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module Plate
  # Views are utility classes that are only called within a page or layout file to be able to access
  # site or page specific variables.
  class View
    include BloggingHelper
    include MetaHelper
    include URLHelper
    
    attr_reader :site, :page
    
    def initialize(site, page)
      @site = site
      @page = page
    end
    
    # The full list of assets for this site.
    def assets
      self.site.assets
    end
    
    # Dump out information about this view.
    def inspect
      "#<#{self.class}:0x#{object_id.to_s(16)} site=#{site ? site.source : nil} page=#{page ? page.file : nil}>"
    end
    
    # Reference to all pages and static files in this site.
    def pages
      self.site.pages
    end
    
    # Reference to the current post, if this view is rendered with a blog post.
    def post
      self.page
    end
    
    # Reference to all posts in this site.
    def posts
      self.site.posts
    end
    
    # Allow this class to pass through to access attributes on the page
    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)      
      self.page.send(method, *args, &block)
    rescue NoMethodError
      super
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
plate-0.5.4	lib/plate/view.rb
plate-0.5.3	lib/plate/view.rb
plate-0.5.2	lib/plate/view.rb
plate-0.5.1	lib/plate/view.rb
plate-0.5.0	lib/plate/view.rb