class ActionDispatch::Flash::FlashHash

Public Instance Methods

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 169
def [](k)
  @flashes[k.to_s]
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 163
def []=(k, v)
  k = k.to_s
  @discard.delete k
  @flashes[k] = v
end

Convenience accessor for flash[:alert].

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 280
def alert
  self[:alert]
end

Convenience accessor for flash[:alert]=.

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 285
def alert=(message)
  self[:alert] = message
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 204
def clear
  @discard.clear
  @flashes.clear
end

Immediately deletes the single flash entry. Use this method when you want remove the message within the current action. See also discard.

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 189
def delete(key)
  key = key.to_s
  @discard.delete key
  @flashes.delete key
  self
end

Marks the entire flash or a single flash entry to be discarded by the end of the current action:

flash.discard              # discard the entire flash at the end of the current action
flash.discard(:warning)    # discard only the "warning" entry at the end of the current action

Use this method when you want to display the message in the current action but not in the next one. See also delete.

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 264
def discard(k = nil)
  k = k.to_s if k
  @discard.merge Array(k || keys)
  k ? self[k] : self
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 209
def each(&block)
  @flashes.each(&block)
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 200
def empty?
  @flashes.empty?
end
Calls superclass method
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 155
def initialize_copy(other)
  if other.now_is_loaded?
    @now = other.now.dup
    @now.flash = self
  end
  super
end

Keeps either the entire current flash or a specific flash entry available for the next action:

flash.keep            # keeps the entire flash
flash.keep(:notice)   # keeps only the "notice" entry, the rest of the flash is discarded
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 250
def keep(k = nil)
  k = k.to_s if k
  @discard.subtract Array(k || keys)
  k ? self[k] : self
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 183
def key?(name)
  @flashes.key? name.to_s
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 179
def keys
  @flashes.keys
end

Convenience accessor for flash[:notice].

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 290
def notice
  self[:notice]
end

Convenience accessor for flash[:notice]=.

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 295
def notice=(message)
  self[:notice] = message
end

Sets a flash that will not be available to the next action, only to the current.

flash.now[:message] = "Hello current action"

This method enables you to use the flash as a central messaging system in your app. When you need to pass an object to the next action, you use the standard flash assign ([]=). When you need to pass an object to the current action, you use now, and your object will vanish when the current action is done.

Entries set via now are accessed the same way as standard entries: flash['my-key'].

Also, brings two convenience accessors:

flash.now.alert = "Beware now!"
# Equivalent to flash.now[:alert] = "Beware now!"

flash.now.notice = "Good luck now!"
# Equivalent to flash.now[:notice] = "Good luck now!"
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 241
def now
  @now ||= FlashNow.new(self)
end
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 196
def to_hash
  @flashes.dup
end

Protected Instance Methods

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 300
def now_is_loaded?
  @now
end

Private Instance Methods

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb, line 305
def stringify_array(array) # :doc:
  array.map do |item|
    item.kind_of?(Symbol) ? item.to_s : item
  end
end