CAM::Template - Clotho-style search/replace HTML templates

LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Clotho Advanced Media, Inc., <cpan@clotho.com>

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

ABOUT CLOTHO

"CAM" stands for Clotho Advanced Media Inc. (www.clotho.com) which developed this module. Contact us at info@clotho.com.

INSTALLATION

Install via one of the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

or

perl Build.PL
perl Build
perl Build test
perl Build install

DESCRIPTION

This module implements an easy to use search-and-replace API for substituting parameters into template files. The Perl module it most closely resembles is HTML::Template. It's main advantages over that module are:

• it's template syntax is easily configured
• it implements the Clotho Advanced Media template syntax by default (yeah big deal, but it's important to us)
• it is smaller and, subjectively, more readable

It's main disadvantages under HTML::Template are:

• it's caching and preparsing are less sophisticated
• the default template syntax is quirkier
• it's not as feature rich in syntax and configuration options

If you are starting from scratch, you may prefer HTML::Template. But, if you already have a bunch of templates using a syntax that is not compatible with HTML::Template, this can help.