Add ActionController::Base.render

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
index d8c26fa281..d545c59afc 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 *   Add `ActionController::Renderer` to render arbitrary templates
     outside controller actions.
 
+    Its functionality is accessible through class methods `render` and
+    `renderer` of `ActionController::Base`.
+
     *Ravil Bayramgalin*
 
 *   Support `:assigns` option when rendering with controllers/mailers.
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
index 2370c607ed..2d15c39d88 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ module ActionController
     RENDER_FORMATS_IN_PRIORITY = [:body, :text, :plain, :html]
 
     module ClassMethods
+      # Documentation at ActionController::Renderer#render
+      delegate :render, to: :renderer
+
       # Returns a renderer class (inherited from ActionController::Renderer)
       # for the controller.
       def renderer
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/renderer_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/renderer_test.rb
index 6efc9c8dfd..6d5508323b 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/renderer_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/renderer_test.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class RendererTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 'Hello world!', content
   end
 
+  test 'rendering with a controller class' do
+    assert_equal 'Hello world!', ApplicationController.render('test/hello_world')
+  end
+
   test 'rendering with locals' do
     renderer = ApplicationController.renderer
     content  = renderer.render template: 'test/render_file_with_locals',