Merge pull request #392 from wycats/root-data

Access to root context in partials and helpers
handlebars-lang · Jan 15, 2014 · cb80f46 · cb80f46
2 parents d841ad5 + f650b0d
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diff --git a/lib/handlebars/compiler/javascript-compiler.js b/lib/handlebars/compiler/javascript-compiler.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ JavaScriptCompiler.prototype = {
 
       var copies = "helpers = this.merge(helpers, " + namespace + ".helpers);";
       if (this.environment.usePartial) { copies = copies + " partials = this.merge(partials, " + namespace + ".partials);"; }
-      if (this.options.data) { copies = copies + " data = data || {};"; }
+      if (this.options.data) { copies = copies + " data = this.initData(depth0, data);"; }
       out.push(copies);
     } else {
       out.push('');

diff --git a/lib/handlebars/runtime.js b/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Utils from "./utils";
 import Exception from "./exception";
-import { COMPILER_REVISION, REVISION_CHANGES } from "./base";
+import { COMPILER_REVISION, REVISION_CHANGES, createFrame } from "./base";
 
 export function checkRevision(compilerInfo) {
   var compilerRevision = compilerInfo && compilerInfo[0] || 1,
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ export function template(templateSpec, env) {
       }
       return programWrapper;
     },
+    initData: function(context, data) {
+      data = data ? createFrame(data) : {};
+      if (!('root' in data)) {
+        data.root = context;
+      }
+      return data;
+    },
     merge: function(param, common) {
       var ret = param || common;
 

diff --git a/spec/data.js b/spec/data.js
@@ -236,4 +236,19 @@ describe('data', function() {
     equals("sad world?", result, "Overriden data output by helper");
   });
 
+  describe('@root', function() {
+    it('the root context can be looked up via @root', function() {
+      var template = CompilerContext.compile('{{@root.foo}}');
+      var result = template({foo: 'hello'}, { data: {} });
+      equals('hello', result);
+
+      result = template({foo: 'hello'}, {});
+      equals('hello', result);
+    });
+    it('passed root values take priority', function() {
+      var template = CompilerContext.compile('{{@root.foo}}');
+      var result = template({}, { data: {root: {foo: 'hello'} } });
+      equals('hello', result);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/expected/empty.amd.js b/spec/expected/empty.amd.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ define(['handlebars.runtime'], function(Handlebars) {
   Handlebars = Handlebars["default"];  var template = Handlebars.template, templates = Handlebars.templates = Handlebars.templates || {};
 return templates['empty'] = template(function (Handlebars,depth0,helpers,partials,data) {
   this.compilerInfo = [4,'>= 1.0.0'];
-helpers = this.merge(helpers, Handlebars.helpers); data = data || {};
+helpers = this.merge(helpers, Handlebars.helpers); data = this.initData(depth0, data);
   var buffer = "";