module ActionDispatch class Request # Access the contents of the flash. Use flash["notice"] to # read a notice you put there or flash["notice"] = "hello" # to put a new one. def flash @env[Flash::KEY] ||= (session["flash"] || Flash::FlashHash.new) end end # The flash provides a way to pass temporary objects between actions. Anything you place in the flash will be exposed # to the very next action and then cleared out. This is a great way of doing notices and alerts, such as a create # action that sets flash[:notice] = "Post successfully created" before redirecting to a display action that can # then expose the flash to its template. Actually, that exposure is automatically done. Example: # # class PostsController < ActionController::Base # def create # # save post # flash[:notice] = "Post successfully created" # redirect_to @post # end # # def show # # doesn't need to assign the flash notice to the template, that's done automatically # end # end # # show.html.erb # <% if flash[:notice] %> #
<%= flash[:notice] %>
# <% end %> # # Since the +notice+ and +alert+ keys are a common idiom, convenience accessors are available: # # flash.alert = "You must be logged in" # flash.notice = "Post successfully created" # # This example just places a string in the flash, but you can put any object in there. And of course, you can put as # many as you like at a time too. Just remember: They'll be gone by the time the next action has been performed. # # See docs on the FlashHash class for more details about the flash. class Flash KEY = 'action_dispatch.request.flash_hash'.freeze class FlashNow #:nodoc: attr_accessor :flash def initialize(flash) @flash = flash end def []=(k, v) @flash[k] = v @flash.discard(k) v end def [](k) @flash[k] end # Convenience accessor for flash.now[:alert]= def alert=(message) self[:alert] = message end # Convenience accessor for flash.now[:notice]= def notice=(message) self[:notice] = message end end # Implementation detail: please do not change the signature of the # FlashHash class. Doing that will likely affect all Rails apps in # production as the FlashHash currently stored in their sessions will # become invalid. class FlashHash include Enumerable def initialize #:nodoc: @discard = Set.new @closed = false @flashes = {} @now = nil end def initialize_copy(other) if other.now_is_loaded? @now = other.now.dup @now.flash = self end super end def []=(k, v) #:nodoc: @discard.delete k @flashes[k] = v end def [](k) @flashes[k] end def update(h) #:nodoc: @discard.subtract h.keys @flashes.update h self end def keys @flashes.keys end def key?(name) @flashes.key? name end def delete(key) @discard.delete key @flashes.delete key self end def to_hash @flashes.dup end def empty? @flashes.empty? end def clear @discard.clear @flashes.clear end def each(&block) @flashes.each(&block) end alias :merge! :update def replace(h) #:nodoc: @discard.clear @flashes.replace h self end # Sets a flash that will not be available to the next action, only to the current. # # flash.now[:message] = "Hello current action" # # This method enables you to use the flash as a central messaging system in your app. # When you need to pass an object to the next action, you use the standard flash assign ([]=). # When you need to pass an object to the current action, you use now, and your object will # vanish when the current action is done. # # Entries set via now are accessed the same way as standard entries: flash['my-key']. def now @now ||= FlashNow.new(self) end # Keeps either the entire current flash or a specific flash entry available for the next action: # # flash.keep # keeps the entire flash # flash.keep(:notice) # keeps only the "notice" entry, the rest of the flash is discarded def keep(k = nil) @discard.subtract Array(k || keys) k ? self[k] : self end # Marks the entire flash or a single flash entry to be discarded by the end of the current action: # # flash.discard # discard the entire flash at the end of the current action # flash.discard(:warning) # discard only the "warning" entry at the end of the current action def discard(k = nil) @discard.merge Array(k || keys) k ? self[k] : self end # Mark for removal entries that were kept, and delete unkept ones. # # This method is called automatically by filters, so you generally don't need to care about it. def sweep #:nodoc: @discard.each { |k| @flashes.delete k } @discard.replace @flashes.keys end # Convenience accessor for flash[:alert] def alert self[:alert] end # Convenience accessor for flash[:alert]= def alert=(message) self[:alert] = message end # Convenience accessor for flash[:notice] def notice self[:notice] end # Convenience accessor for flash[:notice]= def notice=(message) self[:notice] = message end protected def now_is_loaded? @now end end def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env) if (session = env['rack.session']) && (flash = session['flash']) flash.sweep end @app.call(env) ensure session = env['rack.session'] || {} flash_hash = env[KEY] if flash_hash if !flash_hash.empty? || session.key?('flash') session["flash"] = flash_hash new_hash = flash_hash.dup else new_hash = flash_hash end env[KEY] = new_hash end if session.key?('flash') && session['flash'].empty? session.delete('flash') end end end end