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Diffstat (limited to 'railties/lib/rails/engine.rb')
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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb index 87385814f7..6c1064c609 100644 --- a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb +++ b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb @@ -286,6 +286,27 @@ module Rails # # This code will use <tt>my_engine.user_path(@user)</tt> to generate the proper route. # + # == Isolated engine's helpers + # + # Sometimes you may want to isolate engine, but use helpers that are defined for it. + # If you want to share just a few specific helpers you can add them to application's + # helpers in ApplicationController: + # + # class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base + # helper MyEngine::SharedEngineHelper + # end + # + # If you want to include all of the engine's helpers, you can use #helpers method on egine's + # instance: + # + # class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base + # helper MyEngine::Engine.helpers + # end + # + # It will include all of the helpers from engine's directory. Take into account that this does + # not include helpers defined in controllers with helper_method or other similar solutions, + # only helpers defined in helpers directory will be included. + # # == Migrations & seed data # # Engines can have their own migrations. The default path for migrations is exactly the same @@ -384,6 +405,24 @@ module Rails @railties ||= self.class::Railties.new(config) end + def helpers + @helpers ||= begin + helpers = Module.new + + helpers_paths = if config.respond_to?(:helpers_paths) + config.helpers_paths + else + paths["app/helpers"].existent + end + + all = ActionController::Base.all_helpers_from_path(helpers_paths) + ActionController::Base.modules_for_helpers(all).each do |mod| + helpers.send(:include, mod) + end + helpers + end + end + def app @app ||= begin config.middleware = config.middleware.merge_into(default_middleware_stack) |