NAME
Dancer2::Template::TemplateFlute - Template::Flute wrapper for Dancer2
VERSION
Version 0.203
DESCRIPTION
This class is an interface between Dancer2's template engine abstraction layer and the Template::Flute module.
In order to use this engine, use the template setting:
template: template_flute
The default template extension is ".html".
LAYOUT
Each layout needs a specification file and a template file. To embed the content of your current view into the layout, put the following into your specification file, e.g. views/layouts/main.xml:
<specification>
<value name="content" id="content" op="hook"/>
</specification>
This replaces the contents of the following block in your HTML template, e.g. views/layouts/main.html:
<div id="content">
Your content
</div>
ITERATORS
Iterators can be specified explicitly in the configuration file as below.
engines:
template:
template_flute:
iterators:
fruits:
class: JSON
file: fruits.json
FILTER OPTIONS
Filter options and classes can be specified in the configuration file as below.
engines:
template:
template_flute:
filters:
currency:
options:
int_curr_symbol: "$"
image:
class: "Flowers::Filters::Image"
ADJUSTING URIS
We automatically adjust links in the templates if the value of request-
path> is different from request-
path_info>.
EMBEDDING IMAGES IN EMAILS
If you pass a value named email_cids
, which should be an empty hash reference, all the images src
attributes will be rewritten using the CIDs, and the reference will be populated with an hashref, as documented in Template::Flute
Further options for the CIDs should be passed in an optional value named cids
. See Template::Flute for them.
DISABLE OBJECT AUTODETECTION
Sometimes you want to pass values to a template which are objects, but don't have an accessor, so they should be treated like hashrefs instead.
You can specify classes with the following syntax:
engines:
template:
template_flute:
autodetect:
disable:
- My::Class1
- My::Class2
The class matching is checked by Template::Flute with isa
, so any parent class would do.
LOCALIZATION
Templates can be localized using the Template::Flute::I18N module. You can define a class that provides a method which takes as first (and only argument) the string to translate, and returns the translated one. You have to provide the class and the method. If the class is not provided, no localization is done. If no method is specified, 'localize' will be used. The app will crash if the class doesn't provide such method.
Be sure to return the argument verbatim if the module is not able to translate the string.
Example configuration, assuming the class MyApp::Lexicon
provides a try_to_translate
method.
engines:
template:
template_flute:
i18n:
class: MyApp::Lexicon
method: try_to_translate
A class could be something like this:
package MyTestApp::Lexicon;
use Dancer2;
sub new {
my $class = shift;
debug "Loading up $class";
my $self = {
dictionary => {
en => {
'TRY' => 'Try',
},
it => {
'TRY' => 'Prova',
},
}
};
bless $self, $class;
}
sub dictionary {
return shift->{dictionary};
}
sub try_to_translate {
my ($self, $string) = @_;
my $lang = session('lang') || var('lang');
return $string unless $lang;
return $string unless $self->dictionary->{$lang};
my $tr = $self->dictionary->{$lang}->{$string};
defined $tr ? return $tr : return $string;
}
1;
Optionally, you can pass the options to instantiate the class in the configuration. Like this:
engines:
template:
template_flute:
i18n:
class: MyApp::Lexicon
method: localize
options:
append: 'X'
prepend: 'Y'
lexicon: 'path/to/po/files'
This will call
MyApp::Lexicon->new(append => 'X', prepend => 'Y', lexicon => 'path/to/po/files');
when the engine is initialized, and will call the localize
method on it to get the translations.
DEBUG TOOLS
If you set check_dangling
in the engine stanza, the specification will run a check (using the Template::Flute::Specification's dangling
method) against the template to see if you have elements of the specifications which are not bound to any HTML elements.
In this case a debug message is issued (so keep in mind that with higher logging level you are not going to see it).
Example configuration:
engines:
template:
template_flute:
check_dangling: 1
When the environment is set to development
this feature is turned on by default. You can silence the logs by setting:
engines:
template:
template_flute:
disable_check_dangling: 1
FORMS
Dancers::Template::TemplateFlute has a form plugin Dancer2::Plugin::TemplateFlute which must be installed in order to use Template::Flute forms.
The token form
is reserved for forms. It can be a single Dancer2::Plugin::TemplateFlute form object or an arrayref of Dancer2::Plugin::TemplateFlute form objects.
Typical usage for a single form.
XML Specification
<specification>
<form name="registration" link="name">
<field name="email"/>
<field name="password"/>
<field name="verify"/>
</form>
</specification>
HTML
<form class="frm-default" name="registration" action="/register" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<div class="reg-info">Info</div>
<ul>
<li>
<label>Email</label>
<input type="text" name="email"/>
</li>
<li>
<label>Password</label>
<input type="text" name="password"/>
</li>
<li>
<label>Confirm password</label>
<input type="text" name="verify" />
</li>
<li>
<input type="submit" value="Register" class="btn-submit" />
</li>
</ul>
</fieldset>
</form>
Code
any [qw/get post/] => '/register' => sub {
my $form = request->is_post
? form('registration', source => 'body')
: form('registration', source => 'session' );
my %values = %{$form->values};
# VALIDATE, filter, etc. the values
template register => {form => $form };
};
Usage example for multiple forms
Specification
<specification>
<form name="registrationtest" link="name">
<field name="emailtest"/>
<field name="passwordtest"/>
<field name="verifytest"/>
</form>
<form name="logintest" link="name">
<field name="emailtest_2"/>
<field name="passwordtest_2"/>
</form>
</specification>
HTML
<h1>Register</h1>
<form class="frm-default" name="registrationtest" action="/multiple" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<div class="reg-info">Info</div>
<ul>
<li>
<label>Email</label>
<input type="text" name="emailtest"/>
</li>
<li>
<label>Password</label>
<input type="text" name="passwordtest"/>
</li>
<li>
<label>Confirm password</label>
<input type="text" name="verifytest" />
</li>
<li>
<input type="submit" name="register" value="Register" class="btn-submit" />
</li>
</ul>
</fieldset>
</form>
<h1>Login</h1>
<form class="frm-default" name="logintest" action="/multiple" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<div class="reg-info">Info</div>
<ul>
<li>
<label>Email</label>
<input type="text" name="emailtest_2"/>
</li>
<li>
<label>Password</label>
<input type="text" name="passwordtest_2"/>
</li>
<li>
<input type="submit" name="login" value="Login" class="btn-submit" />
</li>
</ul>
</fieldset>
</form>
Code
any [qw/get post/] => '/multiple' => sub {
my ( $login_form, $registration_form );
debug to_dumper({params});
if (params->{login}) {
$login_form = form('logintest', source => 'parameters');
my %vals = %{$login->values};
# VALIDATE %vals here
}
else {
# pick from session
$login_form = form('logintest', source => 'session');
}
if (params->{register}) {
$registration_form = form('registrationtest', source => 'parameters');
my %vals = %{$registration->values};
# VALIDATE %vals here
}
else {
# pick from session
$registration_form = form('registrationtest', source => 'session');
}
template multiple => { form => [ $login_form, $registration_form ] };
};
METHODS
default_tmpl_ext
Returns default template extension.
render TEMPLATE TOKENS
Renders template TEMPLATE with values from TOKENS.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Author of the original Dancer module:
Stefan Hornburg (Racke), <racke at linuxia.de>
Conversion to Dancer2:
Peter Mottram (SysPete), <peter@sysnix.com>
Author of the original version of this Dancer2 module:
William Carr (mrmaloof), <bill at bottlenose-wine.com>
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests via the GitHub issue tracker at: https://github.com/interchange/Dancer2-Template-TemplateFlute/issues
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Dancer2::Template::TemplateFlute
You can also look for information at:
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Dancer2-Template-TemplateFlute
meta::cpan
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2011-2016 Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <racke@linuxia.de>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.