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diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/rendering_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/rendering_helper.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6cd6e858dd --- /dev/null +++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/rendering_helper.rb @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +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 <tt>ActionView::PartialRenderer</tt>. + # * <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. + # * <tt>:plain</tt> - Renders the text passed in out. Setting the content + # type as <tt>text/plain</tt>. + # * <tt>:html</tt> - Renders the html safe string passed in out, otherwise + # performs html escape on the string first. Setting the content type as + # <tt>text/html</tt>. + # * <tt>:body</tt> - Renders the text passed in, and inherits the content + # type of <tt>text/html</tt> from <tt>ActionDispatch::Response</tt> + # object. + # + # 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) + else + view_renderer.render(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 |