Speed up collection rendering and add support for multifetch collection handling

README.md

@@ -188,19 +188,19 @@ It's also possible to render collections of partials:
 json.array! @posts, partial: 'posts/post', as: :post
 
 # or
-
 json.partial! 'posts/post', collection: @posts, as: :post
 
 # or
-
 json.partial! partial: 'posts/post', collection: @posts, as: :post
 
 # or
-
 json.comments @post.comments, partial: 'comments/comment', as: :comment
 ```
 
-The `as: :some_symbol` is used with partials. It will take care of mapping the passed in object to a variable for the partial. If the value is a collection (either implicitly or explicitly by using the `collection:` option, then each value of the collection is passed to the partial as the variable `some_symbol`. If the value is a singular object, then the object is passed to the partial as the variable `some_symbol`.
+The `as: :some_symbol` is used with partials. It will take care of mapping the passed in object to a variable for the
+partial. If the value is a collection (either implicitly or explicitly by using the `collection:` option, then each
+value of the collection is passed to the partial as the variable `some_symbol`. If the value is a singular object,
+then the object is passed to the partial as the variable `some_symbol`.
 
 Be sure not to confuse the `as:` option to mean nesting of the partial. For example:
 
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ json.bar "bar"
 # => { "bar": "bar" }
 ```
 
+## Caching
+
 Fragment caching is supported, it uses `Rails.cache` and works like caching in
 HTML templates:
 
@@ -270,9 +272,17 @@ json.cache_if! !admin?, ['v1', @person], expires_in: 10.minutes do
 end
 ```
 
-If you are rendering fragments for a collection of objects, have a look at
-`jbuilder_cache_multi` gem. It uses fetch_multi (>= Rails 4.1) to fetch
-multiple keys at once.
+Aside from that, the `:cached` options on collection rendering is available on Rails >= 6.0. This will cache the
+rendered results effectively using the multi fetch feature.
+
+```
+json.array! @posts, partial: "posts/post", as: :post, cached: true
+
+# or:
+json.comments @post.comments, partial: "comments/comment", as: :comment, cached: true
+```
+
+## Formatting Keys
 
 Keys can be auto formatted using `key_format!`, this can be used to convert
 keynames from the standard ruby_format to camelCase:

lib/jbuilder/collection_renderer.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+require 'delegate'
+require 'active_support/concern'
+
+begin
+  require 'action_view/renderer/collection_renderer'
+rescue LoadError
+  require 'action_view/renderer/partial_renderer'
+end
+
+class Jbuilder
+  module CollectionRenderable # :nodoc:
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    class_methods do
+      def supported?
+        superclass.private_method_defined?(:build_rendered_template) && self.superclass.private_method_defined?(:build_rendered_collection)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def build_rendered_template(content, template, layout = nil)
+      super(content || json.attributes!, template)
+    end
+
+    def build_rendered_collection(templates, _spacer)
+      json.merge!(templates.map(&:body))
+    end
+
+    def json
+      @options[:locals].fetch(:json)
+    end
+
+    class ScopedIterator < ::SimpleDelegator # :nodoc:
+      include Enumerable
+
+      def initialize(obj, scope)
+        super(obj)
+        @scope = scope
+      end
+
+      # Rails 6.0 support:
+      def each
+        return enum_for(:each) unless block_given?
+
+        __getobj__.each do |object|
+          @scope.call { yield(object) }
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Rails 6.1 support:
+      def each_with_info
+        return enum_for(:each_with_info) unless block_given?
+
+        __getobj__.each_with_info do |object, info|
+          @scope.call { yield(object, info) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    private_constant :ScopedIterator
+  end
+
+  if defined?(::ActionView::CollectionRenderer)
+    # Rails 6.1 support:
+    class CollectionRenderer < ::ActionView::CollectionRenderer # :nodoc:
+      include CollectionRenderable
+
+      def initialize(lookup_context, options, &scope)
+        super(lookup_context, options)
+        @scope = scope
+      end
+
+      private
+        def collection_with_template(view, template, layout, collection)
+          super(view, template, layout, ScopedIterator.new(collection, @scope))
+        end
+    end
+  else
+    # Rails 6.0 support:
+    class CollectionRenderer < ::ActionView::PartialRenderer # :nodoc:
+      include CollectionRenderable
+
+      def initialize(lookup_context, options, &scope)
+        super(lookup_context)
+        @options = options
+        @scope = scope
+      end
+
+      def render_collection_with_partial(collection, partial, context, block)
+        render(context, @options.merge(collection: collection, partial: partial), block)
+      end
+
+      private
+        def collection_without_template(view)
+          @collection = ScopedIterator.new(@collection, @scope)
+
+          super(view)
+        end
+
+        def collection_with_template(view, template)
+          @collection = ScopedIterator.new(@collection, @scope)
+
+          super(view, template)
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/jbuilder/jbuilder_template.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'jbuilder/jbuilder'
+require 'jbuilder/collection_renderer'
 require 'action_dispatch/http/mime_type'
 require 'active_support/cache'
 
@@ -15,6 +16,38 @@ def initialize(context, *args)
     super(*args)
   end
 
+  # Generates JSON using the template specified with the `:partial` option. For example, the code below will render
+  # the file `views/comments/_comments.json.jbuilder`, and set a local variable comments with all this message's
+  # comments, which can be used inside the partial.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  #   json.partial! 'comments/comments', comments: @message.comments
+  #
+  # There are multiple ways to generate a collection of elements as JSON, as ilustrated below:
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  #   json.array! @posts, partial: 'posts/post', as: :post
+  #
+  #   # or:
+  #   json.partial! 'posts/post', collection: @posts, as: :post
+  #
+  #   # or:
+  #   json.partial! partial: 'posts/post', collection: @posts, as: :post
+  #
+  #   # or:
+  #   json.comments @post.comments, partial: 'comments/comment', as: :comment
+  #
+  # Aside from that, the `:cached` options is available on Rails >= 6.0. This will cache the rendered results
+  # effectively using the multi fetch feature.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  #   json.array! @posts, partial: "posts/post", as: :post, cached: true
+  #
+  #   json.comments @post.comments, partial: "comments/comment", as: :comment, cached: true
+  #
   def partial!(*args)
     if args.one? && _is_active_model?(args.first)
       _render_active_model_partial args.first
@@ -104,11 +137,30 @@ def set!(name, object = BLANK, *args)
   private
 
   def _render_partial_with_options(options)
-    options.reverse_merge! locals: options.except(:partial, :as, :collection)
+    options.reverse_merge! locals: options.except(:partial, :as, :collection, :cached)
     options.reverse_merge! ::JbuilderTemplate.template_lookup_options
     as = options[:as]
 
-    if as && options.key?(:collection)
+    if options.key?(:collection) && (options[:collection].nil? || options[:collection].empty?)
+      array!
+    elsif as && options.key?(:collection) && CollectionRenderer.supported?
+      collection = options.delete(:collection) || []
+      partial = options.delete(:partial)
+      options[:locals].merge!(json: self)
+
+      if options.has_key?(:layout)
+        raise ::NotImplementedError, "The `:layout' option is not supported in collection rendering."
+      end
+
+      if options.has_key?(:spacer_template)
+        raise ::NotImplementedError, "The `:spacer_template' option is not supported in collection rendering."
+      end
+
+      CollectionRenderer
+        .new(@context.lookup_context, options) { |&block| _scope(&block) }
+        .render_collection_with_partial(collection, partial, @context, nil)
+    elsif as && options.key?(:collection) && !CollectionRenderer.supported?
+      # For Rails <= 5.2:
       as = as.to_sym
       collection = options.delete(:collection)
       locals = options.delete(:locals)

test/jbuilder_template_test.rb

@@ -283,6 +283,58 @@ class JbuilderTemplateTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "David", result["firstName"]
   end
 
+  if JbuilderTemplate::CollectionRenderer.supported?
+    test "returns an empty array for an empty collection" do
+      result = render('json.array! @posts, partial: "post", as: :post, cached: true', posts: [])
+
+      # Do not use #assert_empty as it is important to ensure that the type of the JSON result is an array.
+      assert_equal [], result
+    end
+
+    test "supports the cached: true option" do
+      result = render('json.array! @posts, partial: "post", as: :post, cached: true', posts: POSTS)
+
+      assert_equal 10, result.count
+      assert_equal "Post #5", result[4]["body"]
+      assert_equal "Heinemeier Hansson", result[2]["author"]["last_name"]
+      assert_equal "Pavel", result[5]["author"]["first_name"]
+
+      expected = {
+        "id" => 1,
+        "body" => "Post #1",
+        "author" => {
+          "first_name" => "David",
+          "last_name" => "Heinemeier Hansson"
+        }
+      }
+
+      assert_equal expected, Rails.cache.read("post-1")
+
+      result = render('json.array! @posts, partial: "post", as: :post, cached: true', posts: POSTS)
+
+      assert_equal 10, result.count
+      assert_equal "Post #5", result[4]["body"]
+      assert_equal "Heinemeier Hansson", result[2]["author"]["last_name"]
+      assert_equal "Pavel", result[5]["author"]["first_name"]
+    end
+
+    test "raises an error on a render call with the :layout option" do
+      error = assert_raises NotImplementedError do
+        render('json.array! @posts, partial: "post", as: :post, layout: "layout"', posts: POSTS)
+      end
+
+      assert_equal "The `:layout' option is not supported in collection rendering.", error.message
+    end
+
+    test "raises an error on a render call with the :spacer_template option" do
+      error = assert_raises NotImplementedError do
+        render('json.array! @posts, partial: "post", as: :post, spacer_template: "template"', posts: POSTS)
+      end
+
+      assert_equal "The `:spacer_template' option is not supported in collection rendering.", error.message
+    end
+  end
+
   private
     def render(*args)
       JSON.load render_without_parsing(*args)
@@ -306,6 +358,9 @@ def build_view(options = {})
       end
 
       def view.view_cache_dependencies; []; end
+      def view.combined_fragment_cache_key(key) [ key ] end
+      def view.cache_fragment_name(key, *) key end
+      def view.fragment_name_with_digest(key) key end
 
       view
     end

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ def cache
   end
 end
 
-class Post < Struct.new(:id, :body, :author_name); end
+Jbuilder::CollectionRenderer.collection_cache = Rails.cache
+
+class Post < Struct.new(:id, :body, :author_name)
+  def cache_key
+    "post-#{id}"
+  end
+end
 
 class Racer < Struct.new(:id, :name)
   extend ActiveModel::Naming
   include ActiveModel::Conversion
 end
 
 ActionView::Template.register_template_handler :jbuilder, JbuilderHandler
-
-ActionView::Base.remove_possible_method :cache_fragment_name