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all_helpers_from_path(path)

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     # File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb, line 95
 95:       def all_helpers_from_path(path)
 96:         helpers = []
 97:         Array.wrap(path).each do |_path|
 98:           extract  = /^#{Regexp.quote(_path.to_s)}\/?(.*)_helper.rb$/
 99:           helpers += Dir["#{_path}/**/*_helper.rb"].map { |file| file.sub(extract, '\1') }
100:         end
101:         helpers.sort!
102:         helpers.uniq!
103:         helpers
104:       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
73:       def helper_attr(*attrs)
74:         attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") }
75:       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
78:       def helpers
79:         @helper_proxy ||= ActionView::Base.new.extend(_helpers)
80:       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
90:       def modules_for_helpers(args)
91:         args += all_application_helpers if args.delete(:all)
92:         super(args)
93:       end