NAME

Catalyst::View::Template::Declare - Use Template::Declare with Catalyst

VERSION

Version 0.02

SYNOPSIS

Create the view:

     myapp_create.pl view TD Template::Declare

Add templates in "MyApp::View::TD::<name>":

     package MyApp::View::TD::Test;
     use Template::Declare::Tags;

     template foo => sub { html {} };
     template bar => sub {   ...   };
     1;

Then use the templates from your application:

     $c->view('TD')->template('foo');
     $c->detach('View::TD');

The Catalyst context is passed as the second agument to the templates:

     template foo => sub {
         my ($self, $c) = @_;
         return 'This is the '. $c->action. ' action.';
     };

The Catalyst stash is passed as the third argument, but is also available via the glocal $_ variable for the duration of the template:

     template bar => sub {
         return "Hello, $_{world}";
     };

Have fun. This is all somewhat experimental and subject to change.

DESCRIPTION

Make a view:

    package MyApp::View::TD;
    use base 'Catalyst::View::Template::Declare';
    1;

Make a template:

    package MyApp::View::TD::Root;
    use Template::Declare::Tags;

    template foo => sub {
        my ($self, $c) = @_;
        html {
            head { title { $c->stash->{title} } };
            body { "Hello, world" }
          }
    };

In your app:

    $c->view('TD')->template('foo');
    $c->stash(title => 'test');
    $c->detach('View::TD');

And get the output:

    <html><head><title>test</title></head><body>Hello, world</body></html>

You can spread your templates out over multiple files. If your view is called MyApp::View::TD, then everything in MyApp::View::TD::* will be included and templates declared in those files will be available as though they were declared in your main view class.

Example:

    package MyApp::View::TD::Foo;
    use Template::Declare::Tags;
    template bar => sub { ... };
    1;

Then you can set "$c->view('TD')->template('bar')" and everything will work as you expect.

The arguments passed to the templates are:

$self: The object or package name in which the template is defined.
$c: The Catalyst context object.
$stash: A copy of the Catalyst stash, also available via $_. Modifications to this copy of the stash will have no effect on the contents of "$c->stash".
$args: Any arguments passed to "render()".

For those stuck with a version of Template::Declare older then 0.26, no arguments will be passed to the templates. But you can still use the otherwise-deprecated "c" package to get at the Catalyst context:

    template bar => sub { "Hello, ". c->stash->{world} };

METHODS

process

Render the template in "$self->template"; see Catalyst::View::Templated for information on how to specify the template.

render($template, @args)

Render the template named by $template and return the output.

COMPONENT

Not for you.

AUTHOR

Jonathan Rockway, "<jrockway at cpan.org>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-catalyst-view-template-declare at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Catalyst-View-Template-Declare>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

Visit #catalyst on irc.perl.org, submit an RT ticket, or send me an e-mail.

The git repository is at <http://git.jrock.us/>.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Template::Declare

Jifty

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.