Method: ViewComponent::Base#render_in

Defined in:
lib/view_component/base.rb

#render_in(view_context, &block) ⇒ Object

Entrypoint for rendering components.

view_context: ActionView context from calling view block: optional block to be captured within the view context

returns HTML that has been escaped by the respective template handler

Example subclass:

app/components/my_component.rb: class MyComponent < ViewComponent::Base

def initialize(title:)
  @title = title
end

end

app/components/my_component.html.erb <span title=“<%= @title %>”>Hello, <%= content %>!</span>

In use: <%= render MyComponent.new(title: “greeting”) do %>world<% end %> returns: <span title=“greeting”>Hello, world!</span>



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# File 'lib/view_component/base.rb', line 41

def render_in(view_context, &block)
  self.class.compile!
  @view_context = view_context
  @view_renderer ||= view_context.view_renderer
  @lookup_context ||= view_context.lookup_context
  @view_flow ||= view_context.view_flow
  @virtual_path ||= virtual_path
  @variant = @lookup_context.variants.first

  old_current_template = @current_template
  @current_template = self

  @content = view_context.capture(self, &block) if block_given?

  before_render_check

  if render?
    send(self.class.call_method_name(@variant))
  else
    ""
  end
ensure
  @current_template = old_current_template
end