package Catalyst::View::TT;
use strict;
-use base qw/Catalyst::Base/;
+use base qw/Catalyst::View/;
use Template;
use Template::Timer;
use NEXT;
-our $VERSION = '0.13';
+our $VERSION = '0.15';
__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors('template');
=head1 SYNOPSIS
- # use the helper
+# use the helper to create View
myapp_create.pl view TT TT
- # lib/MyApp/View/TT.pm
- package MyApp::View::TT;
+# configure in lib/MyApp.pm
+
+ MyApp->config({
+ name => 'MyApp',
+ root => MyApp->path_to('root');,
+ 'V::TT' => {
+ # any TT configurations items go here
+ INCLUDE_PATH => [
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'src' ),
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'lib' ),
+ ],
+ PRE_PROCESS => 'config/main',
+ WRAPPER => 'site/wrapper',
+ TEMPLATE_SUFFIX => '.tt',
+
+ # two optional config items
+ CATALYST_VAR => 'Catalyst',
+ TIMER => 1,
+ },
+ });
+
+# render view from lib/MyApp.pm or lib/MyApp::C::SomeController.pm
+
+ sub message : Global {
+ my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+ $c->stash->{template} = 'message.tt2';
+ $c->stash->{message} = 'Hello World!';
+ $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+ }
- use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
+# access variables from template
+
+ The message is: [% message %].
+
+ # example when CATALYST_VAR is set to 'Catalyst'
+ Context is [% Catalyst %]
+ The base is [% Catalyst.req.base %]
+ The name is [% Catalyst.config.name %]
+
+ # example when CATALYST_VAR isn't set
+ Context is [% c %]
+ The base is [% base %]
+ The name is [% name %]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is the Catalyst view class for the L<Template Toolkit|Template>.
+Your application should defined a view class which is a subclass of
+this module. The easiest way to achieve this is using the
+F<myapp_create.pl> script (where F<myapp> should be replaced with
+whatever your application is called). This script is created as part
+of the Catalyst setup.
+
+ $ script/myapp_create.pl view TT TT
+
+This creates a MyApp::V::TT.pm module in the F<lib> directory (again,
+replacing C<MyApp> with the name of your application) which looks
+something like this:
+
+ package FooBar::V::TT;
+
+ use strict;
+ use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
__PACKAGE__->config->{DEBUG} = 'all';
- # in practice you'd probably set this from a config file;
- # defaults to $c->config->root
- __PACKAGE__->config->{INCLUDE_PATH} =
- '/usr/local/generic/templates:/usr/local/myapp/templates';
+Now you can modify your action handlers in the main application and/or
+controllers to forward to your view class. You might choose to do this
+in the end() method, for example, to automatically forward all actions
+to the TT view class.
- 1;
+ # In MyApp or MyApp::Controller::SomeController
- # Meanwhile, maybe in a private C<end> action
- $c->forward('MyApp::View::TT');
+ sub end : Private {
+ my( $self, $c ) = @_;
+ $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+ }
+=head2 CONFIGURATION
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
+There are a three different ways to configure your view class. The
+first way is to call the C<config()> method in the view subclass. This
+happens when the module is first loaded.
-This is the Catalyst view class for the L<Template
-Toolkit|Template>. Your application subclass should inherit from this
-class. This plugin renders the template specified in
-C<$c-E<gt>stash-E<gt>{template}>, or failing that,
-C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>match>. The template variables are set up from
-the contents of C<$c-E<gt>stash>, augmented with template variable
-C<base> set to Catalyst's C<$c-E<gt>req-E<gt>base>, template variable
-C<c> to Catalyst's C<$c>, and template variable C<name> to Catalyst's
-C<$c-E<gt>config-E<gt>{name}>. The output is stored in
-C<$c-E<gt>response-E<gt>output>.
+ package MyApp::V::TT;
+
+ use strict;
+ use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
-If you want to override TT config settings, you can do it in your
-application's view class by setting
-C<__PACKAGE__-E<gt>config-E<gt>{OPTION}>, as shown in the Synopsis. Of
-interest might be C<EVAL_PERL>, which is disabled by default,
-C<INCLUDE_PATH>, and C<LOAD_TEMPLATES>, which is set to use the
-provider.
+ MyApp::V::TT->config({
+ INCLUDE_PATH => [
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'lib' ),
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'src' ),
+ ],
+ PRE_PROCESS => 'config/main',
+ WRAPPER => 'site/wrapper',
+ });
+
+The second way is to define a C<new()> method in your view subclass.
+This performs the configuration when the view object is created,
+shortly after being loaded. Remember to delegate to the base class
+C<new()> method (via C<$self-E<gt>NEXT::new()> in the example below) after
+performing any configuration.
+
+ sub new {
+ my $self = shift;
+ $self->config({
+ INCLUDE_PATH => [
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'lib' ),
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'src' ),
+ ],
+ PRE_PROCESS => 'config/main',
+ WRAPPER => 'site/wrapper',
+ });
+ return $self->NEXT::new(@_);
+ }
+
+The final, and perhaps most direct way, is to define a class
+item in your main application configuration, again by calling the
+uniquitous C<config()> method. The items in the class hash are
+added to those already defined by the above two methods. This happens
+in the base class new() method (which is one reason why you must
+remember to call it via C<NEXT> if you redefine the C<new()> method in a
+subclass).
+
+ package MyApp;
+
+ use strict;
+ use Catalyst;
+
+ MyApp->config({
+ name => 'MyApp',
+ root => MyApp->path_to('root'),
+ 'V::TT' => {
+ INCLUDE_PATH => [
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'lib' ),
+ MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'src' ),
+ ],
+ PRE_PROCESS => 'config/main',
+ WRAPPER => 'site/wrapper',
+ },
+ });
+
+Note that any configuration items defined by one of the earlier
+methods will be overwritten by items of the same name provided by the
+latter methods.
+
+=head2 RENDERING VIEWS
+
+The view plugin renders the template specified in the C<template>
+item in the stash.
+
+ sub message : Global {
+ my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+ $c->stash->{template} = 'message.tt2';
+ $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+ }
-If you want to use C<EVAL_PERL>, add something like this:
+If a class item isn't defined, then it instead uses the
+current match, as returned by C<$c-E<gt>match>. In the above
+example, this would be C<message>.
- __PACKAGE__->config->{EVAL_PERL} = 1;
- __PACKAGE__->config->{LOAD_TEMPLATES} = undef;
+The items defined in the stash are passed to the Template Toolkit for
+use as template variables.
-If you have configured Catalyst for debug output, C<Catalyst::View::TT>
-will enable profiling of template processing (using
-L<Template::Timer>). This will embed HTML comments in the output from
-your templates, such as:
+sub message : Global {
+ sub default : Private {
+ my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+ $c->stash->{template} = 'message.tt2';
+ $c->stash->{message} = 'Hello World!';
+ $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+ }
- <!-- TIMER START: process mainmenu/mainmenu.ttml -->
- <!-- TIMER START: include mainmenu/cssindex.tt -->
- <!-- TIMER START: process mainmenu/cssindex.tt -->
- <!-- TIMER END: process mainmenu/cssindex.tt (0.017279 seconds) -->
- <!-- TIMER END: include mainmenu/cssindex.tt (0.017401 seconds) -->
+A number of other template variables are also added:
- ....
+ c A reference to the context object, $c
+ base The URL base, from $c->req->base()
+ name The application name, from $c->config->{ name }
- <!-- TIMER END: process mainmenu/footer.tt (0.003016 seconds) -->
+These can be accessed from the template in the usual way:
-You can suppress template profiling when debug is enabled by setting:
+<message.tt2>:
- __PACKAGE__->config->{CONTEXT} = undef;
+ The message is: [% message %]
+ The base is [% base %]
+ The name is [% name %]
+The output generated by the template is stored in
+C<$c-E<gt>response-E<gt>output>.
+
+=head2 TEMPLATE PROFILING
+
=head2 METHODS
=over 4
my $root = $c->config->{root};
- my %config = (
- EVAL_PERL => 0,
- INCLUDE_PATH => [ $root, "$root/base" ],
+ my $config = {
+ EVAL_PERL => 0,
+ TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '',
+ INCLUDE_PATH => [ $root, "$root/base" ],
%{ $class->config },
- %{ $arguments }
- );
+ %{$arguments}
+ };
+
+ # if we're debugging and/or the TIMER option is set, then we install
+ # Template::Timer as a custom CONTEXT object, but only if we haven't
+ # already got a custom CONTEXT defined
+
+ if ( $config->{TIMER} ) {
+ if ( $config->{CONTEXT} ) {
+ $c->log->error(
+ 'Cannot use Template::Timer - a TT CONFIG is already defined');
+ }
+ else {
+ $config->{CONTEXT} = Template::Timer->new(%$config);
+ }
+ }
- if ( $c->debug && not exists $config{CONTEXT} ) {
- $config{CONTEXT} = Template::Timer->new(%config);
+ if ( $c->debug && $config->{DUMP_CONFIG} ) {
+ use Data::Dumper;
+ $c->log->debug( "TT Config: ", Dumper($config) );
}
- return $class->NEXT::new( $c, { template => Template->new( \%config ) } );
+ return $class->NEXT::new(
+ $c,
+ {
+ template => Template->new($config) || do {
+ my $error = Template->error();
+ $c->log->error($error);
+ $c->error($error);
+ return undef;
+ }
+ }
+ );
}
=item process
C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>match>. Template variables are set up from the
contents of C<$c-E<gt>stash>, augmented with C<base> set to
C<$c-E<gt>req-E<gt>base>, C<c> to C<$c> and C<name> to
-C<$c-E<gt>config-E<gt>{name}>. Output is stored in
-C<$c-E<gt>response-E<gt>output>.
+C<$c-E<gt>config-E<gt>{name}>. Alternately, the C<CATALYST_VAR>
+configuration item can be defined to specify the name of a template
+variable through which the context reference (C<$c>) can be accessed.
+In this case, the C<c>, C<base> and C<name> variables are omitted.
+Output is stored in C<$c-E<gt>response-E<gt>output>.
=cut
sub process {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
- my $template = $c->stash->{template} || $c->request->match;
+ my $template = $c->stash->{template}
+ || $c->request->match . $self->config->{TEMPLATE_EXTENSION};
unless ($template) {
$c->log->debug('No template specified for rendering') if $c->debug;
}
$c->log->debug(qq/Rendering template "$template"/) if $c->debug;
-
- my $output;
- unless (
- $self->template->process(
- $template,
- {
- base => $c->req->base,
- c => $c,
- name => $c->config->{name},
- %{ $c->stash }
- },
- \$output
- )
- )
- {
+ my $output;
+ my $cvar = $self->config->{CATALYST_VAR};
+ my $vars = {
+ defined $cvar
+ ? ( $cvar => $c )
+ : (
+ c => $c,
+ base => $c->req->base,
+ name => $c->config->{name}
+ ),
+ %{ $c->stash() }
+ };
+
+ unless ( $self->template->process( $template, $vars, \$output ) ) {
my $error = $self->template->error;
$error = qq/Couldn't render template "$error"/;
$c->log->error($error);
$c->error($error);
return 0;
}
-
+
unless ( $c->response->content_type ) {
$c->response->content_type('text/html; charset=utf-8');
}
=item config
-This allows your view subclass to pass additional settings to the
-TT config hash.
+This method allows your view subclass to pass additional settings to
+the TT configuration hash, or to set the options as below:
+
+=over 2
+
+=item C<CATALYST_VAR>
+
+Allows you to change the name of the Catalyst context object. If set, it will also
+remove the base and name aliases, so you will have access them through <context>.
+
+For example:
+
+ MyApp->config({
+ name => 'MyApp',
+ root => MyApp->path_to('root'),
+ 'V::TT' => {
+ CATALYST_VAR => 'Catalyst',
+ },
+ });
+
+F<message.tt2>:
+
+ The base is [% Catalyst.req.base %]
+ The name is [% Catalyst.config.name %]
+
+=item C<TIMER>
+
+If you have configured Catalyst for debug output, and turned on the TIMER setting,
+C<Catalyst::View::TT> will enable profiling of template processing
+(using L<Template::Timer>). This will embed HTML comments in the
+output from your templates, such as:
+
+ <!-- TIMER START: process mainmenu/mainmenu.ttml -->
+ <!-- TIMER START: include mainmenu/cssindex.tt -->
+ <!-- TIMER START: process mainmenu/cssindex.tt -->
+ <!-- TIMER END: process mainmenu/cssindex.tt (0.017279 seconds) -->
+ <!-- TIMER END: include mainmenu/cssindex.tt (0.017401 seconds) -->
+
+ ....
+
+ <!-- TIMER END: process mainmenu/footer.tt (0.003016 seconds) -->
+
+
+=item C<TEMPLATE_SUFFIX>
+
+a sufix to add when looking for templates bases on the C<match> method in L<Catalyst::Request>.
+
+For example:
+
+ package MyApp::C::Test;
+ sub test : Local { .. }
+
+Would by default look for a template in <root>/test/test. If you set TEMPLATE_EXTENSION to '.tt', it will look for
+<root>/test/test.tt.
=back
+=back
+
+=head2 HELPERS
+
+The L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TT> and
+L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TTSite> helper modules are provided to create
+your view module. There are invoked by the F<myapp_create.pl> script:
+
+ $ script/myapp_create.pl view TT TT
+
+ $ script/myapp_create.pl view TT TTSite
+
+The L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TT> module creates a basic TT view
+module. The L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TTSite> module goes a little
+further. It also creates a default set of templates to get you
+started. It also configures the view module to locate the templates
+automatically.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<Catalyst>, L<Template::Manual>
+L<Catalyst>, L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TT>,
+L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TTSite>, L<Template::Manual>
-=head1 AUTHOR
+=head1 AUTHORS
Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@cpan.org>
+
Marcus Ramberg, C<mramberg@cpan.org>
+
Jesse Sheidlower, C<jester@panix.com>
+Andy Wardley, C<abw@cpan.org>
+
=head1 COPYRIGHT
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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