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authorJosé Valim <jose.valim@gmail.com>2011-05-01 19:39:57 +0200
committerJosé Valim <jose.valim@gmail.com>2011-05-01 19:39:57 +0200
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Tidy up pending TODOs after discussion with Mr. Gatoz (@wycats).
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+module ActionView
+ module Helpers
+ # = Action View Rendering
+ #
+ # Implements methods that allow rendering from a view context.
+ # In order to use this module, all you need is to implement
+ # view_renderer that returns an ActionView::Renderer object.
+ module RenderingHelper
+ # Returns the result of a render that's dictated by the options hash. The primary options are:
+ #
+ # * <tt>:partial</tt> - See ActionView::Partials.
+ # * <tt>:file</tt> - Renders an explicit template file (this used to be the old default), add :locals to pass in those.
+ # * <tt>:inline</tt> - Renders an inline template similar to how it's done in the controller.
+ # * <tt>:text</tt> - Renders the text passed in out.
+ #
+ # If no options hash is passed or :update specified, the default is to render a partial and use the second parameter
+ # as the locals hash.
+ def render(options = {}, locals = {}, &block)
+ case options
+ when Hash
+ if block_given?
+ view_renderer.render_partial(self, options.merge(:partial => options[:layout]), &block)
+ elsif options.key?(:partial)
+ view_renderer.render_partial(self, options)
+ else
+ view_renderer.render_template(self, options)
+ end
+ else
+ view_renderer.render_partial(self, :partial => options, :locals => locals)
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Overwrites _layout_for in the context object so it supports the case a block is
+ # passed to a partial. Returns the contents that are yielded to a layout, given a
+ # name or a block.
+ #
+ # You can think of a layout as a method that is called with a block. If the user calls
+ # <tt>yield :some_name</tt>, the block, by default, returns <tt>content_for(:some_name)</tt>.
+ # If the user calls simply +yield+, the default block returns <tt>content_for(:layout)</tt>.
+ #
+ # The user can override this default by passing a block to the layout:
+ #
+ # # The template
+ # <%= render :layout => "my_layout" do %>
+ # Content
+ # <% end %>
+ #
+ # # The layout
+ # <html>
+ # <%= yield %>
+ # </html>
+ #
+ # In this case, instead of the default block, which would return <tt>content_for(:layout)</tt>,
+ # this method returns the block that was passed in to <tt>render :layout</tt>, and the response
+ # would be
+ #
+ # <html>
+ # Content
+ # </html>
+ #
+ # Finally, the block can take block arguments, which can be passed in by +yield+:
+ #
+ # # The template
+ # <%= render :layout => "my_layout" do |customer| %>
+ # Hello <%= customer.name %>
+ # <% end %>
+ #
+ # # The layout
+ # <html>
+ # <%= yield Struct.new(:name).new("David") %>
+ # </html>
+ #
+ # In this case, the layout would receive the block passed into <tt>render :layout</tt>,
+ # and the struct specified would be passed into the block as an argument. The result
+ # would be
+ #
+ # <html>
+ # Hello David
+ # </html>
+ #
+ def _layout_for(*args, &block)
+ name = args.first
+
+ if block && !name.is_a?(Symbol)
+ capture(*args, &block)
+ else
+ super
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end \ No newline at end of file