Use hash-based flash objects to render complex flash messages

[rails.git] / app / helpers / application_helper.rb

diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ae90d980e81bc3de61da28000617f6103af3551d..faf538fa926917dc429136d1a960eebd4ba7e13e 100644 (file)
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -68,4 +68,14 @@ module ApplicationHelper
 
     data
   end
+
+  # If the flash is a hash, then it will be a partial with a hash of locals, so we can call `render` on that
+  # This allows us to render html into a flash message in a safe manner.
+  def render_flash(flash)
+    if flash.is_a?(Hash)
+      render flash.with_indifferent_access
+    else
+      flash
+    end
+  end
 end