Class: Cuca::Layout

Inherits:
Widget show all
Defined in:
lib/cuca/layout.rb

Overview

Layout

A Layout just behaves as a normal widget plus it will give you the @content_for_layout instance variable with the content generated from the controller.

Naming

Name it FilenameLayout (ending always with Layout, for example: ‘StandardLayout’ or ‘FancyLayout’). When you specify your layout in the controller simply do a 

layout 'standard'

Examples

Layout Class:

class PlainLayout < Cuca::Layout

 def output
   content << <<-EOI
     <html>
       <head><title>#{@page_title}</title></head>
     <body>
      #{@content_for_layout}
     <hr>
     <small>Rendered using the Plain Layout - at #{Time.new.to_s}</small>
     </body>
     </html>
     EOI
 end
end

Example Controller that would work with the above layout:

class IndexController < Cuca::Controller
 layout 'plain'

 def run
    @page_title = "Main Page"
    content << "<h3>Welcome to my Webpage</h3>
 end
end

Note: The above example doesn’t make use of a generator - which would simplify the development of larger layouts and controllers.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Widget

#app, #cgi, #clear, clear_hints, #content, #content=, #controller, define_attr_method, #escape, #escapeHTML, #get_assigns, #hints, #log, #output, #params, #query_parameters, #request_method, #request_parameters, run_attr_method, #session, #unescape, #unescapeHTML

Constructor Details

#initialize(params = {}, &block) ⇒ Layout

the controller will create the layout. The controller will also set the content_for_layout assign besides other assigns from the controller.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/cuca/layout.rb', line 49

def initialize(params = {}, &block)
  raise ArgumentError.new("Layout requires :assigns for layout content") if params[:assigns].nil?
  params[:assigns].each_pair do |k,v|
    instance_variable_set("@#{k.to_s}", v)
  end
  super
end

Instance Method Details

#to_s ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/cuca/layout.rb', line 57

def to_s
   output
   return content.to_s
end