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-rw-r--r--actionpack/CHANGELOG.md2
-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb8
-rw-r--r--actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb17
-rw-r--r--guides/source/configuring.textile2
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f1c44ca66..e827f935c3 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
+* Allow to lazy load `default_form_builder` by passing a `String` instead of a constant. *Piotr Sarnacki*
+
* Session arguments passed to `process` calls in functional tests are now merged into
the existing session, whereas previously they would replace the existing session.
This change may break some existing tests if they are asserting the exact contents of
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index 8e7224937d..67f2abe509 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'
require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
require 'active_support/deprecation'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/string/inflections'
module ActionView
# = Action View Form Helpers
@@ -1039,9 +1040,14 @@ module ActionView
object_name = ActiveModel::Naming.param_key(object)
end
- builder = options[:builder] || ActionView::Base.default_form_builder
+ builder = options[:builder] || default_form_builder
builder.new(object_name, object, self, options)
end
+
+ def default_form_builder
+ builder = ActionView::Base.default_form_builder
+ builder.respond_to?(:constantize) ? builder.constantize : builder
+ end
end
class FormBuilder
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
index a714264909..4018c96c99 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
@@ -2169,6 +2169,23 @@ class FormHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
ActionView::Base.default_form_builder = old_default_form_builder
end
+ def test_lazy_loading_default_form_builder
+ old_default_form_builder, ActionView::Base.default_form_builder =
+ ActionView::Base.default_form_builder, "FormHelperTest::LabelledFormBuilder"
+
+ form_for(@post) do |f|
+ concat f.text_field(:title)
+ end
+
+ expected = whole_form('/posts/123', 'edit_post_123', 'edit_post', :method => 'patch') do
+ "<label for='title'>Title:</label> <input name='post[title]' type='text' id='post_title' value='Hello World' /><br/>"
+ end
+
+ assert_dom_equal expected, output_buffer
+ ensure
+ ActionView::Base.default_form_builder = old_default_form_builder
+ end
+
def test_fields_for_with_labelled_builder
output_buffer = fields_for(:post, @post, :builder => LabelledFormBuilder) do |f|
concat f.text_field(:title)
diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.textile b/guides/source/configuring.textile
index 28c138c714..68426221bf 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.textile
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.textile
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ h4. Configuring Action View
Proc.new { |html_tag, instance| %Q(<div class="field_with_errors">#{html_tag}</div>).html_safe }
</ruby>
-* +config.action_view.default_form_builder+ tells Rails which form builder to use by default. The default is +ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder+.
+* +config.action_view.default_form_builder+ tells Rails which form builder to use by default. The default is +ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder+. If you want your form builder class to be loaded after initialization (so it's reloaded on each request in development), you can pass it as a +String+
* +config.action_view.logger+ accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby Logger class, which is then used to log information from Action View. Set to +nil+ to disable logging.