Rails - Jul 2009 - How to add after_filter-style render

Hello

I would like to execute specific action rendering something into page
after each of my ajax calls. In example I would like to update some
div or display an alert.

How I imagine it could work is as follows

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  after_filter :do_something_after_each_ajax_call

  def do_something_after_each_ajax_call
    if request.xml_http_request?
      render :update do |page|
        page << "alert(''doing something!'');
      end
    end
  end
end

Of course code above will yield with "Can only render or redirect once
per action". How would You approach this problem?

This may seen kind of lame but works as far. If anyone knows better
solution - share it please :)

module ActionController
  class Base
    private

    def render_for_text_with_flashes(text = nil, status = nil,
append_response = false) #:nodoc:
      result =  render_for_text_without_flashes(text, status,
append_response)

      if response.content_type == Mime::JS
        response.body <<
"$(''messages'').update(''#
{self.instance_variable_get("@template").message_block :flash_types
=>
%w(back confirm error info warn notice), :on =>
MODEL_NAMES_FOR_MB}'');new
Effect.Highlight(''messages''); "
      end
      result
    end

    alias_method_chain :render_for_text, :flashes

  end
end


On Jul 14, 10:13 am, stevo84
<Blaze...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello
>
> I would like to execute specific action rendering something into page
> after each of my ajax calls. In example I would like to update some
> div or display an alert.
>
> How I imagine it could work is as follows
>
> class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
>   after_filter :do_something_after_each_ajax_call
>
>   def do_something_after_each_ajax_call
>     if request.xml_http_request?
>       render :update do |page|
>         page << "alert(''doing something!'');
>       end
>     end
>   end
> end
>
> Of course code above will yield with "Can only render or redirect once
> per action". How would You approach this problem?