html render first implementation

Author: Jason Fleetwood-Boldt

htmlrender-0.0.0.gem

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+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = 'htmlrender'
+  s.version     = '0.0.0'
+  s.date        = '2014-08-06'
+  s.summary     = ""
+  s.description = ""
+  s.authors     = ["Jason Fleetwood-Boldt"]
+  s.email       = '[email protected]'
+  s.files       = ["lib/htmlrender.rb"]
+  s.homepage    =
+    'http://rubygems.org/gems/htmlrender'
+  s.license       = 'MIT'
+end

htmlrender.gemspec

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+module HtmlRender
+  def render_html_content(*args, &block)
+    temp_render_args = HtmlRender._normalized_args(*args, &block)
+    temp_render_args[:formats] ||= []
+    temp_render_args[:formats] += [:html] unless temp_render_args[:formats].include?(:html)
+
+    # declare so below reference is not block-local
+    content = ""
+
+    _render_with_format :html do
+      content = render_to_string(temp_render_args).html_safe
+    end
+    content
+  end
+  
+  def _render_with_format(format, &block)
+    old_formats = formats
+    self.formats = [format]
+    block.call
+    self.formats = old_formats
+    nil
+  end  
+  
+  class HtmlRender
+    def self._normalized_args(action=nil, options={}, &blk) #:nodoc:
+      case action
+      when NilClass
+      when Hash
+        options = action
+      when String, Symbol
+        action = action.to_s
+        key = action.include?(?/) ? :file : :action
+        options[key] = action
+      else
+        options[:partial] = action
+      end
+
+      options[:update] = blk if block_given?
+
+      options
+    end    
+  end
+end