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+module ActionView
+  module CompiledTemplates #:nodoc:
+    # holds compiled template code
+  end
+
+  # ActionView contexts are supplied to ActionController
+  # to render template. The default ActionView context
+  # is ActionView::Base.
+  #
+  # In order to work with ActionController, a Context
+  # must implement:
+  #
+  # Context.for_controller[controller] Create a new ActionView instance for a
+  #   controller
+  # Context#_render_partial_from_controller[options]
+  #   - responsible for setting options[:_template]
+  #   - Returns String with the rendered partial
+  #   options<Hash>:: see _render_partial in ActionView::Base
+  # Context#_render_template_from_controller[template, layout, options, partial]
+  #   - Returns String with the rendered template
+  #   template<ActionView::Template>:: The template to render
+  #   layout<ActionView::Template>:: The layout to render around the template
+  #   options<Hash>:: See _render_template_with_layout in ActionView::Base
+  #   partial<Boolean>:: Whether or not the template to render is a partial
+  #
+  # An ActionView context can also mix in ActionView's
+  # helpers. In order to mix in helpers, a context must
+  # implement:
+  #
+  # Context#controller
+  # - Returns an instance of AbstractController
+  #
+  # In any case, a context must mix in ActionView::Context,
+  # which stores compiled template and provides the output
+  # buffer.
+  module Context
+    include CompiledTemplates
+    attr_accessor :output_buffer
+
+    def convert_to_model(object)
+      object.respond_to?(:to_model) ? object.to_model : object
+    end
+  end
+end
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