module ActionView #:nodoc:
class ActionViewError < StandardError #:nodoc:
end
# Action View templates can be written in three ways. If the template file has a +.erb+ (or +.rhtml+) extension then it uses a mixture of ERb
# (included in Ruby) and HTML. If the template file has a +.builder+ (or +.rxml+) extension then Jim Weirich's Builder::XmlMarkup library is used.
# If the template file has a +.rjs+ extension then it will use ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper::JavaScriptGenerator.
#
# = ERb
#
# You trigger ERb by using embeddings such as <% %>, <% -%>, and <%= %>. The <%= %> tag set is used when you want output. Consider the
# following loop for names:
#
# <b>Names of all the people</b>
# <% for person in @people %>
# Name: <%= person.name %><br/>
# <% end %>
#
# The loop is setup in regular embedding tags <% %> and the name is written using the output embedding tag <%= %>. Note that this
# is not just a usage suggestion. Regular output functions like print or puts won't work with ERb templates. So this would be wrong:
#
# Hi, Mr. <% puts "Frodo" %>
#
# If you absolutely must write from within a function, you can use the TextHelper#concat
#
# <%- and -%> suppress leading and trailing whitespace, including the trailing newline, and can be used interchangeably with <% and %>.
#
# == Using sub templates
#
# Using sub templates allows you to sidestep tedious replication and extract common display structures in shared templates. The
# classic example is the use of a header and footer (even though the Action Pack-way would be to use Layouts):
#
# <%= render "shared/header" %>
# Something really specific and terrific
# <%= render "shared/footer" %>
#
# As you see, we use the output embeddings for the render methods. The render call itself will just return a string holding the
# result of the rendering. The output embedding writes it to the current template.
#
# But you don't have to restrict yourself to static includes. Templates can share variables amongst themselves by using instance
# variables defined using the regular embedding tags. Like this:
#
# <% @page_title = "A Wonderful Hello" %>
# <%= render "shared/header" %>
#
# Now the header can pick up on the @page_title variable and use it for outputting a title tag:
#
# <title><%= @page_title %></title>
#
# == Passing local variables to sub templates
#
# You can pass local variables to sub templates by using a hash with the variable names as keys and the objects as values:
#
# <%= render "shared/header", { :headline => "Welcome", :person => person } %>
#
# These can now be accessed in shared/header with:
#
# Headline: <%= headline %>
# First name: <%= person.first_name %>
#
# If you need to find out whether a certain local variable has been assigned a value in a particular render call,
# you need to use the following pattern:
#
# <% if local_assigns.has_key? :headline %>
# Headline: <%= headline %>
# <% end %>
#
# Testing using <tt>defined? headline</tt> will not work. This is an implementation restriction.
#
# == Template caching
#
# By default, Rails will compile each template to a method in order to render it. When you alter a template, Rails will
# check the file's modification time and recompile it.
#
# == Builder
#
# Builder templates are a more programmatic alternative to ERb. They are especially useful for generating XML content. An +XmlMarkup+ object
# named +xml+ is automatically made available to templates with a +.builder+ extension.
#
# Here are some basic examples:
#
# xml.em("emphasized") # => <em>emphasized</em>
# xml.em { xml.b("emph & bold") } # => <em><b>emph & bold</b></em>
# xml.a("A Link", "href"=>"http://onestepback.org") # => <a href="http://onestepback.org">A Link</a>
# xml.target("name"=>"compile", "option"=>"fast") # => <target option="fast" name="compile"\>
# # NOTE: order of attributes is not specified.
#
# Any method with a block will be treated as an XML markup tag with nested markup in the block. For example, the following:
#
# xml.div {
# xml.h1(@person.name)
# xml.p(@person.bio)
# }
#
# would produce something like:
#
# <div>
# <h1>David Heinemeier Hansson</h1>
# <p>A product of Danish Design during the Winter of '79...</p>
# </div>
#
# A full-length RSS example actually used on Basecamp:
#
# xml.rss("version" => "2.0", "xmlns:dc" => "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/") do
# xml.channel do
# xml.title(@feed_title)
# xml.link(@url)
# xml.description "Basecamp: Recent items"
# xml.language "en-us"
# xml.ttl "40"
#
# for item in @recent_items
# xml.item do
# xml.title(item_title(item))
# xml.description(item_description(item)) if item_description(item)
# xml.pubDate(item_pubDate(item))
# xml.guid(@person.firm.account.url + @recent_items.url(item))
# xml.link(@person.firm.account.url + @recent_items.url(item))
#
# xml.tag!("dc:creator", item.author_name) if item_has_creator?(item)
# end
# end
# end
# end
#
# More builder documentation can be found at http://builder.rubyforge.org.
#
# == JavaScriptGenerator
#
# JavaScriptGenerator templates end in +.rjs+. Unlike conventional templates which are used to
# render the results of an action, these templates generate instructions on how to modify an already rendered page. This makes it easy to
# modify multiple elements on your page in one declarative Ajax response. Actions with these templates are called in the background with Ajax
# and make updates to the page where the request originated from.
#
# An instance of the JavaScriptGenerator object named +page+ is automatically made available to your template, which is implicitly wrapped in an ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper#update_page block.
#
# When an .rjs action is called with +link_to_remote+, the generated JavaScript is automatically evaluated. Example:
#
# link_to_remote :url => {:action => 'delete'}
#
# The subsequently rendered +delete.rjs+ might look like:
#
# page.replace_html 'sidebar', :partial => 'sidebar'
# page.remove "person-#{@person.id}"
# page.visual_effect :highlight, 'user-list'
#
# This refreshes the sidebar, removes a person element and highlights the user list.
#
# See the ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper::GeneratorMethods documentation for more details.
class Base
include ERB::Util
attr_reader :first_render
attr_accessor :base_path, :assigns, :template_extension
attr_accessor :controller, :view_paths
attr_reader :logger, :response, :headers
attr_internal :cookies, :flash, :headers, :params, :request, :response, :session
attr_writer :template_format
# Specify trim mode for the ERB compiler. Defaults to '-'.
# See ERb documentation for suitable values.
@@erb_trim_mode = '-'
cattr_accessor :erb_trim_mode
# Specify whether file modification times should be checked to see if a template needs recompilation
@@cache_template_loading = false
cattr_accessor :cache_template_loading
# Specify whether file extension lookup should be cached, and whether template base path lookup should be cached.
# Should be +false+ for development environments. Defaults to +true+.
@@cache_template_extensions = true
cattr_accessor :cache_template_extensions
# Specify whether local_assigns should be able to use string keys.
# Defaults to +true+. String keys are deprecated and will be removed
# shortly.
@@local_assigns_support_string_keys = true
cattr_accessor :local_assigns_support_string_keys
# Specify whether RJS responses should be wrapped in a try/catch block
# that alert()s the caught exception (and then re-raises it).
@@debug_rjs = false
cattr_accessor :debug_rjs
@@erb_variable = '_erbout'
cattr_accessor :erb_variable
delegate :request_forgery_protection_token, :to => :controller
@@template_handlers = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new
module CompiledTemplates #:nodoc:
# holds compiled template code
end
include CompiledTemplates
# Maps inline templates to their method names
@@method_names = {}
# Map method names to their compile time
@@compile_time = {}
# Map method names to the names passed in local assigns so far
@@template_args = {}
# Count the number of inline templates
@@inline_template_count = 0
# Maps template paths without extension to their file extension returned by pick_template_extension.
# If for a given path, path.ext1 and path.ext2 exist on the file system, the order of extensions
# used by pick_template_extension determines whether ext1 or ext2 will be stored.
@@cached_template_extension = {}
# Maps template paths / extensions to
@@cached_base_paths = {}
# Cache public asset paths
cattr_reader :computed_public_paths
@@computed_public_paths = {}
@@template_handlers = {}
@@default_template_handlers = nil
class ObjectWrapper < Struct.new(:value) #:nodoc:
end
def self.load_helpers #:nodoc:
Dir.entries("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/helpers").sort.each do |file|
next unless file =~ /^([a-z][a-z_]*_helper).rb$/
require "action_view/helpers/#{$1}"
helper_module_name = $1.camelize
if Helpers.const_defined?(helper_module_name)
include Helpers.const_get(helper_module_name)
end
end
end
# Register a class that knows how to handle template files with the given
# extension. This can be used to implement new template types.
# The constructor for the class must take the ActiveView::Base instance
# as a parameter, and the class must implement a #render method that
# takes the contents of the template to render as well as the Hash of
# local assigns available to the template. The #render method ought to
# return the rendered template as a string.
def self.register_template_handler(extension, klass)
@@template_handlers[extension.to_sym] = klass
end
def self.register_default_template_handler(extension, klass)
register_template_handler(extension, klass)
@@default_template_handlers = klass
end
def self.handler_for_extension(extension)
@@template_handlers[extension.to_sym] || @@default_template_handlers
end
register_default_template_handler :erb, TemplateHandlers::ERB
register_template_handler :rjs, TemplateHandlers::RJS
register_template_handler :builder, TemplateHandlers::Builder
# TODO: Depreciate old template extensions
register_template_handler :rhtml, TemplateHandlers::ERB
register_template_handler :rxml, TemplateHandlers::Builder
def initialize(view_paths = [], assigns_for_first_render = {}, controller = nil)#:nodoc:
@view_paths = view_paths.respond_to?(:find) ? view_paths.dup : [*view_paths].compact
@assigns = assigns_for_first_render
@assigns_added = nil
@controller = controller
@logger = controller && controller.logger
end
# Renders the template present at <tt>template_path</tt>. If <tt>use_full_path</tt> is set to true,
# it's relative to the view_paths array, otherwise it's absolute. The hash in <tt>local_assigns</tt>
# is made available as local variables.
def render_file(template_path, use_full_path = true, local_assigns = {}) #:nodoc:
if defined?(ActionMailer) && defined?(ActionMailer::Base) && controller.is_a?(ActionMailer::Base) && !template_path.include?("/")
raise ActionViewError, <<-END_ERROR
Due to changes in ActionMailer, you need to provide the mailer_name along with the template name.
render "user_mailer/signup"
render :file => "user_mailer/signup"
If you are rendering a subtemplate, you must now use controller-like partial syntax:
render :partial => 'signup' # no mailer_name necessary
END_ERROR
end
@first_render ||= template_path
template_path_without_extension, template_extension = path_and_extension(template_path)
if use_full_path
if template_extension
template_file_name = full_template_path(template_path_without_extension, template_extension)
else
template_extension = pick_template_extension(template_path).to_s
unless template_extension
raise ActionViewError, "No template found for #{template_path} in #{view_paths.inspect}"
end
template_file_name = full_template_path(template_path, template_extension)
template_extension = template_extension.gsub(/^.+\./, '') # strip off any formats
end
else
template_file_name = template_path
end
template_source = nil # Don't read the source until we know that it is required
if template_file_name.blank?
raise ActionViewError, "Couldn't find template file for #{template_path} in #{view_paths.inspect}"
end
begin
render_template(template_extension, template_source, template_file_name, local_assigns)
rescue Exception => e
if TemplateError === e
e.sub_template_of(template_file_name)
raise e
else
raise TemplateError.new(find_base_path_for("#{template_path_without_extension}.#{template_extension}") || view_paths.first, template_file_name, @assigns, template_source, e)
end
end
end
# Renders the template present at <tt>template_path</tt> (relative to the view_paths array).
# The hash in <tt>local_assigns</tt> is made available as local variables.
def render(options = {}, old_local_assigns = {}, &block) #:nodoc:
if options.is_a?(String)
render_file(options, true, old_local_assigns)
elsif options == :update
update_page(&block)
elsif options.is_a?(Hash)
options = options.reverse_merge(:type => :erb, :locals => {}, :use_full_path => true)
if options[:layout]
path, partial_name = partial_pieces(options.delete(:layout))
if block_given?
@content_for_layout = capture(&block)
concat(render(options.merge(:partial => "#{path}/#{partial_name}")), block.binding)
else
@content_for_layout = render(options)
render(options.merge(:partial => "#{path}/#{partial_name}"))
end
elsif options[:file]
render_file(options[:file], options[:use_full_path], options[:locals])
elsif options[:partial] && options[:collection]
render_partial_collection(options[:partial], options[:collection], options[:spacer_template], options[:locals])
elsif options[:partial]
render_partial(options[:partial], ActionView::Base::ObjectWrapper.new(options[:object]), options[:locals])
elsif options[:inline]
render_template(options[:type], options[:inline], nil, options[:locals])
end
end
end
# Renders the +template+ which is given as a string as either erb or builder depending on <tt>template_extension</tt>.
# The hash in <tt>local_assigns</tt> is made available as local variables.
def render_template(template_extension, template, file_path = nil, local_assigns = {}) #:nodoc:
handler = self.class.handler_for_extension(template_extension)
if template_handler_is_compilable?(handler)
compile_and_render_template(template_extension, template, file_path, local_assigns)
else
template ||= read_template_file(file_path, template_extension) # Make sure that a lazyily-read template is loaded.
delegate_render(handler, template, local_assigns)
end
end
# Render the provided template with the given local assigns. If the template has not been rendered with the provided
# local assigns yet, or if the template has been updated on disk, then the template will be compiled to a method.
#
# Either, but not both, of template and file_path may be nil. If file_path is given, the template
# will only be read if it has to be compiled.
#
def compile_and_render_template(extension, template = nil, file_path = nil, local_assigns = {}) #:nodoc:
# convert string keys to symbols if requested
local_assigns = local_assigns.symbolize_keys if @@local_assigns_support_string_keys
# compile the given template, if necessary
if compile_template?(template, file_path, local_assigns)
template ||= read_template_file(file_path, extension)
compile_template(extension, template, file_path, local_assigns)
end
# Get the method name for this template and run it
method_name = @@method_names[file_path || template]
evaluate_assigns
send(method_name, local_assigns) do |*name|
instance_variable_get "@content_for_#{name.first || 'layout'}"
end
end
# Gets the full template path with base path for the given template_path and extension.
#
# full_template_path('users/show', 'html.erb')
# # => '~/rails/app/views/users/show.html.erb
#
def full_template_path(template_path, extension)
if @@cache_template_extensions
(@@cached_base_paths[template_path] ||= {})[extension.to_s] ||= find_full_template_path(template_path, extension)
else
find_full_template_path(template_path, extension)
end
end
# Gets the extension for an existing template with the given template_path.
# Returns the format with the extension if that template exists.
#
# pick_template_extension('users/show')
# # => 'html.erb'
#
# pick_template_extension('users/legacy')
# # => "rhtml"
#
def pick_template_extension(template_path)#:nodoc:
if @@cache_template_extensions
(@@cached_template_extension[template_path] ||= {})[template_format] ||= find_template_extension_for(template_path)
else
find_template_extension_for(template_path)
end
end
def file_exists?(template_path)#:nodoc:
template_file_name, template_file_extension = path_and_extension(template_path)
if template_file_extension
template_exists?(template_file_name, template_file_extension)
else
pick_template_extension(template_path)
end
end
# Returns true is the file may be rendered implicitly.
def file_public?(template_path)#:nodoc:
template_path.split('/').last[0,1] != '_'
end
# symbolized version of the :format parameter of the request, or :html by default.
def template_format
return @template_format if @template_format
format = controller && controller.respond_to?(:request) && controller.request.parameters[:format]
@template_format = format.blank? ? :html : format.to_sym
end
# Adds a view_path to the front of the view_paths array.
# This change affects the current request only.
#
# @template.prepend_view_path("views/default")
# @template.prepend_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
#
def prepend_view_path(path)
@view_paths.unshift(*path)
end
# Adds a view_path to the end of the view_paths array.
# This change affects the current request only.
#
# @template.append_view_path("views/default")
# @template.append_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
#
def append_view_path(path)
@view_paths.push(*path)
end
private
def find_full_template_path(template_path, extension)
file_name = "#{template_path}.#{extension}"
base_path = find_base_path_for(file_name)
base_path.blank? ? "" : "#{base_path}/#{file_name}"
end
# Asserts the existence of a template.
def template_exists?(template_path, extension)
file_path = full_template_path(template_path, extension)
!file_path.blank? && @@method_names.has_key?(file_path) || FileTest.exists?(file_path)
end
# Splits the path and extension from the given template_path and returns as an array.
def path_and_extension(template_path)
template_path_without_extension = template_path.sub(/\.(\w+)$/, '')
[ template_path_without_extension, $1 ]
end
# Returns the view path that contains the given relative template path.
def find_base_path_for(template_file_name)
view_paths.find { |p| File.file?(File.join(p, template_file_name)) }
end
# Returns the view path that the full path resides in.
def extract_base_path_from(full_path)
view_paths.find { |p| full_path[0..p.size - 1] == p }
end
# Determines the template's file extension, such as rhtml, rxml, or rjs.
def find_template_extension_for(template_path)
find_template_extension_from_handler(template_path, true) ||
find_template_extension_from_handler(template_path) ||
find_template_extension_from_first_render()
end
def find_template_extension_from_handler(template_path, formatted = nil)
checked_template_path = formatted ? "#{template_path}.#{template_format}" : template_path
@@template_handlers.each do |extension,|
if template_exists?(checked_template_path, extension)
return formatted ? "#{template_format}.#{extension}" : extension.to_s
end
end
nil
end
# Determine the template extension from the <tt>@first_render</tt> filename
def find_template_extension_from_first_render
File.basename(@first_render.to_s)[/^[^.]+\.(.+)$/, 1]
end
# This method reads a template file.
def read_template_file(template_path, extension)
File.read(template_path)
end
# Evaluate the local assigns and pushes them to the view.
def evaluate_assigns
unless @assigns_added
assign_variables_from_controller
@assigns_added = true
end
end
def delegate_render(handler, template, local_assigns)
handler.new(self).render(template, local_assigns)
end
def delegate_compile(handler, template)
handler.new(self).compile(template)
end
def template_handler_is_compilable?(handler)
handler.new(self).respond_to?(:compile)
end
# Assigns instance variables from the controller to the view.
def assign_variables_from_controller
@assigns.each { |key, value| instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value) }
end
# Return true if the given template was compiled for a superset of the keys in local_assigns
def supports_local_assigns?(render_symbol, local_assigns)
local_assigns.empty? ||
((args = @@template_args[render_symbol]) && local_assigns.all? { |k,_| args.has_key?(k) })
end
# Method to check whether template compilation is necessary.
# The template will be compiled if the inline template or file has not been compiled yet,
# if local_assigns has a new key, which isn't supported by the compiled code yet,
# or if the file has changed on disk and checking file mods hasn't been disabled.
def compile_template?(template, file_name, local_assigns)
method_key = file_name || template
render_symbol = @@method_names[method_key]
compile_time = @@compile_time[render_symbol]
if compile_time && supports_local_assigns?(render_symbol, local_assigns)
if file_name && !@@cache_template_loading
template_changed_since?(file_name, compile_time)
end
else
true
end
end
# Method to handle checking a whether a template has changed since last compile; isolated so that templates
# not stored on the file system can hook and extend appropriately.
def template_changed_since?(file_name, compile_time)
lstat = File.lstat(file_name)
compile_time < lstat.mtime ||
(lstat.symlink? && compile_time < File.stat(file_name).mtime)
end
# Method to create the source code for a given template.
def create_template_source(extension, template, render_symbol, locals)
# TODO: Have handler passed to this method because was already looked up in render_template
handler = self.class.handler_for_extension(extension)
body = delegate_compile(handler, template)
@@template_args[render_symbol] ||= {}
locals_keys = @@template_args[render_symbol].keys | locals
@@template_args[render_symbol] = locals_keys.inject({}) { |h, k| h[k] = true; h }
locals_code = ""
locals_keys.each do |key|
locals_code << "#{key} = local_assigns[:#{key}]\n"
end
"def #{render_symbol}(local_assigns)\n#{locals_code}#{body}\nend"
end
def assign_method_name(extension, template, file_name)
method_key = file_name || template
@@method_names[method_key] ||= compiled_method_name(extension, template, file_name)
end
def compiled_method_name(extension, template, file_name)
['_run', extension, compiled_method_name_file_path_segment(file_name)].compact.join('_').to_sym
end
def compiled_method_name_file_path_segment(file_name)
if file_name
s = File.expand_path(file_name)
s.sub!(/^#{Regexp.escape(File.expand_path(RAILS_ROOT))}/, '') if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
s.gsub!(/([^a-zA-Z0-9_])/) { $1[0].to_s }
s
else
(@@inline_template_count += 1).to_s
end
end
# Compile and evaluate the template's code
def compile_template(extension, template, file_name, local_assigns)
render_symbol = assign_method_name(extension, template, file_name)
render_source = create_template_source(extension, template, render_symbol, local_assigns.keys)
# TODO: Push line_offset logic into appropriate TemplateHandler class
line_offset = @@template_args[render_symbol].size
if extension
case extension.to_sym
when :builder, :rxml, :rjs
line_offset += 2
end
end
begin
unless file_name.blank?
CompiledTemplates.module_eval(render_source, file_name, -line_offset)
else
CompiledTemplates.module_eval(render_source, 'compiled-template', -line_offset)
end
rescue Exception => e # errors from template code
if logger
logger.debug "ERROR: compiling #{render_symbol} RAISED #{e}"
logger.debug "Function body: #{render_source}"
logger.debug "Backtrace: #{e.backtrace.join("\n")}"
end
raise TemplateError.new(extract_base_path_from(file_name) || view_paths.first, file_name || template, @assigns, template, e)
end
@@compile_time[render_symbol] = Time.now
# logger.debug "Compiled template #{file_name || template}\n ==> #{render_symbol}" if logger
end
end
end