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+module ActionView
+ # There's also a convenience method for rendering sub templates within the current controller that depends on a
+ # single object (we call this kind of sub templates for partials). It relies on the fact that partials should
+ # follow the naming convention of being prefixed with an underscore -- as to separate them from regular
+ # templates that could be rendered on their own.
+ #
+ # In a template for Advertiser#account:
+ #
+ # <%= render :partial => "account" %>
+ #
+ # This would render "advertiser/_account.erb" and pass the instance variable @account in as a local variable
+ # +account+ to the template for display.
+ #
+ # In another template for Advertiser#buy, we could have:
+ #
+ # <%= render :partial => "account", :locals => { :account => @buyer } %>
+ #
+ # <% for ad in @advertisements %>
+ # <%= render :partial => "ad", :locals => { :ad => ad } %>
+ # <% end %>
+ #
+ # This would first render "advertiser/_account.erb" with @buyer passed in as the local variable +account+, then
+ # render "advertiser/_ad.erb" and pass the local variable +ad+ to the template for display.
+ #
+ # == Rendering a collection of partials
+ #
+ # The example of partial use describes a familiar pattern where a template needs to iterate over an array and
+ # render a sub template for each of the elements. This pattern has been implemented as a single method that
+ # accepts an array and renders a partial by the same name as the elements contained within. So the three-lined
+ # example in "Using partials" can be rewritten with a single line:
+ #
+ # <%= render :partial => "ad", :collection => @advertisements %>
+ #
+ # This will render "advertiser/_ad.erb" and pass the local variable +ad+ to the template for display. An
+ # iteration counter will automatically be made available to the template with a name of the form
+ # +partial_name_counter+. In the case of the example above, the template would be fed +ad_counter+.
+ #
+ # NOTE: Due to backwards compatibility concerns, the collection can't be one of hashes. Normally you'd also
+ # just keep domain objects, like Active Records, in there.
+ #
+ # == Rendering shared partials
+ #
+ # Two controllers can share a set of partials and render them like this:
+ #
+ # <%= render :partial => "advertisement/ad", :locals => { :ad => @advertisement } %>
+ #
+ # This will render the partial "advertisement/_ad.erb" regardless of which controller this is being called from.
+ #
+ # == Rendering objects with the RecordIdentifier
+ #
+ # Instead of explicitly naming the location of a partial, you can also let the RecordIdentifier do the work if
+ # you're following its conventions for RecordIdentifier#partial_path. Examples:
+ #
+ # # @account is an Account instance, so it uses the RecordIdentifier to replace
+ # # <%= render :partial => "accounts/account", :locals => { :account => @buyer } %>
+ # <%= render :partial => @account %>
+ #
+ # # @posts is an array of Post instances, so it uses the RecordIdentifier to replace
+ # # <%= render :partial => "posts/post", :collection => @posts %>
+ # <%= render :partial => @posts %>
+ #
+ # == Rendering the default case
+ #
+ # If you're not going to be using any of the options like collections or layouts, you can also use the short-hand
+ # defaults of render to render partials. Examples:
+ #
+ # # Instead of <%= render :partial => "account" %>
+ # <%= render "account" %>
+ #
+ # # Instead of <%= render :partial => "account", :locals => { :account => @buyer } %>
+ # <%= render "account", :account => @buyer %>
+ #
+ # # @account is an Account instance, so it uses the RecordIdentifier to replace
+ # # <%= render :partial => "accounts/account", :locals => { :account => @account } %>
+ # <%= render(@account) %>
+ #
+ # # @posts is an array of Post instances, so it uses the RecordIdentifier to replace
+ # # <%= render :partial => "posts/post", :collection => @posts %>
+ # <%= render(@posts) %>
+ #
+ # == Rendering partials with layouts
+ #
+ # Partials can have their own layouts applied to them. These layouts are different than the ones that are
+ # specified globally for the entire action, but they work in a similar fashion. Imagine a list with two types
+ # of users:
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/index.html.erb &>
+ # Here's the administrator:
+ # <%= render :partial => "user", :layout => "administrator", :locals => { :user => administrator } %>
+ #
+ # Here's the editor:
+ # <%= render :partial => "user", :layout => "editor", :locals => { :user => editor } %>
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/_user.html.erb &>
+ # Name: <%= user.name %>
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/_administrator.html.erb &>
+ # <div id="administrator">
+ # Budget: $<%= user.budget %>
+ # <%= yield %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/_editor.html.erb &>
+ # <div id="editor">
+ # Deadline: <%= user.deadline %>
+ # <%= yield %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # ...this will return:
+ #
+ # Here's the administrator:
+ # <div id="administrator">
+ # Budget: $<%= user.budget %>
+ # Name: <%= user.name %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # Here's the editor:
+ # <div id="editor">
+ # Deadline: <%= user.deadline %>
+ # Name: <%= user.name %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # You can also apply a layout to a block within any template:
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/_chief.html.erb &>
+ # <% render(:layout => "administrator", :locals => { :user => chief }) do %>
+ # Title: <%= chief.title %>
+ # <% end %>
+ #
+ # ...this will return:
+ #
+ # <div id="administrator">
+ # Budget: $<%= user.budget %>
+ # Title: <%= chief.name %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # As you can see, the <tt>:locals</tt> hash is shared between both the partial and its layout.
+ #
+ # If you pass arguments to "yield" then this will be passed to the block. One way to use this is to pass
+ # an array to layout and treat it as an enumerable.
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/_user.html.erb &>
+ # <div class="user">
+ # Budget: $<%= user.budget %>
+ # <%= yield user %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/index.html.erb &>
+ # <% render :layout => @users do |user| %>
+ # Title: <%= user.title %>
+ # <% end %>
+ #
+ # This will render the layout for each user and yield to the block, passing the user, each time.
+ #
+ # You can also yield multiple times in one layout and use block arguments to differentiate the sections.
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/_user.html.erb &>
+ # <div class="user">
+ # <%= yield user, :header %>
+ # Budget: $<%= user.budget %>
+ # <%= yield user, :footer %>
+ # </div>
+ #
+ # <%# app/views/users/index.html.erb &>
+ # <% render :layout => @users do |user, section| %>
+ # <%- case section when :header -%>
+ # Title: <%= user.title %>
+ # <%- when :footer -%>
+ # Deadline: <%= user.deadline %>
+ # <%- end -%>
+ # <% end %>
+ module Partials
+ extend ActiveSupport::Memoizable
+
+ private
+ def render_partial(options = {}) #:nodoc:
+ local_assigns = options[:locals] || {}
+
+ case partial_path = options[:partial]
+ when String, Symbol, NilClass
+ if options.has_key?(:collection)
+ render_partial_collection(options)
+ else
+ _pick_partial_template(partial_path).render_partial(self, options[:object], local_assigns)
+ end
+ when ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
+ builder_partial_path = partial_path.class.to_s.demodulize.underscore.sub(/_builder$/, '')
+ local_assigns.merge!(builder_partial_path.to_sym => partial_path)
+ render_partial(:partial => builder_partial_path, :object => options[:object], :locals => local_assigns)
+ else
+ if Array === partial_path ||
+ (defined?(ActiveRecord) &&
+ (ActiveRecord::Associations::AssociationCollection === partial_path ||
+ ActiveRecord::NamedScope::Scope === partial_path))
+ render_partial_collection(options.except(:partial).merge(:collection => partial_path))
+ else
+ object = partial_path
+ render_partial(
+ :partial => ActionController::RecordIdentifier.partial_path(object, controller.class.controller_path),
+ :object => object,
+ :locals => local_assigns
+ )
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ def render_partial_collection(options = {}) #:nodoc:
+ return nil if options[:collection].blank?
+
+ partial = options[:partial]
+ spacer = options[:spacer_template] ? render(:partial => options[:spacer_template]) : ''
+ local_assigns = options[:locals] ? options[:locals].clone : {}
+ as = options[:as]
+
+ index = 0
+ options[:collection].map do |object|
+ _partial_path ||= partial ||
+ ActionController::RecordIdentifier.partial_path(object, controller.class.controller_path)
+ template = _pick_partial_template(_partial_path)
+ local_assigns[template.counter_name] = index
+ result = template.render_partial(self, object, local_assigns.dup, as)
+ index += 1
+ result
+ end.join(spacer)
+ end
+
+ def _pick_partial_template(partial_path) #:nodoc:
+ if partial_path.include?('/')
+ path = File.join(File.dirname(partial_path), "_#{File.basename(partial_path)}")
+ elsif controller
+ path = "#{controller.class.controller_path}/_#{partial_path}"
+ else
+ path = "_#{partial_path}"
+ end
+
+ self.view_paths.find_template(path, self.template_format)
+ end
+ memoize :_pick_partial_template
+ end
+end