@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ *SVN* +* Provide a helper proxy to access helper methods from outside views. Closes #10839 [Josh Peek] + e.g. ApplicationController.helpers.simple_format(text) + * Improve documentation. [Xavier Noria, leethal, jerome] * Ensure RJS redirect_to doesn't html-escapes string argument. Closes #8546 [josh, eventualbuddha, Pratik] actionpack/CHANGELOG @@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") } end + # Provides a proxy to access helpers methods from outside the view. + def helpers + unless @helper_proxy + @helper_proxy = ActionView::Base.new + @helper_proxy.extend master_helper_module + else + @helper_proxy + end + end private def default_helper_module! actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb @@ -130,6 +130,22 @@ class HelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase assert methods.include?('foobar') end + def test_helper_proxy + methods = ApplicationController.helpers.methods.map(&:to_s) + + # ActionView + assert methods.include?('pluralize') + + # abc_helper.rb + assert methods.include?('bare_a') + + # fun/games_helper.rb + assert methods.include?('stratego') + + # fun/pdf_helper.rb + assert methods.include?('foobar') + end + private def expected_helper_methods TestHelper.instance_methods.map(&:to_s) actionpack/test/controller/helper_test.rb 5b822aca4b6524c9147224764ec0f20a728ba2a1 Josh Peek josh josh@joshpeek.com http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/917423d664038d6791738a73ad1446437dbb71df 917423d664038d6791738a73ad1446437dbb71df 2008-04-06T11:42:34-07:00 2008-04-06T11:42:34-07:00 Provide a helper proxy to access helper methods from outside views. Closes #10839 [Josh Peek] git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@9234 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de bda3e8810f16831767e69102db409152695ea523 Josh Peek josh josh@joshpeek.com