Add #prepend_view_path and #append_view_path instance methods on ActionController::Base for consistency with the class methods. [rick]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@8214 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Add #prepend_view_path and #append_view_path instance methods on ActionController::Base for consistency with the class methods.  [rick]
+
 * Refactor sanitizer helpers into HTML classes and make it easy to swap them out with custom implementations.  Closes #10129.  [rick]
 
 * Add deprecation for old subtemplate syntax for ActionMailer templates, use render :partial [rick]

actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb

@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
 
       # Adds a view_path to the front of the view_paths array.
       # If the current class has no view paths, copy them from 
-      # the superclass
+      # the superclass.  This change will be visible for all future requests.
       #
       #   ArticleController.prepend_view_path("views/default")
       #   ArticleController.prepend_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       
       # Adds a view_path to the end of the view_paths array.
       # If the current class has no view paths, copy them from 
-      # the superclass
+      # the superclass. This change will be visible for all future requests.
       #
       #   ArticleController.append_view_path("views/default")
       #   ArticleController.append_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
@@ -636,7 +636,6 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         request.session_options && request.session_options[:disabled] != false
       end
 
-      
       self.view_paths = []
       
       # View load paths for controller.
@@ -647,7 +646,27 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       def view_paths=(value)
         (@template || self.class).view_paths = value
       end
+
+      # Adds a view_path to the front of the view_paths array.
+      # This change affects the current request only.
+      #
+      #   self.prepend_view_path("views/default")
+      #   self.prepend_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
+      #
+      def prepend_view_path(path)
+        (@template || self.class).prepend_view_path(path)
+      end
       
+      # Adds a view_path to the end of the view_paths array.
+      # This change affects the current request only.
+      #
+      #   self.append_view_path("views/default")
+      #   self.append_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
+      #
+      def append_view_path(path)
+        (@template || self.class).append_view_path(path)
+      end
+
     protected
       # Renders the content that will be returned to the browser as the response body.
       #

actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc:
     end
 
     def initialize(view_paths = [], assigns_for_first_render = {}, controller = nil)#:nodoc:
-      @view_paths = view_paths.respond_to?(:find) ? view_paths : [*view_paths].compact
+      @view_paths = view_paths.respond_to?(:find) ? view_paths.dup : [*view_paths].compact
       @assigns = assigns_for_first_render
       @assigns_added = nil
       @controller = controller
@@ -472,6 +472,26 @@ If you are rendering a subtemplate, you must now use controller-like partial syn
       TEMPLATE_HANDLER_PREFERENCES[template_format] || DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_HANDLER_PREFERENCE
     end
 
+    # Adds a view_path to the front of the view_paths array.
+    # This change affects the current request only.
+    #
+    #   @template.prepend_view_path("views/default")
+    #   @template.prepend_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
+    #
+    def prepend_view_path(path)
+      @view_paths.unshift(*path)
+    end
+    
+    # Adds a view_path to the end of the view_paths array.
+    # This change affects the current request only.
+    #
+    #   @template.append_view_path("views/default")
+    #   @template.append_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])
+    #
+    def append_view_path(path)
+      @view_paths.push(*path)
+    end
+
     private
       def find_full_template_path(template_path, extension)
         file_name = "#{template_path}.#{extension}"

actionpack/test/controller/view_paths_test.rb

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ViewLoadPathsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal [ LOAD_PATH_ROOT ], @controller.view_paths
   end
   
-  def test_template_appends_path_correctly
+  def test_controller_appends_view_path_correctly
     TestController.append_view_path 'foo'
     assert_equal [LOAD_PATH_ROOT, 'foo'], @controller.view_paths
     
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ViewLoadPathsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal [LOAD_PATH_ROOT, 'foo', 'bar', 'baz'], @controller.view_paths
   end
   
-  def test_template_prepends_path_correctly
+  def test_controller_prepends_view_path_correctly
     TestController.prepend_view_path 'baz'
     assert_equal ['baz', LOAD_PATH_ROOT], @controller.view_paths
     
@@ -63,6 +63,30 @@ class ViewLoadPathsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', LOAD_PATH_ROOT], @controller.view_paths
   end
   
+  def test_template_appends_view_path_correctly
+    @controller.instance_variable_set :@template, ActionView::Base.new(TestController.view_paths, {}, @controller)
+    class_view_paths = TestController.view_paths
+
+    @controller.append_view_path 'foo'
+    assert_equal [LOAD_PATH_ROOT, 'foo'], @controller.view_paths
+    
+    @controller.append_view_path(%w(bar baz))
+    assert_equal [LOAD_PATH_ROOT, 'foo', 'bar', 'baz'], @controller.view_paths
+    assert_equal class_view_paths, TestController.view_paths
+  end
+  
+  def test_template_prepends_view_path_correctly
+    @controller.instance_variable_set :@template, ActionView::Base.new(TestController.view_paths, {}, @controller)
+    class_view_paths = TestController.view_paths
+    
+    @controller.prepend_view_path 'baz'
+    assert_equal ['baz', LOAD_PATH_ROOT], @controller.view_paths
+    
+    @controller.prepend_view_path(%w(foo bar))
+    assert_equal ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', LOAD_PATH_ROOT], @controller.view_paths
+    assert_equal class_view_paths, TestController.view_paths
+  end
+  
   def test_view_paths
     get :hello_world
     assert_response :success