NAME

       Catalyst::View::Mason - Mason View Class

SYNOPSIS

           # use the helper
           script/create.pl view Mason Mason

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

           use base 'Catalyst::View::Mason';

           __PACKAGE__->config(use_match => 0);

           1;

           $c->forward('MyApp::View::Mason');

DESCRIPTION

       Want to use a Mason component in your views? No problem!  Catalyst::View::Mason comes to
       the rescue.

EXAMPLE

       From the Catalyst controller:

           $c->stash->{name} = 'Homer'; # Pass a scalar
           $c->stash->{extra_info} = {
                      last_name => 'Simpson',
                      children => [qw(Bart Lisa Maggie)]
           }; # A ref works too

       From the Mason template:

           <%args>
           $name
           $extra_info
           </%args>
           <p>Your name is <strong><% $name %> <% $extra_info->{last_name} %></strong>
           <p>Your children are:
           <ul>
           % foreach my $child (@{$extra_info->{children}}) {
           <li><% $child %></li>
           % }
           </ul>

METHODS

   new($app, \%config)
   get_component_path
       Returns the component path from $c->stash->{template} or $c->request->match or $c->action
       (depending on the use_match setting).

   process
       Renders the component specified in $c->stash->{template} or $c->request->match or
       $c->action (depending on the use_match setting) to $c->response->body.

       Note that the component name must be absolute, or is converted to absolute (i.e., a / is
       added to the beginning if it doesn't start with one).

       Mason global variables $base, $c, and $name are automatically set to the base, context,
       and name of the app, respectively.

   render($c, $component_path, \%args)
       Renders the given template and returns output, or a HTML::Mason::Exception object upon
       error.

       The template variables are set to %$args if $args is a hashref, or $c->stash otherwise.

       config

       This allows you to to pass additional settings to the HTML::Mason::Interp constructor or
       to set the options as below:

       "template_extension"
           This string is appended (if present) to "$c->action" when generating a template path.

           Defaults to an empty string.

           Example: "template_extension => '.html'"

       "always_append_template_extension"
           Set this to a true value if you want "template_extension" to be appended to the
           component path even if it was explicitly set.

           Defaults to 0.

           Example: "always_append_template_extension => 1"

       "use_match"
           Use "$c->request->match" instead of "$c->action" to determine which template to use if
           "$c->stash->{template}" isn't set. This option is deprecated and exists for backward
           compatibility only.

           Currently defaults to 0. Old code should set this to 1 to avoid breakage.

           Example: "use_match => 0"

       The default HTML::Mason::Interp config options are as follows:

       "comp_root"
           "$app->config->root"

       "data_dir"
           "File::Spec->catdir( File::Spec->tmpdir, sprintf('%s_%d_mason_data_dir', $app, $<) )"

       "allow_globals"
           "qw/$c $name $base/"

           If you add additional allowed globals those will be appended to the list of default
           globals.

SEE ALSO

       Catalyst, HTML::Mason, "Using Mason from a Standalone Script" in HTML::Mason::Admin

AUTHORS

       Andres Kievsky "ank@cpan.org"
       Sebastian Riedel "sri@cpan.org"
       Marcus Ramberg
       Florian Ragwitz "rafl@debian.org"
       Justin Hunter "justin.d.hunter@gmail.com"

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005 - 2009 the Catalyst::View::Mason "AUTHORS" as listed above.

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