--- a/helpers.py	Mon Feb 09 03:05:19 2009 +0200
+++ b/helpers.py	Mon Feb 09 04:38:23 2009 +0200
@@ -6,44 +6,56 @@
 
 from qmsk.web import config
 
-def now () :
-    """
-        Returns the current date/time
+class Helpers (object) :
     """
-
-    return time.strftime(config.DATETIME_FMT)
-
-def copyright_year () :
-    """
-        Returns the current year
-    """
-
-    return time.strftime("%Y")
-
-def validation_notice (site_host) :
-    """
-        Returns a short "Validated XHTML & CSS" link text for the given site hostname
+        A bunch of useful helper methods for use in templates
     """
 
-    return 'Validated <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://%(host)s">XHTML 1.0 Strict</a> &amp; <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http://%(host)s">CSS 2.1</a>' % dict(
-        host = site_host
-    )
-
-def breadcrumb (trail, links=True) :
-    """
-        Returns a nicely formatted breadcrumb tail, optinally with links
-    """
+    def _bind_ctx (self, ctx) :
+        """
+            Initialize with the given render context
+        """
 
-    return ' &raquo; '.join(
-        (
-            '<a href="$site_url/%s">%s</a>' % (page.url, page.title) if links else page.title
-        ) for page in trail
-    )
+        self.ctx = ctx
 
-def escape (data) :
-    """
-        Escape data as HTML
-    """
+    def now (self) :
+        """
+            Returns the current date/time
+        """
 
-    return cgi.escape(data)
+        return time.strftime(config.DATETIME_FMT)
 
+    def copyright_year (self) :
+        """
+            Returns the current year
+        """
+
+        return time.strftime("%Y")
+
+    def validation_notice (self, site_host) :
+        """
+            Returns a short "Validated XHTML & CSS" link text for the given site hostname
+        """
+
+        return 'Validated <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://%(host)s">XHTML 1.0 Strict</a> &amp; <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http://%(host)s">CSS 2.1</a>' % dict(
+            host = site_host
+        )
+
+    def breadcrumb (self, trail, links=True) :
+        """
+            Returns a nicely formatted breadcrumb tail, optinally with links
+        """
+
+        return ' &raquo; '.join(
+            (
+                '<a href="$site_url/%s">%s</a>' % (page.url, page.title) if links else page.title
+            ) for page in trail
+        )
+
+    def escape (self, data) :
+        """
+            Escape data as HTML
+        """
+
+        return cgi.escape(data)
+