root/trunk/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/cache_helper.rb

module ActionView
  module Helpers
    # This helper to exposes a method for caching of view fragments.
    # See ActionController::Caching::Fragments for usage instructions.
    module CacheHelper
      # A method for caching fragments of a view rather than an entire
      # action or page.  This technique is useful caching pieces like
      # menus, lists of news topics, static HTML fragments, and so on.
      # This method takes a block that contains the content you wish
      # to cache.  See ActionController::Caching::Fragments for more
      # information.
      #
      # ==== Examples
      # If you wanted to cache a navigation menu, you could do the
      # following.
      #
      #   <% cache do %>
      #     <%= render :partial => "menu" %>
      #   <% end %>
      #
      # You can also cache static content...
      #
      #   <% cache do %>
      #      <p>Hello users!  Welcome to our website!</p>
      #   <% end %>
      #
      # ...and static content mixed with RHTML content.
      #
      #    <% cache do %>
      #      Topics:
      #      <%= render :partial => "topics", :collection => @topic_list %>
      #      <i>Topics listed alphabetically</i>
      #    <% end %>
      def cache(name = {}, options = nil, &block)
        handler = Template.handler_class_for_extension(current_render_extension.to_sym)
        handler.new(@controller).cache_fragment(block, name, options)
      end
    end
  end
end