Class: Ruport::Formatter

Inherits:
Object show all
Includes:
RenderingTools
Defined in:
lib/ruport/formatter.rb

Overview

Formatter is the base class for Ruport’s format implementations.

Typically, a Formatter will implement one or more output types, and be registered with one or more Controller classes.

This class provides all the necessary base functionality to make use of Ruport’s rendering system, including option handling, data access, and basic output wrapping.

The following example should provide a general idea of how formatters work, but see the built in formatters for reference implementations.

A simple Controller definition is included to help show the example in context, but you can also build your own custom interface to formatter if you wish.

class ReverseController < Ruport::Controller
   stage :reversed_header, :reversed_body 
end

class ReversedText < Ruport::Formatter 

   # Hooks formatter up to controller
   renders :txt, :for => ReverseController      

   # Implements ReverseController's :reversed_header hook
   # but can be used by any controller   
   def build_reversed_header   
      output << "#{options.header_text}\n"
      output << "The reversed text will follow\n"
   end  

   # Implements ReverseController's :reversed_body hook
   # but can be used by any controller
   def build_reversed_body
      output << data.reverse << "\n"
   end         

end    

puts ReverseController.render_txt(:data => "apple",
                                :header_text => "Hello Mike, Hello Joe!")

-----
OUTPUT: 

Hello Mike, Hello Joe!
The reversed text will follow
elppa

Direct Known Subclasses

CSV, HTML, PDF, Text

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: RenderingTools Classes: CSV, HTML, PDF, Template, TemplateNotDefined, Text

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from RenderingTools

#render_group, #render_grouping, #render_inline_grouping, #render_row, #render_table

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(id, *args) ⇒ Object

Provides a shortcut for per-format handlers.

Example:

# will only be called if formatter is called for html output
html { output << "Look, I'm handling html" }



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 240

def method_missing(id,*args)
  if self.class.formats.include?(id)
    yield() if format == id
  else
    super
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#data ⇒ Object

Set by the :data attribute from Controller#render



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 131

def data
  @data
end

#format ⇒ Object

Set automatically by Controller#render(format) or Controller#render_format



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 134

def format
  @format
end

#options ⇒ Object

Provides a Controller::Options object for storing formatting options.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 192

def options
  @options ||= Controller::Options.new
end

Class Method Details

.build(stage, &block) ⇒ Object

Allows you to implement stages in your formatter using the following syntax:

class ReversedText < Ruport::Formatter 
   renders :txt, :for => ReverseController

   build :reversed_header do
      output << "#{options.header_text}\n"
      output << "The reversed text will follow\n"
   end

   build :reversed_body do
      output << data.reverse << "\n"
   end
end



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 171

def self.build(stage,&block)
  define_method "build_#{stage}", &block
end

.formats ⇒ Object

Gives a list of formats registered for this formatter.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 176

def self.formats
  @formats ||= []
end

.renders(fmts, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Registers the formatter with one or more Controllers.

renders :pdf, :for => MyController
render :text, :for => [MyController,YourController]
renders [:csv,:html], :for => YourController



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 146

def self.renders(fmts,options={})
  Array(fmts).each do |format|
    Array(options[:for]).each do |o| 
      o.send(:add_format,self,format) 
      formats << format unless formats.include?(format)
    end    
  end
end

.save_as_binary_file ⇒ Object

Use to define that your formatter should save in binary format



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 214

def self.save_as_binary_file
  define_method :save_output do |filename|
    File.open(filename,"wb") {|f| f << output }
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#clear_output ⇒ Object

Clears the output.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 204

def clear_output
  @output.replace("")
end

#erb(string, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Evaluates the string using ERB and returns the results.

If :binding is specified, it will evaluate the template in that context.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 224

def erb(string,options={})      
  require "erb"
  if string =~ /(\.r\w+)|(\.erb)$/
    ERB.new(File.read(string)).result(options[:binding]||binding)
  else
    ERB.new(string).result(options[:binding]||binding)
  end
end

#output ⇒ Object

Stores a string used for outputting formatted data.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 186

def output
  return options.io if options.io
  @output ||= ""
end

#save_output(filename) ⇒ Object

Saves the output to a file.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 209

def save_output(filename)
  File.open(filename,"w") {|f| f << output }
end

#template ⇒ Object

Returns the template currently set for this formatter.



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# File 'lib/ruport/formatter.rb', line 181

def template
  Template[options.template] rescue nil || Template[:default]
end