Add the ability to call JavaScriptGenerator methods from helpers called in update blocks

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@3476 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

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 *SVN*
 
+* Add the ability to call JavaScriptGenerator methods from helpers called in update blocks. [Sam Stephenson]  Example:
+  module ApplicationHelper
+    def update_time
+      page.replace_html 'time', Time.now.to_s(:db)
+      page.visual_effect :highlight, 'time'
+    end
+  end
+
+  class UserController < ApplicationController
+    def poll
+      render :update { |page| page.update_time }
+    end
+  end
+
 * Add render(:update) to ActionView::Base. [Sam Stephenson]
 
 * Fix render(:update) to not render layouts. [Sam Stephenson]