Provided by: libtemplate-perl_2.27-1build7_amd64 bug

NAME

       Template - Front-end module to the Template Toolkit

SYNOPSIS

           use Template;

           # some useful options (see below for full list)
           my $config = {
               INCLUDE_PATH => '/search/path',  # or list ref
               INTERPOLATE  => 1,               # expand "$var" in plain text
               POST_CHOMP   => 1,               # cleanup whitespace
               PRE_PROCESS  => 'header',        # prefix each template
               EVAL_PERL    => 1,               # evaluate Perl code blocks
           };

           # create Template object
           my $template = Template->new($config);

           # define template variables for replacement
           my $vars = {
               var1  => $value,
               var2  => \%hash,
               var3  => \@list,
               var4  => \&code,
               var5  => $object,
           };

           # specify input filename, or file handle, text reference, etc.
           my $input = 'myfile.html';

           # process input template, substituting variables
           $template->process($input, $vars)
               || die $template->error();

DESCRIPTION

       This documentation describes the Template module which is the direct Perl interface into
       the Template Toolkit.  It covers the use of the module and gives a brief summary of
       configuration options and template directives.  Please see Template::Manual for the
       complete reference manual which goes into much greater depth about the features and use of
       the Template Toolkit.  The Template::Tutorial is also available as an introductory guide
       to using the Template Toolkit.

METHODS

   new(\%config)
       The "new()" constructor method (implemented by the Template::Base base class) instantiates
       a new "Template" object. A reference to a hash array of configuration items may be passed
       as a parameter.

           my $tt = Template->new({
               INCLUDE_PATH => '/usr/local/templates',
               EVAL_PERL    => 1,
           }) || die $Template::ERROR, "\n";

       A reference to a new "Template" object is returned, or undef on error. In the latter case,
       the error message can be retrieved by calling error() as a class method or by examining
       the $Template::ERROR package variable directly.

           my $tt = Template->new(\%config)
               || die Template->error(), "\n";

           my $tt = Template->new(\%config)
               || die $Template::ERROR, "\n";

       For convenience, configuration items may also be specified as a list of items instead of a
       hash array reference.  These are automatically folded into a hash array by the
       constructor.

           my $tt = Template->new(INCLUDE_PATH => '/tmp', POST_CHOMP => 1)
               || die $Template::ERROR, "\n";

   process($template, \%vars, $output, %options)
       The "process()" method is called to process a template. The first parameter indicates the
       input template as one of: a filename relative to "INCLUDE_PATH", if defined; a reference
       to a text string containing the template text; or a file handle reference (e.g.
       "IO::Handle" or sub-class) or "GLOB" (e.g. "\*STDIN"), from which the template can be
       read. A reference to a hash array may be passed as the second parameter, containing
       definitions of template variables.

           # filename
           $tt->process('welcome.tt2')
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           # text reference
           $text = "[% INCLUDE header %]\nHello world!\n[% INCLUDE footer %]";
           $tt->process(\$text)
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           # file handle (GLOB)
           $tt->process(\*DATA)
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           __END__
           [% INCLUDE header %]
           This is a template defined in the __END__ section which is
           accessible via the DATA "file handle".
           [% INCLUDE footer %]

       By default, the processed template output is printed to "STDOUT". The "process()" method
       then returns 1 to indicate success. A third parameter may be passed to the "process()"
       method to specify a different output location.  This value may be one of: a plain string
       indicating a filename which will be opened (relative to "OUTPUT_PATH", if defined) and the
       output written to; a file GLOB opened ready for output; a reference to a scalar (e.g. a
       text string) to which output/error is appended; a reference to a subroutine which is
       called, passing the output as a parameter; or any object reference which implements a
       "print()" method (e.g. "IO::Handle", "Apache::Request", etc.) which will be called,
       passing the generated output as a parameter.

       Examples:

           # output filename
           $tt->process('welcome.tt2', $vars, 'welcome.html')
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           # reference to output subroutine
           sub myout {
               my $output = shift;
               ...
           }
           $tt->process('welcome.tt2', $vars, \&myout)
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           # reference to output text string
           my $output = '';
           $tt->process('welcome.tt2', $vars, \$output)
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           print "output: $output\n";

       In an Apache/mod_perl handler:

           sub handler {
               my $req = shift;

               # ...your code here...

               # direct output to Apache::Request via $req->print($output)
               $tt->process($file, $vars, $req) || do {
                   $req->log_reason($tt->error());
                   return SERVER_ERROR;
               };
               return OK;
           }

       After the optional third output argument can come an optional reference to a hash or a
       list of "(name, value)" pairs providing further options for the output.  The only option
       currently supported is "binmode" which, when set to any true value will ensure that files
       created (but not any existing file handles passed) will be set to binary mode.

           # either: hash reference of options
           $tt->process($infile, $vars, $outfile, { binmode => 1 })
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           # or: list of name, value pairs
           $tt->process($infile, $vars, $outfile, binmode => 1)
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

       Alternately, the "binmode" argument can specify a particular IO layer such as ":utf8".

           $tt->process($infile, $vars, $outfile, binmode => ':utf8')
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

       The "OUTPUT" configuration item can be used to specify a default output location other
       than "\*STDOUT".  The "OUTPUT_PATH" specifies a directory which should be prefixed to all
       output locations specified as filenames.

           my $tt = Template->new({
               OUTPUT      => sub { ... },       # default
               OUTPUT_PATH => '/tmp',
           ...
           }) || die Template->error(), "\n";

           # use default OUTPUT (sub is called)
           $tt->process('welcome.tt2', $vars)
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

           # write file to '/tmp/welcome.html'
           $tt->process('welcome.tt2', $vars, 'welcome.html')
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

       The "process()" method returns 1 on success or "undef" on error. The error message
       generated in the latter case can be retrieved by calling the error() method. See also
       "CONFIGURATION SUMMARY" which describes how error handling may be further customised.

   error()
       When called as a class method, it returns the value of the $ERROR package variable.  Thus,
       the following are equivalent.

           my $tt = Template->new()
               || die Template->error(), "\n";

           my $tt = Template->new()
               || die $Template::ERROR, "\n";

       When called as an object method, it returns the value of the internal "_ERROR" variable,
       as set by an error condition in a previous call to process().

           $tt->process('welcome.tt2')
               || die $tt->error(), "\n";

       Errors are represented in the Template Toolkit by objects of the Template::Exception
       class. If the process() method returns a false value then the "error()" method can be
       called to return an object of this class.  The type() and info() methods can called on the
       object to retrieve the error type and information string, respectively. The as_string()
       method can be called to return a string of the form "$type - $info". This method is also
       overloaded onto the stringification operator allowing the object reference itself to be
       printed to return the formatted error string.

           $tt->process('somefile') || do {
               my $error = $tt->error();
               print "error type: ", $error->type(), "\n";
               print "error info: ", $error->info(), "\n";
               print $error, "\n";
           };

   service()
       The "Template" module delegates most of the effort of processing templates to an
       underlying Template::Service object.  This method returns a reference to that object.

   context()
       The Template::Service module uses a core Template::Context object for runtime processing
       of templates.  This method returns a reference to that object and is equivalent to
       "$template->service->context()".

   template($name)
       This method is a simple wrapper around the Template::Context method of the same name.  It
       returns a compiled template for the source provided as an argument.

CONFIGURATION SUMMARY

       The following list gives a short summary of each Template Toolkit configuration option.
       See Template::Manual::Config for full details.

   Template Style and Parsing Options
       ENCODING

       Specifies the character encoding.

       START_TAG, END_TAG

       Define tokens that indicate start and end of directives (default: '"[%"' and '"%]"').

       TAG_STYLE

       Set "START_TAG" and "END_TAG" according to a pre-defined style (default: '"template"', as
       above).

       PRE_CHOMP, POST_CHOMP

       Removes whitespace before/after directives (default: 0/0).

       TRIM

       Remove leading and trailing whitespace from template output (default: 0).

       INTERPOLATE

       Interpolate variables embedded like $this or "${this}" (default: 0).

       ANYCASE

       Allow directive keywords in lower case (default: 0 - UPPER only).

   Template Files and Blocks
       INCLUDE_PATH

       One or more directories to search for templates.

       DELIMITER

       Delimiter for separating paths in "INCLUDE_PATH" (default: '":"').

       ABSOLUTE

       Allow absolute file names, e.g. "/foo/bar.html" (default: 0).

       RELATIVE

       Allow relative filenames, e.g. "../foo/bar.html" (default: 0).

       DEFAULT

       Default template to use when another not found.

       BLOCKS

       Hash array pre-defining template blocks.

       AUTO_RESET

       Enabled by default causing "BLOCK" definitions to be reset each time a template is
       processed.  Disable to allow "BLOCK" definitions to persist.

       RECURSION

       Flag to permit recursion into templates (default: 0).

   Template Variables
       VARIABLES

       Hash array of variables and values to pre-define in the stash.

   Runtime Processing Options
       EVAL_PERL

       Flag to indicate if "PERL"/"RAWPERL" blocks should be processed (default: 0).

       PRE_PROCESS, POST_PROCESS

       Name of template(s) to process before/after main template.

       PROCESS

       Name of template(s) to process instead of main template.

       ERROR

       Name of error template or reference to hash array mapping error types to templates.

       OUTPUT

       Default output location or handler.

       OUTPUT_PATH

       Directory into which output files can be written.

       DEBUG

       Enable debugging messages.

   Caching and Compiling Options
       CACHE_SIZE

       Maximum number of compiled templates to cache in memory (default: undef - cache all)

       COMPILE_EXT

       Filename extension for compiled template files (default: undef - don't compile).

       COMPILE_DIR

       Root of directory in which compiled template files should be written (default: undef -
       don't compile).

   Plugins and Filters
       PLUGINS

       Reference to a hash array mapping plugin names to Perl packages.

       PLUGIN_BASE

       One or more base classes under which plugins may be found.

       LOAD_PERL

       Flag to indicate regular Perl modules should be loaded if a named plugin can't be found
       (default: 0).

       FILTERS

       Hash array mapping filter names to filter subroutines or factories.

   Customisation and Extension
       LOAD_TEMPLATES

       List of template providers.

       LOAD_PLUGINS

       List of plugin providers.

       LOAD_FILTERS

       List of filter providers.

       TOLERANT

       Set providers to tolerate errors as declinations (default: 0).

       SERVICE

       Reference to a custom service object (default: Template::Service).

       CONTEXT

       Reference to a custom context object (default: Template::Context).

       STASH

       Reference to a custom stash object (default: Template::Stash).

       PARSER

       Reference to a custom parser object (default: Template::Parser).

       GRAMMAR

       Reference to a custom grammar object (default: Template::Grammar).

DIRECTIVE SUMMARY

       The following list gives a short summary of each Template Toolkit directive.  See
       Template::Manual::Directives for full details.

   GET
       Evaluate and print a variable or value.

           [%   GET variable %]    # 'GET' keyword is optional
           [%       variable %]
           [%       hash.key %]
           [%         list.n %]
           [%     code(args) %]
           [% obj.meth(args) %]
           [%  "value: $var" %]

   CALL
       As per GET but without printing result (e.g. call code)

           [%  CALL variable %]

   SET
       Assign a values to variables.

           [% SET variable = value %]    # 'SET' also optional
           [%     variable = other_variable
                  variable = 'literal text @ $100'
                  variable = "interpolated text: $var"
                  list     = [ val, val, val, val, ... ]
                  list     = [ val..val ]
                  hash     = { var => val, var => val, ... }
           %]

   DEFAULT
       Like SET, but variables are only set if currently unset (i.e. have no true value).

           [% DEFAULT variable = value %]

   INSERT
       Insert a file without any processing performed on the contents.

           [% INSERT legalese.txt %]

   PROCESS
       Process another template file or block and insert the generated output.  Any template
       BLOCKs or variables defined or updated in the "PROCESS"ed template will thereafter be
       defined in the calling template.

           [% PROCESS template %]
           [% PROCESS template  var = val, ... %]

   INCLUDE
       Similar to "PROCESS", but using a local copy of the current variables.  Any template
       "BLOCK"s or variables defined in the "INCLUDE"d template remain local to it.

           [% INCLUDE template %]
           [% INCLUDE template  var = val, ... %]

   WRAPPER
       The content between the "WRAPPER" and corresponding "END" directives is first evaluated,
       with the output generated being stored in the "content" variable.  The named template is
       then process as per "INCLUDE".

           [% WRAPPER layout %]
              Some template markup [% blah %]...
           [% END %]

       A simple layout template might look something like this:

           Your header here...
           [% content %]
           Your footer here...

   BLOCK
       Define a named template block for INCLUDE, PROCESS and WRAPPER to use.

           [% BLOCK hello %]
              Hello World
           [% END %]

           [% INCLUDE hello %]

   FOREACH
       Repeat the enclosed "FOREACH" ... "END" block for each value in the list.

           [% FOREACH variable IN [ val, val, val ] %]    # either
           [% FOREACH variable IN list %]                 # or
              The variable is set to [% variable %]
           [% END %]

   WHILE
       The block enclosed between "WHILE" and "END" block is processed while the specified
       condition is true.

           [% WHILE condition %]
              content
           [% END %]

   IF / UNLESS / ELSIF / ELSE
       The enclosed block is processed if the condition is true / false.

           [% IF condition %]
              content
           [% ELSIF condition %]
            content
           [% ELSE %]
            content
           [% END %]

           [% UNLESS condition %]
              content
           [% # ELSIF/ELSE as per IF, above %]
              content
           [% END %]

   SWITCH / CASE
       Multi-way switch/case statement.

           [% SWITCH variable %]
           [%   CASE val1 %]
                  content
           [%   CASE [ val2, val3 ] %]
                  content
           [%   CASE %]         # or [% CASE DEFAULT %]
                  content
           [% END %]

   MACRO
       Define a named macro.

           [% MACRO name <directive> %]
           [% MACRO name(arg1, arg2) <directive> %]
           ...
           [% name %]
           [% name(val1, val2) %]

   FILTER
       Process enclosed "FILTER" ... "END" block then pipe through a filter.

           [% FILTER name %]                       # either
           [% FILTER name( params ) %]             # or
           [% FILTER alias = name( params ) %]     # or
              content
           [% END %]

   USE
       Load a plugin module (see "Template::<Manual::Plugins"), or any regular Perl module when
       the "LOAD_PERL" option is set.

           [% USE name %]                      # either
           [% USE name( params ) %]            # or
           [% USE var = name( params ) %]      # or
           ...
           [% name.method %]
           [% var.method %]

   PERL / RAWPERL
       Evaluate enclosed blocks as Perl code (requires the "EVAL_PERL" option to be set).

           [% PERL %]
            # perl code goes here
            $stash->set('foo', 10);
            print "set 'foo' to ", $stash->get('foo'), "\n";
            print $context->include('footer', { var => $val });
           [% END %]

           [% RAWPERL %]
              # raw perl code goes here, no magic but fast.
              $output .= 'some output';
           [% END %]

   TRY / THROW / CATCH / FINAL
       Exception handling.

           [% TRY %]
            content
              [% THROW type info %]
           [% CATCH type %]
            catch content
              [% error.type %] [% error.info %]
           [% CATCH %] # or [% CATCH DEFAULT %]
            content
           [% FINAL %]
              this block is always processed
           [% END %]

   NEXT
       Jump straight to the next item in a "FOREACH" or "WHILE" loop.

           [% NEXT %]

   LAST
       Break out of "FOREACH" or "WHILE" loop.

           [% LAST %]

   RETURN
       Stop processing current template and return to including templates.

           [% RETURN %]

   STOP
       Stop processing all templates and return to caller.

           [% STOP %]

   TAGS
       Define new tag style or characters (default: "[%" "%]").

           [% TAGS html %]
           [% TAGS <!-- --> %]

   COMMENTS
       Ignored and deleted.

           [% # this is a comment to the end of line
              foo = 'bar'
           %]

           [%# placing the '#' immediately inside the directive
               tag comments out the entire directive
           %]

SOURCE CODE REPOSITORY

       The source code for the Template Toolkit is held in a public git repository on Github:
       <https://github.com/abw/Template2>

AUTHOR

       Andy Wardley <abw@wardley.org> <http://wardley.org/>

VERSION

       Template Toolkit version 2.26, released January 2014.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1996-2014 Andy Wardley.  All Rights Reserved.

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