Rails - Mar 2006 - rendering templates outside defaultl views location

Hi,

I''d like to accomplish the following situation (pseudo code):

IF file /path/to/some/tpldit exists
   render that
ELSE
   render file from default tpl dir
END

Should I override some built-in Rails methods for this or is there an 
easier (yet clean and DRY) way of doing this?

I''ve done something similar for the assetTagHelper related functions 
using a tiny plugin that overrides some built-in Rails methods, but I''d
like to avoid that if I can.

TIA,

Jeroen

Am Montag, den 13.03.2006, 15:18 +0100 schrieb Jeroen
Houben:
> Hi,
> 
> I''d like to accomplish the following situation (pseudo code):
> 
> IF file /path/to/some/tpldit exists
>    render that
> ELSE
>    render file from default tpl dir
> END
> 
> Should I override some built-in Rails methods for this or is there an 
> easier (yet clean and DRY) way of doing this?
> 
> I''ve done something similar for the assetTagHelper related
functions
> using a tiny plugin that overrides some built-in Rails methods, but
I''d
> like to avoid that if I can.
def my_action
  # action code goes here
  render ''/path/to/some/tpldit'' if
File.file?(''/path/to/some/tpldit'')
end
  
Unless the specific file is existent, the action method ends and the
default view gets rendered. Pretty clean, isn''t it?

If this is a general logic in your application - maybe you have two
template directories, that mostly contain both my_action.rhtml files,
but some not - you should overwrite the render or template find method.
-- 
Norman Timmler

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