EmailRenderer

email_renderer.rb

require 'config/environment'

class EmailRenderer
  class_inheritable_accessor :view_paths
  self.view_paths = ["."]

  def template
    @template ||= initialize_template
  end

  def render
    template.render :file => 'foo.html.erb'
  end

  private

  def initialize_template
    template = ActionView::Base.new(self.class.view_paths, { :user => 'User' }, self)
    template.template_format = :html
    template
  end
end


puts EmailRenderer.new.render