Module: ActionView::Layouts::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/action_view/layouts.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: LayoutConditions

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#_write_layout_method ⇒ Object

Creates a _layout method to be called by _default_layout .

If a layout is not explicitly mentioned then look for a layout with the controller's name. if nothing is found then try same procedure to find super class's layout.



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# File 'lib/action_view/layouts.rb', line 281

def _write_layout_method # :nodoc:
  silence_redefinition_of_method(:_layout)

  prefixes = /\blayouts/.match?(_implied_layout_name) ? [] : ["layouts"]
  default_behavior = "lookup_context.find_all('#{_implied_layout_name}', #{prefixes.inspect}, false, [], { formats: formats }).first || super"
  name_clause = if name
    default_behavior
  else
    <<-RUBY
      super
    RUBY
  end

  layout_definition = \
    case _layout
    when String
      _layout.inspect
    when Symbol
      <<-RUBY
        #{_layout}.tap do |layout|
          return #{default_behavior} if layout.nil?
          unless layout.is_a?(String) || !layout
            raise ArgumentError, "Your layout method :#{_layout} returned \#{layout}. It " \
              "should have returned a String, false, or nil"
          end
        end
      RUBY
    when Proc
      define_method :_layout_from_proc, &_layout
      protected :_layout_from_proc
      <<-RUBY
        result = _layout_from_proc(#{_layout.arity == 0 ? '' : 'self'})
        return #{default_behavior} if result.nil?
        result
      RUBY
    when false
      nil
    when true
      raise ArgumentError, "Layouts must be specified as a String, Symbol, Proc, false, or nil"
    when nil
      name_clause
    end

  class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
    def _layout(formats)
      if _conditional_layout?
        #{layout_definition}
      else
        #{name_clause}
      end
    end
    private :_layout
  RUBY
end

#inherited(klass) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_view/layouts.rb', line 218

def inherited(klass) # :nodoc:
  super
  klass._write_layout_method
end

#layout(layout, conditions = {}) ⇒ Object

Specify the layout to use for this class.

If the specified layout is a:

String

the String is the template name

Symbol

call the method specified by the symbol

Proc

call the passed Proc

false

There is no layout

true

raise an ArgumentError

nil

Force default layout behavior with inheritance

Return value of Proc and Symbol arguments should be String, false, true or nil with the same meaning as described above.

Parameters

  • layout - The layout to use.

Options (conditions)

  • :only - A list of actions to apply this layout to.

  • :except - Apply this layout to all actions but this one.



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# File 'lib/action_view/layouts.rb', line 267

def layout(layout, conditions = {})
  include LayoutConditions unless conditions.empty?

  conditions.each { |k, v| conditions[k] = Array(v).map(&:to_s) }
  self._layout_conditions = conditions

  self._layout = layout
  _write_layout_method
end