Using a component without render

[hangsu]

I found myself wanting to do something like:

class AccessoryComponent < Phlex::HTML
  def section
    div { "section" }
  end
  
  def button
    div { "button" }
  end
end

class MainComponent < Phlex::HTML
  def initialize(accessory = AccessoryComponent.new)
    @accessory = accessory
  end

  def template
    div do
      @accessory.section
      @accessory.button
    end
  end
end

This doesn't work because @accessory doesn't have a @_target without being rendered.

Is this something that you would consider supporting?

[hangsu]

For anyone interested, this pattern has worked well for me:

class MainComponent < Phlex::HTML
  Accessory = Struct.new(:section_content, :button_content)

  def initialize(accessories = [Accessory.new(...), Accessory.new(...)])
    @accessories = accessories
  end

  def template
    div do
      @accessories.each { |a| section(a) }
    end

    nav do
      @accessories.each { |a| button(a) }
    end
  end

  def section(accessory)
    div { accessory.section_content }
  end
  
  def button(accessory)
    button { accessory.button_content }
  end
end

[joeldrapper]

@hangsu and I already discussed this but in case it helps anyone else, we’re introducing DeferredRender to address the above. #427 (comment)