Class: ServerSide::Template

Inherits:
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Defined in:
lib/serverside/template.rb

Overview

The Template module implements an ERB template rendering system. Templates are cached and automatically reloaded if the file changes.

Constant Summary collapse

@@templates =

The @@templates variable is a hash keyed by template name. The values are arrays containing 2 objects: a file stamp (if the template comes from a file,) and the template object itself.

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Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.render(name, binding) ⇒ Object

Renders a template. If the template name is not found, attemps to load the template from file. If the template has a non-nil stamp, the render method compares it to the file stamp, and reloads the template content if necessary.



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# File 'lib/serverside/template.rb', line 22

def self.render(name, binding)
  t = @@templates[name]
  return t[1].result(binding) if t && t[0].nil?
  
  if File.file?(name)
    stamp = File.mtime(name)
    t = set(name, IO.read(name), stamp) if (!t || (stamp != t[0]))
    t[1].result(binding)
  else
    @@templates[name] = nil
    raise RuntimeError, 'Template not found.'
  end
end

.set(name, body, stamp = nil) ⇒ Object

Stores a template for later use. The stamp parameter is used only when the content of a template file is stored.



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# File 'lib/serverside/template.rb', line 14

def self.set(name, body, stamp = nil)
  @@templates[name] = [stamp, ERB.new(body)]
end