actionpack-2.3.17-rack-upgrade 2.3.17

data/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb

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+require 'active_support/multibyte'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'
+require 'set'
+
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers #:nodoc:
+    # Provides methods to generate HTML tags programmatically when you can't use
+    # a Builder. By default, they output XHTML compliant tags.
+    module TagHelper
+      include ERB::Util
+
+      BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES = %w(disabled readonly multiple checked).to_set
+      BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.merge(BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.map(&:to_sym))
+
+      # Returns an empty HTML tag of type +name+ which by default is XHTML
+      # compliant. Set +open+ to true to create an open tag compatible
+      # with HTML 4.0 and below. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes
+      # hash to +options+. Set +escape+ to false to disable attribute value
+      # escaping.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # The +options+ hash is used with attributes with no value like (<tt>disabled</tt> and
+      # <tt>readonly</tt>), which you can give a value of true in the +options+ hash. You can use
+      # symbols or strings for the attribute names.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   tag("br")
+      #   # => <br />
+      #
+      #   tag("br", nil, true)
+      #   # => <br>
+      #
+      #   tag("input", { :type => 'text', :disabled => true })
+      #   # => <input type="text" disabled="disabled" />
+      #
+      #   tag("img", { :src => "open & shut.png" })
+      #   # => <img src="open &amp; shut.png" />
+      #
+      #   tag("img", { :src => "open &amp; shut.png" }, false, false)
+      #   # => <img src="open &amp; shut.png" />
+      def tag(name, options = nil, open = false, escape = true)
+        "<#{name}#{tag_options(options, escape) if options}#{open ? ">" : " />"}".html_safe
+      end
+
+      # Returns an HTML block tag of type +name+ surrounding the +content+. Add
+      # HTML attributes by passing an attributes hash to +options+.
+      # Instead of passing the content as an argument, you can also use a block
+      # in which case, you pass your +options+ as the second parameter.
+      # Set escape to false to disable attribute value escaping.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # The +options+ hash is used with attributes with no value like (<tt>disabled</tt> and
+      # <tt>readonly</tt>), which you can give a value of true in the +options+ hash. You can use
+      # symbols or strings for the attribute names.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   content_tag(:p, "Hello world!")
+      #    # => <p>Hello world!</p>
+      #   content_tag(:div, content_tag(:p, "Hello world!"), :class => "strong")
+      #    # => <div class="strong"><p>Hello world!</p></div>
+      #   content_tag("select", options, :multiple => true)
+      #    # => <select multiple="multiple">...options...</select>
+      #
+      #   <% content_tag :div, :class => "strong" do -%>
+      #     Hello world!
+      #   <% end -%>
+      #    # => <div class="strong">Hello world!</div>
+      def content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, escape = true, &block)
+        if block_given?
+          options = content_or_options_with_block if content_or_options_with_block.is_a?(Hash)
+          content_tag = content_tag_string(name, capture(&block), options, escape)
+
+          if block_called_from_erb?(block)
+            concat(content_tag)
+          else
+            content_tag
+          end
+        else
+          content_tag_string(name, content_or_options_with_block, options, escape)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns a CDATA section with the given +content+.  CDATA sections
+      # are used to escape blocks of text containing characters which would
+      # otherwise be recognized as markup. CDATA sections begin with the string
+      # <tt><![CDATA[</tt> and end with (and may not contain) the string <tt>]]></tt>.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   cdata_section("<hello world>")
+      #   # => <![CDATA[<hello world>]]>
+      #
+      #   cdata_section(File.read("hello_world.txt"))
+      #   # => <![CDATA[<hello from a text file]]>
+      def cdata_section(content)
+        "<![CDATA[#{content}]]>".html_safe
+      end
+
+      # Returns an escaped version of +html+ without affecting existing escaped entities.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   escape_once("1 < 2 &amp; 3")
+      #   # => "1 &lt; 2 &amp; 3"
+      #
+      #   escape_once("&lt;&lt; Accept & Checkout")
+      #   # => "&lt;&lt; Accept &amp; Checkout"
+      def escape_once(html)
+        ActiveSupport::Multibyte.clean(html.to_s).gsub(/[\"><]|&(?!([a-zA-Z]+|(#\d+));)/) { |special| ERB::Util::HTML_ESCAPE[special] }
+      end
+
+      private
+        BLOCK_CALLED_FROM_ERB = 'defined? __in_erb_template'
+
+        if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.0'
+          # Check whether we're called from an erb template.
+          # We'd return a string in any other case, but erb <%= ... %>
+          # can't take an <% end %> later on, so we have to use <% ... %>
+          # and implicitly concat.
+          def block_called_from_erb?(block)
+            block && eval(BLOCK_CALLED_FROM_ERB, block)
+          end
+        else
+          def block_called_from_erb?(block)
+            block && eval(BLOCK_CALLED_FROM_ERB, block.binding)
+          end
+        end
+
+        def content_tag_string(name, content, options, escape = true)
+          tag_options = tag_options(options, escape) if options
+          "<#{name}#{tag_options}>#{content}</#{name}>".html_safe
+        end
+
+        def tag_options(options, escape = true)
+          unless options.blank?
+            attrs = []
+            if escape
+              options.each_pair do |key, value|
+                if BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.include?(key)
+                  attrs << %(#{key}="#{key}") if value
+                else
+                  attrs << %(#{key}="#{escape_once(value)}") if !value.nil?
+                end
+              end
+            else
+              attrs = options.map { |key, value| %(#{key}="#{value}") }
+            end
+            " #{attrs.sort * ' '}".html_safe unless attrs.empty?
+          end
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb

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+require 'action_view/helpers/tag_helper'
+
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers #:nodoc:
+    # The TextHelper module provides a set of methods for filtering, formatting
+    # and transforming strings, which can reduce the amount of inline Ruby code in
+    # your views. These helper methods extend ActionView making them callable
+    # within your template files.
+    module TextHelper
+      # The preferred method of outputting text in your views is to use the
+      # <%= "text" %> eRuby syntax. The regular _puts_ and _print_ methods
+      # do not operate as expected in an eRuby code block. If you absolutely must
+      # output text within a non-output code block (i.e., <% %>), you can use the concat method.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   <%
+      #       concat "hello"
+      #       # is the equivalent of <%= "hello" %>
+      #
+      #       if (logged_in == true):
+      #         concat "Logged in!"
+      #       else
+      #         concat link_to('login', :action => login)
+      #       end
+      #       # will either display "Logged in!" or a login link
+      #   %>
+      def concat(string, unused_binding = nil)
+        if unused_binding
+          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("The binding argument of #concat is no longer needed.  Please remove it from your views and helpers.", caller)
+        end
+
+        output_buffer.safe_concat(string)
+      end
+
+      # Truncates a given +text+ after a given <tt>:length</tt> if +text+ is longer than <tt>:length</tt>
+      # (defaults to 30). The last characters will be replaced with the <tt>:omission</tt> (defaults to "...")
+      # for a total length not exceeding <tt>:length</tt>.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #
+      #   truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away")
+      #   # => Once upon a time in a world...
+      #
+      #   truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", :length => 14)
+      #   # => Once upon a...
+      #
+      #   truncate("And they found that many people were sleeping better.", :length => 25, "(clipped)")
+      #   # => And they found t(clipped)
+      #
+      #   truncate("And they found that many people were sleeping better.", :omission => "... (continued)", :length => 25)
+      #   # => And they f... (continued)
+      #
+      # You can still use <tt>truncate</tt> with the old API that accepts the
+      # +length+ as its optional second and the +ellipsis+ as its
+      # optional third parameter:
+      #   truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", 14)
+      #   # => Once upon a...
+      #
+      #   truncate("And they found that many people were sleeping better.", 25, "... (continued)")
+      #   # => And they f... (continued)
+      def truncate(text, *args)
+        options = args.extract_options!
+        unless args.empty?
+          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('truncate takes an option hash instead of separate ' +
+            'length and omission arguments', caller)
+
+          options[:length] = args[0] || 30
+          options[:omission] = args[1] || "..."
+        end
+        options.reverse_merge!(:length => 30, :omission => "...")
+
+        if text
+          l = options[:length] - options[:omission].mb_chars.length
+          chars = text.mb_chars
+          (chars.length > options[:length] ? chars[0...l] + options[:omission] : text).to_s
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Highlights one or more +phrases+ everywhere in +text+ by inserting it into
+      # a <tt>:highlighter</tt> string. The highlighter can be specialized by passing <tt>:highlighter</tt>
+      # as a single-quoted string with \1 where the phrase is to be inserted (defaults to
+      # '<strong class="highlight">\1</strong>')
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   highlight('You searched for: rails', 'rails')
+      #   # => You searched for: <strong class="highlight">rails</strong>
+      #
+      #   highlight('You searched for: ruby, rails, dhh', 'actionpack')
+      #   # => You searched for: ruby, rails, dhh
+      #
+      #   highlight('You searched for: rails', ['for', 'rails'], :highlighter => '<em>\1</em>')
+      #   # => You searched <em>for</em>: <em>rails</em>
+      #
+      #   highlight('You searched for: rails', 'rails', :highlighter => '<a href="search?q=\1">\1</a>')
+      #   # => You searched for: <a href="search?q=rails">rails</a>
+      #
+      # You can still use <tt>highlight</tt> with the old API that accepts the
+      # +highlighter+ as its optional third parameter:
+      #   highlight('You searched for: rails', 'rails', '<a href="search?q=\1">\1</a>')     # => You searched for: <a href="search?q=rails">rails</a>
+      def highlight(text, phrases, *args)
+        options = args.extract_options!
+        unless args.empty?
+          options[:highlighter] = args[0] || '<strong class="highlight">\1</strong>'
+        end
+        options.reverse_merge!(:highlighter => '<strong class="highlight">\1</strong>')
+
+        if text.blank? || phrases.blank?
+          text
+        else
+          match = Array(phrases).map { |p| Regexp.escape(p) }.join('|')
+          text.gsub(/(#{match})(?!(?:[^<]*?)(?:["'])[^<>]*>)/i, options[:highlighter])
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Extracts an excerpt from +text+ that matches the first instance of +phrase+.
+      # The <tt>:radius</tt> option expands the excerpt on each side of the first occurrence of +phrase+ by the number of characters
+      # defined in <tt>:radius</tt> (which defaults to 100). If the excerpt radius overflows the beginning or end of the +text+,
+      # then the <tt>:omission</tt> option (which defaults to "...") will be prepended/appended accordingly. The resulting string
+      # will be stripped in any case. If the +phrase+ isn't found, nil is returned.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   excerpt('This is an example', 'an', :radius => 5)
+      #   # => ...s is an exam...
+      #
+      #   excerpt('This is an example', 'is', :radius => 5)
+      #   # => This is a...
+      #
+      #   excerpt('This is an example', 'is')
+      #   # => This is an example
+      #
+      #   excerpt('This next thing is an example', 'ex', :radius => 2)
+      #   # => ...next...
+      #
+      #   excerpt('This is also an example', 'an', :radius => 8, :omission => '<chop> ')
+      #   # => <chop> is also an example
+      #
+      # You can still use <tt>excerpt</tt> with the old API that accepts the
+      # +radius+ as its optional third and the +ellipsis+ as its
+      # optional forth parameter:
+      #   excerpt('This is an example', 'an', 5)                   # => ...s is an exam...
+      #   excerpt('This is also an example', 'an', 8, '<chop> ')   # => <chop> is also an example
+      def excerpt(text, phrase, *args)
+        options = args.extract_options!
+        unless args.empty?
+          options[:radius] = args[0] || 100
+          options[:omission] = args[1] || "..."
+        end
+        options.reverse_merge!(:radius => 100, :omission => "...")
+
+        if text && phrase
+          phrase = Regexp.escape(phrase)
+
+          if found_pos = text.mb_chars =~ /(#{phrase})/i
+            start_pos = [ found_pos - options[:radius], 0 ].max
+            end_pos   = [ [ found_pos + phrase.mb_chars.length + options[:radius] - 1, 0].max, text.mb_chars.length ].min
+
+            prefix  = start_pos > 0 ? options[:omission] : ""
+            postfix = end_pos < text.mb_chars.length - 1 ? options[:omission] : ""
+
+            prefix + text.mb_chars[start_pos..end_pos].strip + postfix
+          else
+            nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Attempts to pluralize the +singular+ word unless +count+ is 1. If
+      # +plural+ is supplied, it will use that when count is > 1, otherwise
+      # it will use the Inflector to determine the plural form
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   pluralize(1, 'person')
+      #   # => 1 person
+      #
+      #   pluralize(2, 'person')
+      #   # => 2 people
+      #
+      #   pluralize(3, 'person', 'users')
+      #   # => 3 users
+      #
+      #   pluralize(0, 'person')
+      #   # => 0 people
+      def pluralize(count, singular, plural = nil)
+        "#{count || 0} " + ((count == 1 || count =~ /^1(\.0+)?$/) ? singular : (plural || singular.pluralize))
+      end
+
+      # Wraps the +text+ into lines no longer than +line_width+ width. This method
+      # breaks on the first whitespace character that does not exceed +line_width+
+      # (which is 80 by default).
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #
+      #   word_wrap('Once upon a time')
+      #   # => Once upon a time
+      #
+      #   word_wrap('Once upon a time, in a kingdom called Far Far Away, a king fell ill, and finding a successor to the throne turned out to be more trouble than anyone could have imagined...')
+      #   # => Once upon a time, in a kingdom called Far Far Away, a king fell ill, and finding\n a successor to the throne turned out to be more trouble than anyone could have\n imagined...
+      #
+      #   word_wrap('Once upon a time', :line_width => 8)
+      #   # => Once upon\na time
+      #
+      #   word_wrap('Once upon a time', :line_width => 1)
+      #   # => Once\nupon\na\ntime
+      #
+      # You can still use <tt>word_wrap</tt> with the old API that accepts the
+      # +line_width+ as its optional second parameter:
+      #   word_wrap('Once upon a time', 8)     # => Once upon\na time
+      def word_wrap(text, *args)
+        options = args.extract_options!
+        unless args.blank?
+          options[:line_width] = args[0] || 80
+        end
+        options.reverse_merge!(:line_width => 80)
+
+        text.split("\n").collect do |line|
+          line.length > options[:line_width] ? line.gsub(/(.{1,#{options[:line_width]}})(\s+|$)/, "\\1\n").strip : line
+        end * "\n"
+      end
+
+      # Returns the text with all the Textile[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile] codes turned into HTML tags.
+      #
+      # You can learn more about Textile's syntax at its website[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile].
+      # <i>This method is only available if RedCloth[http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/redcloth/]
+      # is available</i>.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   textilize("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!")
+      #   # => "<p><strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!</p>"
+      #
+      #   textilize("I _love_ ROR(Ruby on Rails)!")
+      #   # => "<p>I <em>love</em> <acronym title="Ruby on Rails">ROR</acronym>!</p>"
+      #
+      #   textilize("h2. Textile makes markup -easy- simple!")
+      #   # => "<h2>Textile makes markup <del>easy</del> simple!</h2>"
+      #
+      #   textilize("Visit the Rails website "here":http://www.rubyonrails.org/.)
+      #   # => "<p>Visit the Rails website <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">here</a>.</p>"
+      #
+      #   textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>")
+      #   # => "<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong></p>"
+      #
+      #   textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>", :filter_html)
+      #   # => "<p>This is worded &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt;</p>"
+      #
+      def textilize(text, *options)
+        options ||= [:hard_breaks]
+
+        if text.blank?
+          ""
+        else
+          textilized = RedCloth.new(text, options)
+          textilized.to_html
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns the text with all the Textile codes turned into HTML tags,
+      # but without the bounding <p> tag that RedCloth adds.
+      #
+      # You can learn more about Textile's syntax at its website[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile].
+      # <i>This method is requires RedCloth[http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/redcloth/]
+      # to be available</i>.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   textilize_without_paragraph("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!")
+      #   # => "<strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!"
+      #
+      #   textilize_without_paragraph("I _love_ ROR(Ruby on Rails)!")
+      #   # => "I <em>love</em> <acronym title="Ruby on Rails">ROR</acronym>!"
+      #
+      #   textilize_without_paragraph("h2. Textile makes markup -easy- simple!")
+      #   # => "<h2>Textile makes markup <del>easy</del> simple!</h2>"
+      #
+      #   textilize_without_paragraph("Visit the Rails website "here":http://www.rubyonrails.org/.)
+      #   # => "Visit the Rails website <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">here</a>."
+      def textilize_without_paragraph(text)
+        textiled = textilize(text)
+        if textiled[0..2] == "<p>" then textiled = textiled[3..-1] end
+        if textiled[-4..-1] == "</p>" then textiled = textiled[0..-5] end
+        return textiled
+      end
+
+      # Returns the text with all the Markdown codes turned into HTML tags.
+      # <i>This method requires BlueCloth[http://www.deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth] or another
+      # Markdown library to be installed.</i>.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   markdown("We are using __Markdown__ now!")
+      #   # => "<p>We are using <strong>Markdown</strong> now!</p>"
+      #
+      #   markdown("We like to _write_ `code`, not just _read_ it!")
+      #   # => "<p>We like to <em>write</em> <code>code</code>, not just <em>read</em> it!</p>"
+      #
+      #   markdown("The [Markdown website](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) has more information.")
+      #   # => "<p>The <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/">Markdown website</a>
+      #   #     has more information.</p>"
+      #
+      #   markdown('![The ROR logo](http://rubyonrails.com/images/rails.png "Ruby on Rails")')
+      #   # => '<p><img src="http://rubyonrails.com/images/rails.png" alt="The ROR logo" title="Ruby on Rails" /></p>'
+      def markdown(text)
+        text.blank? ? "" : Markdown.new(text).to_html
+      end
+
+      # Returns +text+ transformed into HTML using simple formatting rules.
+      # Two or more consecutive newlines(<tt>\n\n</tt>) are considered as a
+      # paragraph and wrapped in <tt><p></tt> tags. One newline (<tt>\n</tt>) is
+      # considered as a linebreak and a <tt><br /></tt> tag is appended. This
+      # method does not remove the newlines from the +text+.
+      #
+      # You can pass any HTML attributes into <tt>html_options</tt>.  These
+      # will be added to all created paragraphs.
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   my_text = "Here is some basic text...\n...with a line break."
+      #
+      #   simple_format(my_text)
+      #   # => "<p>Here is some basic text...\n<br />...with a line break.</p>"
+      #
+      #   more_text = "We want to put a paragraph...\n\n...right there."
+      #
+      #   simple_format(more_text)
+      #   # => "<p>We want to put a paragraph...</p>\n\n<p>...right there.</p>"
+      #
+      #   simple_format("Look ma! A class!", :class => 'description')
+      #   # => "<p class='description'>Look ma! A class!</p>"
+      def simple_format(text, html_options={})
+        start_tag = tag('p', html_options, true)
+        text = text.to_s.dup
+        text.gsub!(/\r\n?/, "\n")                    # \r\n and \r -> \n
+        text.gsub!(/\n\n+/, "</p>\n\n#{start_tag}")  # 2+ newline  -> paragraph
+        text.gsub!(/([^\n]\n)(?=[^\n])/, '\1<br />') # 1 newline   -> br
+        text.insert 0, start_tag
+        text.html_safe.safe_concat("</p>")
+      end
+
+      # Turns all URLs and e-mail addresses into clickable links. The <tt>:link</tt> option
+      # will limit what should be linked. You can add HTML attributes to the links using
+      # <tt>:href_options</tt>. Possible values for <tt>:link</tt> are <tt>:all</tt> (default),
+      # <tt>:email_addresses</tt>, and <tt>:urls</tt>. If a block is given, each URL and
+      # e-mail address is yielded and the result is used as the link text.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org and say hello to david@loudthinking.com")
+      #   # => "Go to <a href=\"http://www.rubyonrails.org\">http://www.rubyonrails.org</a> and
+      #   #     say hello to <a href=\"mailto:david@loudthinking.com\">david@loudthinking.com</a>"
+      #
+      #   auto_link("Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail david@loudthinking.com", :link => :urls)
+      #   # => "Visit <a href=\"http://www.loudthinking.com/\">http://www.loudthinking.com/</a>
+      #   #     or e-mail david@loudthinking.com"
+      #
+      #   auto_link("Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail david@loudthinking.com", :link => :email_addresses)
+      #   # => "Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail <a href=\"mailto:david@loudthinking.com\">david@loudthinking.com</a>"
+      #
+      #   post_body = "Welcome to my new blog at http://www.myblog.com/.  Please e-mail me at me@email.com."
+      #   auto_link(post_body, :href_options => { :target => '_blank' }) do |text|
+      #     truncate(text, 15)
+      #   end
+      #   # => "Welcome to my new blog at <a href=\"http://www.myblog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.m...</a>.
+      #         Please e-mail me at <a href=\"mailto:me@email.com\">me@email.com</a>."
+      #
+      #
+      # You can still use <tt>auto_link</tt> with the old API that accepts the
+      # +link+ as its optional second parameter and the +html_options+ hash
+      # as its optional third parameter:
+      #   post_body = "Welcome to my new blog at http://www.myblog.com/. Please e-mail me at me@email.com."
+      #   auto_link(post_body, :urls)     # => Once upon\na time
+      #   # => "Welcome to my new blog at <a href=\"http://www.myblog.com/\">http://www.myblog.com</a>.
+      #         Please e-mail me at me@email.com."
+      #
+      #   auto_link(post_body, :all, :target => "_blank")     # => Once upon\na time
+      #   # => "Welcome to my new blog at <a href=\"http://www.myblog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.myblog.com</a>.
+      #         Please e-mail me at <a href=\"mailto:me@email.com\">me@email.com</a>."
+      def auto_link(text, *args, &block)#link = :all, href_options = {}, &block)
+        return '' if text.blank?
+
+        options = args.size == 2 ? {} : args.extract_options! # this is necessary because the old auto_link API has a Hash as its last parameter
+        unless args.empty?
+          options[:link] = args[0] || :all
+          options[:html] = args[1] || {}
+        end
+        options.reverse_merge!(:link => :all, :html => {})
+
+        case options[:link].to_sym
+          when :all                         then auto_link_email_addresses(auto_link_urls(text, options[:html], &block), options[:html], &block)
+          when :email_addresses             then auto_link_email_addresses(text, options[:html], &block)
+          when :urls                        then auto_link_urls(text, options[:html], &block)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Creates a Cycle object whose _to_s_ method cycles through elements of an
+      # array every time it is called. This can be used for example, to alternate
+      # classes for table rows.  You can use named cycles to allow nesting in loops.
+      # Passing a Hash as the last parameter with a <tt>:name</tt> key will create a
+      # named cycle. The default name for a cycle without a +:name+ key is
+      # <tt>"default"</tt>. You can manually reset a cycle by calling reset_cycle
+      # and passing the name of the cycle. The current cycle string can be obtained
+      # anytime using the current_cycle method.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   # Alternate CSS classes for even and odd numbers...
+      #   @items = [1,2,3,4]
+      #   <table>
+      #   <% @items.each do |item| %>
+      #     <tr class="<%= cycle("even", "odd") -%>">
+      #       <td>item</td>
+      #     </tr>
+      #   <% end %>
+      #   </table>
+      #
+      #
+      #   # Cycle CSS classes for rows, and text colors for values within each row
+      #   @items = x = [{:first => 'Robert', :middle => 'Daniel', :last => 'James'},
+      #                {:first => 'Emily', :middle => 'Shannon', :maiden => 'Pike', :last => 'Hicks'},
+      #               {:first => 'June', :middle => 'Dae', :last => 'Jones'}]
+      #   <% @items.each do |item| %>
+      #     <tr class="<%= cycle("even", "odd", :name => "row_class") -%>">
+      #       <td>
+      #         <% item.values.each do |value| %>
+      #           <%# Create a named cycle "colors" %>
+      #           <span style="color:<%= cycle("red", "green", "blue", :name => "colors") -%>">
+      #             <%= value %>
+      #           </span>
+      #         <% end %>
+      #         <% reset_cycle("colors") %>
+      #       </td>
+      #    </tr>
+      #  <% end %>
+      def cycle(first_value, *values)
+        if (values.last.instance_of? Hash)
+          params = values.pop
+          name = params[:name]
+        else
+          name = "default"
+        end
+        values.unshift(first_value)
+
+        cycle = get_cycle(name)
+        if (cycle.nil? || cycle.values != values)
+          cycle = set_cycle(name, Cycle.new(*values))
+        end
+        return cycle.to_s
+      end
+
+      # Returns the current cycle string after a cycle has been started. Useful
+      # for complex table highlighing or any other design need which requires
+      # the current cycle string in more than one place.
+      #
+      # ==== Example
+      #   # Alternate background colors
+      #   @items = [1,2,3,4]
+      #   <% @items.each do |item| %>
+      #     <div style="background-color:<%= cycle("red","white","blue") %>">
+      #       <span style="background-color:<%= current_cycle %>"><%= item %></span>
+      #     </div>
+      #   <% end %>
+      def current_cycle(name = "default")
+        cycle = get_cycle(name)
+        cycle.current_value unless cycle.nil?
+      end
+
+      # Resets a cycle so that it starts from the first element the next time
+      # it is called. Pass in +name+ to reset a named cycle.
+      #
+      # ==== Example
+      #   # Alternate CSS classes for even and odd numbers...
+      #   @items = [[1,2,3,4], [5,6,3], [3,4,5,6,7,4]]
+      #   <table>
+      #   <% @items.each do |item| %>
+      #     <tr class="<%= cycle("even", "odd") -%>">
+      #         <% item.each do |value| %>
+      #           <span style="color:<%= cycle("#333", "#666", "#999", :name => "colors") -%>">
+      #             <%= value %>
+      #           </span>
+      #         <% end %>
+      #
+      #         <% reset_cycle("colors") %>
+      #     </tr>
+      #   <% end %>
+      #   </table>
+      def reset_cycle(name = "default")
+        cycle = get_cycle(name)
+        cycle.reset unless cycle.nil?
+      end
+
+      class Cycle #:nodoc:
+        attr_reader :values
+
+        def initialize(first_value, *values)
+          @values = values.unshift(first_value)
+          reset
+        end
+
+        def reset
+          @index = 0
+        end
+
+        def current_value
+          @values[previous_index].to_s
+        end
+
+        def to_s
+          value = @values[@index].to_s
+          @index = next_index
+          return value
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def next_index
+          step_index(1)
+        end
+
+        def previous_index
+          step_index(-1)
+        end
+
+        def step_index(n)
+          (@index + n) % @values.size
+        end
+      end
+
+      private
+        # The cycle helpers need to store the cycles in a place that is
+        # guaranteed to be reset every time a page is rendered, so it
+        # uses an instance variable of ActionView::Base.
+        def get_cycle(name)
+          @_cycles = Hash.new unless defined?(@_cycles)
+          return @_cycles[name]
+        end
+
+        def set_cycle(name, cycle_object)
+          @_cycles = Hash.new unless defined?(@_cycles)
+          @_cycles[name] = cycle_object
+        end
+
+        AUTO_LINK_RE = %r{
+            (?: ([\w+.:-]+:)// | www\. )
+            [^\s<]+
+          }x
+
+        # regexps for determining context, used high-volume
+        AUTO_LINK_CRE = [/<[^>]+$/, /^[^>]*>/, /<a\b.*?>/i, /<\/a>/i]
+
+        AUTO_EMAIL_RE = /[\w.!#\$%+-]+@[\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)+/
+
+        BRACKETS = { ']' => '[', ')' => '(', '}' => '{' }
+
+        # Turns all urls into clickable links.  If a block is given, each url
+        # is yielded and the result is used as the link text.
+        def auto_link_urls(text, html_options = {})
+          link_attributes = html_options.stringify_keys
+          text.gsub(AUTO_LINK_RE) do
+            scheme, href = $1, $&
+            punctuation = []
+
+            if auto_linked?($`, $')
+              # do not change string; URL is already linked
+              href
+            else
+              # don't include trailing punctuation character as part of the URL
+              while href.sub!(/[^\w\/-]$/, '')
+                punctuation.push $&
+                if opening = BRACKETS[punctuation.last] and href.scan(opening).size > href.scan(punctuation.last).size
+                  href << punctuation.pop
+                  break
+                end
+              end
+
+              link_text = block_given?? yield(href) : href
+              href = 'http://' + href unless scheme
+
+              content_tag(:a, h(link_text), link_attributes.merge('href' => href)) + punctuation.reverse.join('')
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Turns all email addresses into clickable links.  If a block is given,
+        # each email is yielded and the result is used as the link text.
+        def auto_link_email_addresses(text, html_options = {})
+          text.gsub(AUTO_EMAIL_RE) do
+            text = $&
+
+            if auto_linked?($`, $')
+              text
+            else
+              display_text = (block_given?) ? yield(text) : text
+              mail_to text, display_text, html_options
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Detects already linked context or position in the middle of a tag
+        def auto_linked?(left, right)
+          (left =~ AUTO_LINK_CRE[0] and right =~ AUTO_LINK_CRE[1]) or
+            (left.rindex(AUTO_LINK_CRE[2]) and $' !~ AUTO_LINK_CRE[3])
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end