my $template = shift;
my ($options, %locals) = (@_ && ref($_[0])) ? @_ : ({ }, @_);
- $options->{type} = lc($options->{type} || 'html');
+ # Set defaults for all available options.
+ my %defaults = (
+ type => 'html',
+ process => 1,
+ );
+ $options->{$_} //= $defaults{$_} for keys %defaults;
+ $options->{type} = lc $options->{type};
- my $source;
- if ($options->{inline}) {
- $source = \$template;
+ # Check supplied options for validity.
+ foreach (keys %{ $options }) {
+ croak "Unsupported option: $_" unless $defaults{$_};
+ }
- } else {
+ # Only certain types are supported.
+ croak "Unsupported type: " . $options->{type} unless $options->{type} =~ m/^(?:html|js|json)$/;
+
+ # The "template" argument must be a string or a reference to one.
+ croak "Unsupported 'template' reference type: " . ref($template) if ref($template) && (ref($template) !~ m/^(?:SCALAR|SL::Presenter::EscapedText)$/);
+
+ # Look for the file given by $template if $template is not a reference.
+ my $source;
+ if (!ref $template) {
$source = "templates/webpages/${template}." . $options->{type};
croak "Template file ${source} not found" unless -f $source;
+
+ } elsif (ref($template) eq 'SCALAR') {
+ # Normal scalar reference: hand over to Template
+ $source = $template;
+
+ } else {
+ # Instance of SL::Presenter::EscapedText. Get reference to its content.
+ $source = \$template->{text};
+ }
+
+ # If no processing is requested then return the content.
+ if (!$options->{process}) {
+ # If $template is a reference then don't try to read a file.
+ return SL::Presenter::EscapedText->new(text => ${ $template }, is_escaped => 1) if ref $template;
+
+ # Otherwise return the file's content.
+ my $file = IO::File->new($source, "r") || croak("Template file ${source} could not be read");
+ my $content = do { local $/ = ''; <$file> };
+ $file->close;
+
+ return SL::Presenter::EscapedText->new(text => $content, is_escaped => 1);
}
+ # Processing was requested. Set up all variables.
my %params = ( %locals,
AUTH => $::auth,
FLASH => $::form->{FLASH},
all of the parameters for controlling the output that the controller's
function does.
-What is rendered and how C<$template> is interpreted is determined by
-the options I<type> and I<inline>.
+What is rendered and how C<$template> is interpreted is determined
+both by C<$template>'s reference type and by the supplied options.
+
+If C<$template> is a normal scalar (not a reference) then it is meant
+to be a template file name relative to the C<templates/webpages>
+directory. The file name to use is determined by the C<type> option.
-If C<< $options->{inline} >> is trueish then C<$template> is a string
-containing the template code to interprete.
+If C<$template> is a reference to a scalar then the referenced
+scalar's content is used as the content to process. The C<type> option
+is not considered in this case.
-If C<< $options->{inline} >> is falsish then C<$template> is
-interpreted as the name of a template file. It is prefixed with
-"templates/webpages/" and postfixed with a file extension based on
-C<< $options->{type} >>. C<< $options->{type} >> can be either C<html>
-or C<js> and defaults to C<html>. An exception will be thrown if that
-file does not exist.
+Other reference types, unknown options and unknown arguments to the
+C<type> option cause the function to L<croak>.
-The template itself has access to the following variables:
+The following options are available:
+
+=over 2
+
+=item C<type>
+
+The template type. Can be C<html> (the default), C<js> for JavaScript
+or C<json> for JSON content. Affects only the extension that's added
+to the file name given with a non-reference C<$template> argument.
+
+=item C<process>
+
+If trueish (which is also the default) it causes the template/content
+to be processed by the Template toolkit. Otherwise the
+template/content is returned as-is.
+
+=back
+
+If template processing is requested then the template has access to
+the following variables:
=over 2
Example: Render a string and return its content for further processing
by the calling function.
- my $content = $presenter->render(
- '[% USE JavaScript %][% JavaScript.replace_with("#someid", "js/something") %]',
- { type => 'js', inline => 1 }
+ my $content = $presenter->render(\'[% USE JavaScript %][% JavaScript.replace_with("#someid", "js/something") %]');
+
+Example: Return the content of a JSON template file without processing
+it at all:
+
+ my $template_content = $presenter->render(
+ 'customer/contact',
+ { type => 'json', process => 0 }
);
=item C<escape $text>