my $template = shift;
my ($options, %locals) = (@_ && ref($_[0])) ? @_ : ({ }, @_);
+ $options->{type} = lc($options->{type} || 'html');
+ $options->{no_layout} = 1 if $options->{type} eq 'js';
+
my $source;
if ($options->{inline}) {
$source = \$template;
} else {
- $source = "templates/webpages/${template}.html";
+ $source = "templates/webpages/${template}." . $options->{type};
croak "Template file ${source} not found" unless -f $source;
}
- if (!$options->{partial} && !$options->{inline}) {
- $::form->{title} = $locals{title} if $locals{title};
- $::form->header;
+ if (!$options->{partial} && !$options->{inline} && !$::form->{header}) {
+ if ($options->{no_layout}) {
+ $::form->{header} = 1;
+ my $content_type = $options->{type} eq 'js' ? 'text/javascript' : 'text/html';
+
+ print $::form->create_http_response(content_type => $content_type,
+ charset => $::dbcharset || Common::DEFAULT_CHARSET);
+
+ } else {
+ $::form->{title} = $locals{title} if $locals{title};
+ $::form->header;
+ }
}
my %params = ( %locals,
my $parser = $self->_template_obj;
$parser->process($source, \%params, \$output) || croak $parser->error;
- print $output unless $options->{inline};
+ print $output unless $options->{inline} || $options->{no_output};
return $output;
}
parameters are slurped into C<%locals>.
What is rendered and how C<$template> is interpreted is determined by
-C<< $options->{inline} >> and C<< $options->{partial} >>.
+the options I<type>, I<inline>, I<partial> and I<no_layout>.
If C<< $options->{inline} >> is trueish then C<$template> is a string
containing the template code to interprete. Additionally the output
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 ".html". An exception will be
-thrown if that file does not exist.
+"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.
If C<< $options->{partial} >> or C<< $options->{inline} >> is trueish
-then C<< $::form->header >> will not be called. Otherwise
-C<< $::form->{header} >> will be set to C<$locals{header}> (only if
-$locals{header} is trueish) and C<< $::form->header >> will be called
-before the template itself is processed.
+then neither the HTTP response header nor the standard HTML header is
+generated.
+
+Otherwise at least the HTTP response header will be generated based on
+the template type (C<< $options->{type} >>).
+
+If the template type is C<html> then the standard HTML header will be
+output via C<< $::form->header >> with C<< $::form->{title} >> set to
+C<$locals{title}> (the latter only if C<$locals{title}> is
+trueish). Setting C<< $options->{no_layout} >> to trueish will prevent
+this.
The template itself has access to the following variables:
The function will always return the output.
+Example: Render a HTML template with a certain title and a few locals
+
+ $self->render('todo/list',
+ title => 'List TODO items',
+ TODO_ITEMS => SL::DB::Manager::Todo->get_all_sorted);
+
+Example: Render a string and return its content for further processing
+by the calling function. No header is generated due to C<inline>.
+
+ my $content = $self->render('[% USE JavaScript %][% JavaScript.replace_with("#someid", "js/something") %]',
+ { type => 'js', inline => 1 });
+
+Example: Render a JavaScript template and send it to the
+browser. Typical use for actions called via AJAX:
+
+ $self->render('todo/single_item', { type => 'js' },
+ item => $employee->most_important_todo_item);
+
=item C<url_for $url>
=item C<url_for $params>