module ActionView::Rendering

def _normalize_args(action=nil, options={})

:api: private
render "foo/bar" to render :template => "foo/bar".
Normalize args by converting render "foo" to render :action => "foo" and
def _normalize_args(action=nil, options={})
  options = super(action, options)
  case action
  when NilClass
  when Hash
    options = action
  when String, Symbol
    action = action.to_s
    key = action.include?(?/) ? :template : :action
    options[key] = action
  else
    options[:partial] = action
  end
  options
end

def _normalize_options(options)

:api: private
Normalize options.
def _normalize_options(options)
  options = super(options)
  if options[:partial] == true
    options[:partial] = action_name
  end
  if (options.keys & [:partial, :file, :template]).empty?
    options[:prefixes] ||= _prefixes
  end
  options[:template] ||= (options[:action] || action_name).to_s
  options
end

def _process_format(format) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
Assign the rendered format to look up context.
def _process_format(format) #:nodoc:
  super
  lookup_context.formats = [format.to_sym]
  lookup_context.rendered_format = lookup_context.formats.first
end

def _render_template(options) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
:api: private
Find and render a template based on the options given.
def _render_template(options) #:nodoc:
  variant = options.delete(:variant)
  assigns = options.delete(:assigns)
  context = view_context
  context.assign assigns if assigns
  lookup_context.rendered_format = nil if options[:formats]
  lookup_context.variants = variant if variant
  view_renderer.render(context, options)
end

def process(*) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
Overwrite process to setup I18n proxy.
def process(*) #:nodoc:
  old_config, I18n.config = I18n.config, I18nProxy.new(I18n.config, lookup_context)
  super
ensure
  I18n.config = old_config
end

def render_to_body(options = {})

def render_to_body(options = {})
  _process_options(options)
  _render_template(options)
end

def rendered_format

def rendered_format
  Template::Types[lookup_context.rendered_format]
end

def view_context

Override this method in a module to change the default behavior.

Returns String with the rendered template
View#render(option)
Create a new ActionView instance for a controller and we can also pass the arguments.
View.new[lookup_context, assigns, controller]
The view class must have the following methods:

An instance of a view class. The default view class is ActionView::Base.
def view_context
  view_context_class.new(view_renderer, view_assigns, self)
end

def view_context_class

def view_context_class
  @_view_context_class ||= self.class.view_context_class
end

def view_renderer

:api: private
Returns an object that is able to render templates.
def view_renderer
  @_view_renderer ||= ActionView::Renderer.new(lookup_context)
end