Added django.core.template_loader.render_to_string and django.core.extensions.render_to_response. django.core.extensions.load_and_render is deprecated in favor of render_to_response.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@664 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/core/extensions.py

@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ from django.core.template import Context
 from django.conf.settings import DEBUG, INTERNAL_IPS
 from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponse
 
-def load_and_render(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None):
-    dictionary = dictionary or {}
-    t = template_loader.get_template(template_name)
-    if context_instance:
-        context_instance.update(dictionary)
-    else:
-        context_instance = Context(dictionary)
-    return HttpResponse(t.render(context_instance))
+def render_to_response(*args, **kwargs):
+    return HttpResponse(template_loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs))
+
+load_and_render = render_to_response # For backwards compatibility.
 
 class DjangoContext(Context):
     """

django/core/template_loader.py

@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ def get_template_from_string(source):
     """
     return template.Template(source)
 
+def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None):
+    """
+    Loads the given template_name and renders it with the given dictionary as
+    context. Returns a string.
+    """
+    dictionary = dictionary or {}
+    t = get_template(template_name)
+    if context_instance:
+        context_instance.update(dictionary)
+    else:
+        context_instance = template.Context(dictionary)
+    return t.render(context_instance)
+
 def select_template(template_name_list):
     "Given a list of template names, returns the first that can be loaded."
     for template_name in template_name_list: