require 'erb'
require 'yaml'

class YamlHelp
	# default help files dir is app_root/help
  DEFAULT_HELP_FILES_DIR = defined?(RAILS_ROOT) ? "#{RAILS_ROOT}/help" : "../../../help"

	# w/o the controller_name all help files are loaded
  def initialize(controller_name = nil, help_files_dir = nil)
    @yaml_hash = {}

    help_files_dir ||= DEFAULT_HELP_FILES_DIR
    raise IOError, "Help files directory is not valid path -- #{help_files_dir}" unless File.exists? help_files_dir

    controller_name ||= '*' # all help files if none specified
    help_files_path = help_files_dir.concat("/#{controller_name}.yml")
    
    Dir[help_files_path].select {|f| true }.each do |file_path|
      @controller_name = File.basename(file_path, ".yml").to_sym
      @yaml_hash[@controller_name] = {}
      yaml_string = IO.read(file_path)
      if yaml = YAML::load(erb_render(yaml_string))
        yaml.each do |name, data| # hash
          self[name] = data
        end
      end
    end
  end
  
  def []=(key,value)
    @yaml_hash[@controller_name].merge!({key.to_sym => value})
  end
  
  def [](key)
    @yaml_hash[key]
  end
  
  private
    def erb_render(help_content)
      ERB.new(help_content).result
    end
end