Define custom url helpers that will be added to the application's routes. This allows you to override and/or replace the default behavior of routing helpers, e.g:

direct :homepage do
  "http://www.rubyonrails.org"
end

direct :commentable do |model|
  [ model, anchor: model.dom_id ]
end

direct :main do
  { controller: "pages", action: "index", subdomain: "www" }
end

The return value from the block passed to `direct` must be a valid set of arguments for `url_for` which will actually build the url string. This can be one of the following:

* A string, which is treated as a generated url
* A hash, e.g. { controller: "pages", action: "index" }
* An array, which is passed to `polymorphic_url`
* An Active Model instance
* An Active Model class

NOTE: Other url helpers can be called in the block but be careful not to invoke your custom url helper again otherwise it will result in a stack overflow error

You can also specify default options that will be passed through to your url helper definition, e.g:

direct :browse, page: 1, size: 10 do |options|
  [ :products, options.merge(params.permit(:page, :size).to_h.symbolize_keys) ]
end

In this instance the `params` object comes from the context in which the the block is executed, e.g. generating a url inside a controller action or a view. If the block is executed where there isn't a params object such as this:

Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.browse_path

then it will raise a `NameError`. Because of this you need to be aware of the context in which you will use your custom url helper when defining it.

NOTE: The `direct` method can't be used inside of a scope block such as `namespace` or `scope` and will raise an error if it detects that it is.

Define custom polymorphic mappings of models to urls. This alters the behavior of `polymorphic_url` and consequently the behavior of `link_to` and `form_for` when passed a model instance, e.g:

resource :basket

resolve "Basket" do
  [:basket]
end

This will now generate “/basket” when a `Basket` instance is passed to `link_to` or `form_for` instead of the standard “/baskets/:id”.

NOTE: This custom behavior only applies to simple polymorphic urls where a single model instance is passed and not more complicated forms, e.g:

# config/routes.rb
resource :profile
namespace :admin do
  resources :users
end

resolve("User") { [:profile] }

# app/views/application/_menu.html.erb
link_to "Profile", @current_user
link_to "Profile", [:admin, @current_user]

The first `link_to` will generate “/profile” but the second will generate the standard polymorphic url of “/admin/users/1”.

You can pass options to a polymorphic mapping - the arity for the block needs to be two as the instance is passed as the first argument, e.g:

resolve "Basket", anchor: "items" do |basket, options|
  [:basket, options]
end

This generates the url “/basket#items” because when the last item in an array passed to `polymorphic_url` is a hash then it's treated as options to the url helper that gets called.

NOTE: The `resolve` method can't be used inside of a scope block such as `namespace` or `scope` and will raise an error if it detects that it is.