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all_helpers_from_path(path)

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb, line 95
def all_helpers_from_path(path)
  helpers = []
  Array.wrap(path).each do |_path|
    extract  = %r^#{Regexp.quote(_path.to_s)}\/?(.*)_helper.rb$/
    helpers += Dir["#{_path}/**/*_helper.rb"].map { |file| file.sub(extract, '\1') }
  end
  helpers.sort!
  helpers.uniq!
  helpers
end
helper_attr(*attrs)

Declares helper accessors for controller attributes. For example, the following adds new name and name= instance methods to a controller and makes them available to the view:

attr_accessor :name
helper_attr :name

Parameters

  • attrs - Names of attributes to be converted into helpers.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb, line 73
def helper_attr(*attrs)
  attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") }
end
helpers()

Provides a proxy to access helpers methods from outside the view.

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb, line 78
def helpers
  @helper_proxy ||= ActionView::Base.new.extend(_helpers)
end
modules_for_helpers(args)

Overwrite #modules_for_helpers to accept :all as argument, which loads all helpers in helpers_path.

Parameters

  • args - A list of helpers

Returns

  • array - A normalized list of modules for the list of helpers provided.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb, line 90
def modules_for_helpers(args)
  args += all_application_helpers if args.delete(:all)
  super(args)
end