Module: Waves::Renderers::Mixin

Included in:
Erubis, Markaby
Defined in:
lib/renderers/mixin.rb

Overview

The renderers mixin provides a number of methods to simplify writing new renderers. Just include this in your Renderer class and write your render method.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.included(target) ⇒ Object

Adds the following methods to the target class:

  • extension: allows you to set or get the extension used by this renderer.

    Renderers::Markaby.extension 'foo' # tell Waves to use .foo as Markaby extension

  • filename: generate a filename for the template based on a logical path.

  • template: read the template from the file corresponding to the given logical path.

  • helper: return a helper module that corresponds to the given logical path.



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# File 'lib/renderers/mixin.rb', line 22

def self.included(target)
  class << target

    def extension(*args)
      return @extension if args.length == 0
      @extension = args.first
    end

    def filename(path)
      :templates / "#{path}.#{self.extension}"
    end

    def render(path,args=nil)
    end

    def template( path )
      File.read( filename( path ) )
    end

    def helper( path )
      Waves.application.helpers[
        File.basename( File.dirname( path ) ).camel_case ]
    end
  end
end