when a template is modified, all pages inheriting from it are updated too (functional tests are coming)

app/models/extensions/page/parse.rb

@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ module Models
 
         included do
           field :serialized_template, :type => Binary
+          field :template_dependencies, :type => Array, :default => []
 
           before_validation :serialize_template
+          after_save :update_template_descendants
 
           validate :template_must_be_valid
+
+          scope :pages, lambda { |domain| { :any_in => { :domains => [*domain] } } }
         end
 
         module InstanceMethods
@@ -21,26 +25,22 @@ module Models
 
           protected
 
-          def parse
-            @template = ::Liquid::Template.parse(self.raw_template, { :site => self.site, :page => self })
+          def parse(context = {})
+            @template = ::Liquid::Template.parse(self.raw_template, { :site => self.site, :page => self }.merge(context))
             @template.root.context.clear
 
-            # TODO: walk thru the document tree to get parents as well as used snippets
+            self.template_dependencies = parent_templates(@template.root)
+
+            # TODO: snippets dependencies
           end
 
           def serialize_template
             if self.new_record? || self.raw_template_changed?
+              @template_changed = true
+
               @parsing_errors = []
-
               begin
-                self.parse
-
-                self.serialized_template = BSON::Binary.new(Marshal.dump(@template))
-
-                # TODO: let other pages inheriting from that one and modify them in consequences
-
-                # TODO: build array of parent pages
-
+                self._serialize_template
               rescue ::Liquid::SyntaxError => error
                 @parsing_errors << :liquid_syntax
               rescue ::Locomotive::Liquid::PageNotFound => error
@@ -49,10 +49,56 @@ module Models
             end
           end
 
+          def _serialize_template(context = {})
+            self.parse(context)
+            self.serialized_template = BSON::Binary.new(Marshal.dump(@template))
+          end
+
           def template_must_be_valid
             @parsing_errors.try(:each) { |msg| self.errors.add :template, msg }
           end
 
+          def parent_templates(node, templates = [])
+            templates << node.page_id if node.is_a?(Locomotive::Liquid::Tags::Extends)
+
+            if node.respond_to?(:nodelist)
+              node.nodelist.each do |child|
+                self.parent_templates(child, templates)
+              end
+            end
+
+            templates
+          end
+
+          def update_template_descendants
+            return unless @template_changed == true
+
+            # we admit at this point that the current template is up-to-date
+            descendants = self.site.pages.any_in(:template_dependencies => [self.id]).to_a
+
+            # group them by fullpath for better performance
+            cached = descendants.inject({}) { |memo, page| memo[page.fullpath] = page; memo }
+
+            self._update_direct_template_descendants(descendants, cached)
+
+            # finally save them all
+            descendants.map(&:save)
+
+            # puts "** first descendant = #{descendants.first.object_id} / #{descendants.first.template.inspect}"
+          end
+
+          def _update_direct_template_descendants(descendants, cached)
+            direct_descendants = descendants.select do |page|
+              (page.template_dependencies - self.template_dependencies).size == 1
+            end
+
+            direct_descendants.each do |page|
+              page.send(:_serialize_template, { :cached_parent => self, :cached_pages => cached })
+
+              page.send(:_update_direct_template_descendants, descendants, cached)
+            end
+          end
+
         end
 
       end

lib/locomotive/liquid/tags/extends.rb

@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@ module Locomotive
     module Tags
       class Extends < ::Liquid::Extends
 
+        attr_accessor :page_id
+
         def parse_parent_template(context)
           page = nil
 
           if @template_name == 'parent'
-            page = context[:page].parent
+            if context[:cached_parent]
+              page = context[:cached_parent]
+              context[:cached_parent] = nil
+            else
+              page = context[:page].parent
+            end
           else
-            page = context[:site].pages.where(:fullpath => @template_name.gsub("'", '')).first
+            path = @template_name.gsub("'", '')
+            page = context[:cached_pages].try(:[], path) || context[:site].pages.where(:fullpath => path).first
           end
 
           raise PageNotFound.new("Page with fullpath '#{@template_name}' was not found") if page.nil?
 
+          @page_id = page.id
+
           template = page.template
 
           # merge blocks ?

perf/benchmark.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # require "rubygems"
 # require "ruby-prof"
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment" unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
+
+require "./" + File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment" unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
 
 %w{sites pages layouts}.each do |collection|
   Mongoid.master.collection(collection).drop