require 'active_support/core_ext/load_error' require 'active_support/core_ext/name_error' require 'active_support/dependencies' module ActionController module Helpers extend ActiveSupport::Concern include AbstractController::Helpers included do # Set the default directory for helpers class_inheritable_accessor :helpers_dir self.helpers_dir = (defined?(RAILS_ROOT) ? "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/helpers" : "app/helpers") end module ClassMethods def inherited(klass) klass.__send__ :default_helper_module! super end # The +helper+ class method can take a series of helper module names, a block, or both. # # * *args: One or more modules, strings or symbols, or the special symbol :all. # * &block: A block defining helper methods. # # ==== Examples # When the argument is a string or symbol, the method will provide the "_helper" suffix, require the file # and include the module in the template class. The second form illustrates how to include custom helpers # when working with namespaced controllers, or other cases where the file containing the helper definition is not # in one of Rails' standard load paths: # helper :foo # => requires 'foo_helper' and includes FooHelper # helper 'resources/foo' # => requires 'resources/foo_helper' and includes Resources::FooHelper # # When the argument is a module it will be included directly in the template class. # helper FooHelper # => includes FooHelper # # When the argument is the symbol :all, the controller will include all helpers beneath # ActionController::Base.helpers_dir (defaults to app/helpers/**/*.rb under RAILS_ROOT). # helper :all # # Additionally, the +helper+ class method can receive and evaluate a block, making the methods defined available # to the template. # # One line # helper { def hello() "Hello, world!" end } # # Multi-line # helper do # def foo(bar) # "#{bar} is the very best" # end # end # # Finally, all the above styles can be mixed together, and the +helper+ method can be invoked with a mix of # +symbols+, +strings+, +modules+ and blocks. # helper(:three, BlindHelper) { def mice() 'mice' end } # def helper(*args, &block) args.flatten.each do |arg| case arg when :all helper all_application_helpers 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)?$/.match(load_error.message).to_a[1] if requiree == file_name msg = "Missing helper file helpers/#{file_name}.rb" raise LoadError.new(msg).copy_blame!(load_error) else raise end end super class_name.constantize else super args end end # Evaluate block in template class if given. _helpers.module_eval(&block) if block_given? end # Declares helper accessors for controller attributes. For example, the # following adds new +name+ and name= instance methods to a # controller and makes them available to the view: # helper_attr :name # attr_accessor :name def helper_attr(*attrs) attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") } end # Provides a proxy to access helpers methods from outside the view. def helpers unless @helper_proxy @helper_proxy = ActionView::Base.new @helper_proxy.extend _helpers else @helper_proxy end end private def default_helper_module! unless name.blank? module_name = name.sub(/Controller$|$/, 'Helper') module_path = module_name.split('::').map { |m| m.underscore }.join('/') require_dependency module_path helper module_name.constantize end rescue MissingSourceFile => e raise unless e.is_missing? module_path rescue NameError => e raise unless e.missing_name? module_name end # Extract helper names from files in app/helpers/**/*.rb def all_application_helpers extract = /^#{Regexp.quote(helpers_dir)}\/?(.*)_helper.rb$/ Dir["#{helpers_dir}/**/*_helper.rb"].map { |file| file.sub extract, '\1' } end end end end