Make render work with same signature as

standard RABL gem

lib/rabl-rails.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ require 'rabl-rails/railtie'
 require 'multi_json'
 
 module RablRails
+  extend Renderer
+  
   mattr_accessor :cache_templates
   @@cache_templates = true
   

lib/rabl-rails/renderer.rb

@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 require 'rabl-rails/renderers/base'
 require 'rabl-rails/renderers/json'
 
+module RablRails
   module Renderer
     mattr_reader :view_path
     @@view_path = 'app/views'
   
+    class Context
+      def initialize
+        @_assigns = {}
+      end
+
+      def assigns
+        @_assigns
+      end
+    end
+  
     def render(object, template, options = {})
       format = options.delete(:format) || 'json'
       source = find_template(template, format, options.delete(:view_path))
       compiled_template = Compiler.new.compile_source(source)
     
-    # TODO: context needs to be set from options
+      c = Context.new
-    Renderers.const_get(format.upcase!).new(context).render(compiled_template)
+      c.assigns[compiled_template.data.to_s[1..-1]] = object if compiled_template.data
+
+      Renderers.const_get(format.upcase!).new(c).render(compiled_template)
     end
   
     private
@@ -19,6 +32,7 @@ module Renderer
     def find_template(name, format, view_path = nil)
       view_path ||= self.view_path
       path = File.join(view_path, "#{name}.#{format}.rabl")
-    File.exists?(path) : File.read(path) : nil
+      File.exists?(path) ? File.read(path) : nil
+    end
   end
 end