Catalyst::View::Embperl - Embperl View Class

Catalyst-View-Embperl documentation Contained in the Catalyst-View-Embperl distribution.

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NAME

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Catalyst::View::Embperl - Embperl View Class

SYNOPSIS

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    # use the helper (XXX TODO)
    create.pl view Embperl Epl

    # lib/MyApp/View/Epl.pm
    package MyApp::View::Epl;

    use base 'Catalyst::View::Embperl';

    __PACKAGE__->config(
    );

    1;

    # Meanwhile, maybe in an 'end' action
    $c->forward('MyApp::View::Epl');

DESCRIPTION

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This is the Embperl view class. Your subclass should inherit from this class.

METHODS

new

The constructor for the Embperl view.

process

Renders the template specified in $c->stash->{template} Template arguments are $c. Output is stored in $c->response->body.

config

This allows your view subclass to pass additional settings to the Embperl config hash.

SEE ALSO

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Embperl, Catalyst, Catalyst::Base.

AUTHOR

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Christophe Le Bars, clb@2fp.net

COPYRIGHT

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

Catalyst-View-Embperl documentation Contained in the Catalyst-View-Embperl distribution. 
package Catalyst::View::Embperl;

use strict;
our $VERSION = '0.02';

use base qw( Catalyst::View );
#use File::Spec;
use Embperl;
use NEXT;

__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw/ rootdir dumper /);



sub new {
    my($class, $c, $arguments) = @_;
    
    my $self = $class->NEXT::new($c);
    
    for my $field (keys %$arguments) {
        if ($self->can($field)) {
            $self->$field($arguments->{$field});
        } else {
            $c->log->debug("Unkown config parameter '$field'");
        }
    }
    
    return $self;
}


sub process {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

    my $template = $c->stash->{template};

    unless ($template) {
        $c->log->debug('No template specified for rendering') if $c->debug;
        return 0;
    }

    $c->log->debug(qq/Rendering template "$template"/) if $c->debug;

    my $body;

    # use Execute
    # cf http://www3.ecos.de/embperl/pod/doc/doc13/HTML/Embperl.-page-3-.htm#sect_4 

    my $template_root = $self->rootdir;

    eval { 
        Embperl::Execute ({ 
            inputfile  => "$template_root/$template",
            mtime      => 1,
            output     => \$body 
            });
      };
    if ( my $error = $@ ) {
        chomp $error;
        $error = "Couldn't render template \"$template\". Error: \"$error\"";
        $c->log->error($error);
        $c->error($error);
        return 0;
    }

    unless ( $c->response->headers->content_type ) {
        $c->res->headers->content_type('text/html; charset=utf-8');
    }

    $c->response->body( $body  );

    return 1;
}


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