module ActionController #:nodoc: module Helpers #:nodoc: def self.append_features(base) super # Initialize the base module to aggregate its helpers. base.class_inheritable_accessor :master_helper_module base.master_helper_module = Module.new # Extend base with class methods to declare helpers. base.extend(ClassMethods) base.class_eval do # Wrap inherited to create a new master helper module for subclasses. class << self alias_method :inherited_without_helper, :inherited alias_method :inherited, :inherited_with_helper end end end # The template helpers serve to relieve the templates from including the same inline code again and again. It's a # set of standardized methods for working with forms (FormHelper), dates (DateHelper), texts (TextHelper), and # Active Records (ActiveRecordHelper) that's available to all templates by default. # # It's also really easy to make your own helpers and it's much encouraged to keep the template files free # from complicated logic. It's even encouraged to bundle common compositions of methods from other helpers # (often the common helpers) as they're used by the specific application. # # module MyHelper # def hello_world() "hello world" end # end # # MyHelper can now be included in a controller, like this: # # class MyController < ActionController::Base # helper :my_helper # end # # ...and, same as above, used in any template rendered from MyController, like this: # # Let's hear what the helper has to say: <%= hello_world %> module ClassMethods # Makes all the (instance) methods in the helper module available to templates rendered through this controller. # See ActionView::Helpers (link:classes/ActionView/Helpers.html) for more about making your own helper modules # available to the templates. def add_template_helper(helper_module) #:nodoc: master_helper_module.send(:include, helper_module) end # Declare a helper: # helper :foo # requires 'foo_helper' and includes FooHelper in the template class. # helper FooHelper # includes FooHelper in the template class. # helper { def foo() "#{bar} is the very best" end } # evaluates the block in the template class, adding method #foo. # helper(:three, BlindHelper) { def mice() 'mice' end } # does all three. def helper(*args, &block) args.flatten.each do |arg| case arg when Module add_template_helper(arg) when String, Symbol file_name = arg.to_s.underscore + '_helper' class_name = file_name.camelize begin require_dependency(file_name) rescue LoadError => load_error requiree = / -- (.*?)(\.rb)?$/.match(load_error).to_a[1] msg = (requiree == file_name) ? "Missing helper file helpers/#{file_name}.rb" : "Can't load file: #{requiree}" raise LoadError.new(msg).copy_blame!(load_error) end add_template_helper(class_name.constantize) else raise ArgumentError, 'helper expects String, Symbol, or Module argument' end end # Evaluate block in template class if given. master_helper_module.module_eval(&block) if block_given? end # Declare a controller method as a helper. For example, # helper_method :link_to # def link_to(name, options) ... end # makes the link_to controller method available in the view. def helper_method(*methods) methods.flatten.each do |method| master_helper_module.module_eval <<-end_eval def #{method}(*args, &block) controller.send(%(#{method}), *args, &block) end end_eval end end # Declare a controller attribute as a helper. For example, # helper_attr :name # attr_accessor :name # makes the name and name= controller methods available in the view. # The is a convenience wrapper for helper_method. def helper_attr(*attrs) attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") } end private def default_helper_module! module_name = name.sub(/^Controllers::/, '').sub(/Controller$|$/, 'Helper') module_path = module_name.split('::').map { |m| m.underscore }.join('/') require_dependency module_path helper module_name.constantize rescue LoadError logger.debug("#{name}: missing default helper path #{module_path}") if logger rescue NameError logger.debug("#{name}: missing default helper module #{module_name}") if logger end def inherited_with_helper(child) inherited_without_helper(child) begin child.master_helper_module = Module.new child.master_helper_module.send :include, master_helper_module child.send :default_helper_module! rescue MissingSourceFile => e raise unless e.is_missing?("helpers/#{child.controller_path}_helper") end end end end end