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@@ -92,8 +92,17 @@ module WillPaginate
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       options = options.symbolize_keys.reverse_merge WillPaginate::ViewHelpers.pagination_options
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       # create the renderer instance
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-      renderer_class = options[:renderer].to_s.constantize
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-      renderer = renderer_class.new collection, options, self
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+      renderer = case options[:renderer]
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+      when String, Class
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+        renderer_class = options[:renderer].to_s.constantize
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+        renderer_class.new collection, options, self
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+      else
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+        returning(options[:renderer]) do |r|
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+          r.collection = collection
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+          r.options = options
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+          r.template = self
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+        end
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+      end
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       # render HTML for pagination
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       renderer.to_html
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     end
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@@ -169,6 +178,9 @@ module WillPaginate
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   # This class does the heavy lifting of actually building the pagination
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   # links. It is used by +will_paginate+ helper internally.
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   class LinkRenderer
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+
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+    attr_accessor :collection, :options, :template
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+
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     # * +collection+ is a WillPaginate::Collection instance or any other object
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     #   that conforms to that API
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     # * +options+ are forwarded from +will_paginate+ view helper
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@@ -258,12 +270,21 @@ module WillPaginate
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       classnames = Array[*span_class]
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       if page and page != current_page
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-        @template.link_to text, url_for(page), :rel => rel_value(page), :class => classnames[1]
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+        page_link page, text, :rel => rel_value(page), :class => classnames[1]
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       else
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-        @template.content_tag :span, text, :class => classnames.join(' ')
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+        page_span page, text, :class => classnames.join(' ')
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       end
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     end
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+    def page_link(page, text, attributes = {})
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+      @template.link_to text, url_for(page), attributes
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+    end
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+
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+    def page_span(page, text, attributes = {})
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+      @template.content_tag :span, text, attributes
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+    end
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+
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+
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     # Returns URL params for +page_link_or_span+, taking the current GET params
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     # and <tt>:params</tt> option into account.
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     def url_for(page)