Conditional RJS partial rendering based on request source

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Hi,

I'm not sure if this is a problem or just part of doing business with an AJAX based interface.

I have a create actions that renders a partial via RJS.

page.insert_html :top, 'addresses', { :partial => 'addresses/ address', :object => @address }

However, I call this create method from different points within the application and require the resulting @address object rendered in slightly different ways (coded up in two different partials) depending on which page they made the request.

The actual object creation in the create method is the same no matter where it is called but the view needs to differ.

Is there an elegant way to handle this without creating two create actions with identical create logic (extract to function?), for example:

def checkout_create    some_creation_logic    responds_to do |format|       format.js #renders and inserts address_partial_1    end end

def create    some_creation_logic    responds_to do |format|       format.js #renders and inserts address_partial_2    end end

Thanks.