Offline Template for Rails 2.3.x

offline_template.rb

# Public: Template to render views outside the context of a controller.
#
# Useful for rendering Rails 2.3.x views in rake tasks or background jobs when a
# controller is unavailable.
#
# Examples
#
#   template = OfflineTemplate.new(:users)
#   template.render("users/index", :layout => false, :locals => { :users => users })
#
#   template = OfflineTemplate.new(ProjectsHelper, PermissionsHelper)
#   template.render("projects/recent", :projects => recent_projects)
#
class OfflineTemplate
  include ActionController::UrlWriter
  include ActionController::Helpers::ClassMethods

  # Public: Returns the ActionView::Base internal view.
  attr_reader :view

  # Public: Convenience method to render
  delegate :render, :to => :view

  # Public: Initialize an offline template for the current Rails environment.
  #
  # helpers - The Rails helpers to include (listed as symbols or modules).
  def initialize(*helpers)
    helper(helpers + [ApplicationHelper])
    @view = ActionView::Base.new(Rails.configuration.view_path, {}, self)
    @view.class.send(:include, master_helper_module)
  end

  private

  # Internal: Required to use ActionConroller::Helpers.
  #
  # Returns a Module to collect helper methods.
  def master_helper_module
    @master_helper_module ||= Module.new
  end
end