[LRUG] use application controller in rails cells

[Riccardo Tacconi]

Do I have a controller instance in the cell? I have no idea. Here is a
better explanation of what I am doing:

In ApplicationController I have:

helper_method :is_admin?

and then the implementation of the method. I can use is_admin? method in
HolidayController but not in its cell.

class HolidayController < ApplicationController
  layout 'categories'
  before_filter :only_moderators
  auto_complete_for :user, :email
  in_place_edit_for :user, :total_holiday

  def index
    @user = User.new
    @admin_dashboard = render_cell :admin_dashboard, :display, :user =>
@user
    is_admin? current_user
  end

So in the cell when I trie to use it:

class AdminDashboardCell < ::Cell::Base

  def display
    if is_admin? 3438
      render :view => 'admin_display'
    else
      render :view => 'non_admin_display'
    end
  end
end


I get:

undefined method `is_admin?'


On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Tim Cowlishaw <tim at timcowlishaw.co.uk>wrote:

>
> On 9 Feb 2010, at 17:23, Riccardo Tacconi wrote:
>
> > I am trying to use Rails Cells. I have a is_admin? method but is not
> accessible from Cells controller (Cell::Base). Do you know how I can access
> mothods in application controller?
> >
>
> Hmm - correct me if I'm wrong, but (assuming they're public methods), you
> should be able to call them on the @controller instance variable from within
> a cell instance?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
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