# frozen_string_literal: true require "action_view/renderer/partial_renderer/collection_caching" module ActionView # = Action View Partials # # There's also a convenience method for rendering sub templates within the current controller that depends on a # single object (we call this kind of sub templates for partials). It relies on the fact that partials should # follow the naming convention of being prefixed with an underscore -- as to separate them from regular # templates that could be rendered on their own. # # In a template for Advertiser#account: # # <%= render partial: "account" %> # # This would render "advertiser/_account.html.erb". # # In another template for Advertiser#buy, we could have: # # <%= render partial: "account", locals: { account: @buyer } %> # # <% @advertisements.each do |ad| %> # <%= render partial: "ad", locals: { ad: ad } %> # <% end %> # # This would first render advertiser/_account.html.erb with @buyer passed in as the local variable +account+, then # render advertiser/_ad.html.erb and pass the local variable +ad+ to the template for display. # # == The +:as+ and +:object+ options # # By default ActionView::PartialRenderer doesn't have any local variables. # The :object option can be used to pass an object to the partial. For instance: # # <%= render partial: "account", object: @buyer %> # # would provide the @buyer object to the partial, available under the local variable +account+ and is # equivalent to: # # <%= render partial: "account", locals: { account: @buyer } %> # # With the :as option we can specify a different name for said local variable. For example, if we # wanted it to be +user+ instead of +account+ we'd do: # # <%= render partial: "account", object: @buyer, as: 'user' %> # # This is equivalent to # # <%= render partial: "account", locals: { user: @buyer } %> # # == \Rendering a collection of partials # # The example of partial use describes a familiar pattern where a template needs to iterate over an array and # render a sub template for each of the elements. This pattern has been implemented as a single method that # accepts an array and renders a partial by the same name as the elements contained within. So the three-lined # example in "Using partials" can be rewritten with a single line: # # <%= render partial: "ad", collection: @advertisements %> # # This will render advertiser/_ad.html.erb and pass the local variable +ad+ to the template for display. An # iteration object will automatically be made available to the template with a name of the form # +partial_name_iteration+. The iteration object has knowledge about which index the current object has in # the collection and the total size of the collection. The iteration object also has two convenience methods, # +first?+ and +last?+. In the case of the example above, the template would be fed +ad_iteration+. # For backwards compatibility the +partial_name_counter+ is still present and is mapped to the iteration's # +index+ method. # # The :as option may be used when rendering partials. # # You can specify a partial to be rendered between elements via the :spacer_template option. # The following example will render advertiser/_ad_divider.html.erb between each ad partial: # # <%= render partial: "ad", collection: @advertisements, spacer_template: "ad_divider" %> # # If the given :collection is +nil+ or empty, render will return +nil+. This will allow you # to specify a text which will be displayed instead by using this form: # # <%= render(partial: "ad", collection: @advertisements) || "There's no ad to be displayed" %> # # == \Rendering shared partials # # Two controllers can share a set of partials and render them like this: # # <%= render partial: "advertisement/ad", locals: { ad: @advertisement } %> # # This will render the partial advertisement/_ad.html.erb regardless of which controller this is being called from. # # == \Rendering objects that respond to +to_partial_path+ # # Instead of explicitly naming the location of a partial, you can also let PartialRenderer do the work # and pick the proper path by checking +to_partial_path+ method. # # # @account.to_partial_path returns 'accounts/account', so it can be used to replace: # # <%= render partial: "accounts/account", locals: { account: @account} %> # <%= render partial: @account %> # # # @posts is an array of Post instances, so every post record returns 'posts/post' on +to_partial_path+, # # that's why we can replace: # # <%= render partial: "posts/post", collection: @posts %> # <%= render partial: @posts %> # # == \Rendering the default case # # If you're not going to be using any of the options like collections or layouts, you can also use the short-hand # defaults of render to render partials. Examples: # # # Instead of <%= render partial: "account" %> # <%= render "account" %> # # # Instead of <%= render partial: "account", locals: { account: @buyer } %> # <%= render "account", account: @buyer %> # # # @account.to_partial_path returns 'accounts/account', so it can be used to replace: # # <%= render partial: "accounts/account", locals: { account: @account} %> # <%= render @account %> # # # @posts is an array of Post instances, so every post record returns 'posts/post' on +to_partial_path+, # # that's why we can replace: # # <%= render partial: "posts/post", collection: @posts %> # <%= render @posts %> # # == \Rendering partials with layouts # # Partials can have their own layouts applied to them. These layouts are different than the ones that are # specified globally for the entire action, but they work in a similar fashion. Imagine a list with two types # of users: # # <%# app/views/users/index.html.erb %> # Here's the administrator: # <%= render partial: "user", layout: "administrator", locals: { user: administrator } %> # # Here's the editor: # <%= render partial: "user", layout: "editor", locals: { user: editor } %> # # <%# app/views/users/_user.html.erb %> # Name: <%= user.name %> # # <%# app/views/users/_administrator.html.erb %> #