Rails - Feb 2005 - One view, many controller methods?

I''ve got a very simple domain up and running with Rails where literally
all of the useful information comes out of one domain object.  This 
object, however, has a lot of information and needs to be searched 
according to various criteria.

I have a partial that handles displaying one of these beasts.  Views are 
then extremely simple, they just render_collection_of_partials on the 
variable made available by the controller.  (BTW, did I mention I love 
Rails?  I''m still trying to figure this out with WebWork/OGNL.)

The controller methods all do something a little different to populate 
that variable.  So I have about 20 controller methods (in different 
controllers), using the same view.

Is there a way to avoid the need to create specialized .rhtml files for 
this?  What''s the group''s recommendation for doing so?  I have
some
ideas, but I want to see if someone has a slam-dunk answer ready.

Cheers,

Jim

I''m using something like this:

def getsomedata
  @data = my_method_that_returns_some_data()
  render_action "commonview"
end

def getsomedata2
  @data = my_method_that_returns_some_data2()
  render_action "commonview"
end

def commonview
end

And a template named commonview.rhtml

Hope this helps.

cheers,
juca

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:44:47 -0500, Jim Van Fleet
<jim-HW8W3q4hXPgyx5EpGhof3g@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''ve got a very simple domain up and running with Rails where
literally
> all of the useful information comes out of one domain object.  This
> object, however, has a lot of information and needs to be searched
> according to various criteria.
> 
> I have a partial that handles displaying one of these beasts.  Views are
> then extremely simple, they just render_collection_of_partials on the
> variable made available by the controller.  (BTW, did I mention I love
> Rails?  I''m still trying to figure this out with WebWork/OGNL.)
> 
> The controller methods all do something a little different to populate
> that variable.  So I have about 20 controller methods (in different
> controllers), using the same view.
> 
> Is there a way to avoid the need to create specialized .rhtml files for
> this?  What''s the group''s recommendation for doing so?  I
have some
> ideas, but I want to see if someone has a slam-dunk answer ready.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jim
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juraci krohling costa

Juraci Krohling Costa wrote:
> I''m using something like this:
> 
> def getsomedata
>   @data = my_method_that_returns_some_data()
>   render_action "commonview"
> end
> 
> def getsomedata2
>   @data = my_method_that_returns_some_data2()
>   render_action "commonview"
> end
> 
> def commonview
> end
> 
> And a template named commonview.rhtml
> 
> Hope this helps.
Perfect.

Cheers,

Jim