require 'rails' unless defined?(::Rails)
require 'action_controller' unless defined?(::ActionController)

class View
  VERSION = '1.2.0'

  def View.version
    View::VERSION
  end

  if defined?(Rails::Engine)
    class Engine < Rails::Engine
      config.after_initialize do
        ::View.generate_controller!
      end
    end
  else
    ::View.generate_controller!
  end

  def View.generate_controller!
    #base = (defined?(ApplicationController) ? ApplicationController : ::ActionController::Base)
    base = ::ActionController::Base

    c = Class.new(base) do
      layout false
      helper :all

      def self.context(*args, &block)
        require 'rails'
        require 'action_controller'
        require 'action_dispatch/testing/test_request.rb' 
        require 'action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb' 

        default_url_options =
          begin
            require 'rails_default_url_options'
            DefaultUrlOptions
          rescue LoadError
            options[:default_url_options] || {}
          end

        store = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new 
        request = ActionDispatch::TestRequest.new 
        response = ActionDispatch::TestResponse.new 

        controller = new()

        controller.perform_caching = false
        controller.cache_store = store 
        controller.request = request 
        controller.response = response 
        #controller.send(:initialize_template_class, response) 
        #controller.send(:assign_shortcuts, request, response) 
        controller.send(:default_url_options).merge!(default_url_options)
        block ? controller.instance_eval(&block) : controller
      end 
    end

    const_set(:Controller, c)
  end


  def View.render(*args)
    Array(Controller.context{ render(*args) }).join.html_safe
  end
end

__END__
puts View.render(:inline => "<%= Time.now %> <%= link_to :foo, root_path %><%= solid :bar %><%= link_to :chiclet, Chiclet.first %>")
puts View.render(:inline => "* one\n* two\n* three\n", :type => :markdown)