Renders the template which is given as a string as either erb or builder depending on template_extension. The hash in local_assigns is made available as local variables.

Source Code

# File action_view/base.rb, line 362
def render_template(template_extension, template, file_path = nil, local_assigns = {}) #:nodoc:
  handler = self.class.handler_for_extension(template_extension)

  if template_handler_is_compilable?(handler)
    compile_and_render_template(handler, template, file_path, local_assigns)
  else
    template ||= read_template_file(file_path, template_extension) # Make sure that a lazyily-read template is loaded.
    delegate_render(handler, template, local_assigns)
  end
end