
        elsif template_with_options
          case layout = options[:layout]
            when FalseClass
              nil
            when NilClass, TrueClass
              active_layout if action_has_layout?
            else
              active_layout(layout)
          end
        else
          active_layout if action_has_layout?
        end
      end

      def action_has_layout?
        if conditions = self.class.layout_conditions
          case
            when only = conditions[:only]
              only.include?(action_name)
            when except = conditions[:except]
              !except.include?(action_name) 
            else
              true
          end
        else
          true
        end
      end
      
      # Does a layout directory for this class exist?
      # we cache this info in a class level hash
      def layout_directory?(layout_name)
        view_paths.find do |path|
          File.file?(File.join(path, 'layouts', layout_name))
        end
        template_path ||= File.join(view_paths.first, 'layouts', layout_name)
        dirname = File.dirname(template_path)
        self.class.send(:layout_directory_exists_cache)[dirname]
      end
  end
end