NAME

       Template::Plugin::Procedural - Base class for procedural plugins

SYNOPSIS

           package Template::Plugin::LWPSimple;
           use base qw(Template::Plugin::Procedural);
           use LWP::Simple;  # exports 'get'
           1;

           [% USE LWPSimple %]
           [% LWPSimple.get("http://www.tt2.org/") %]

DESCRIPTION

       "Template::Plugin::Procedural" is a base class for Template Toolkit plugins that causes
       defined subroutines to be called directly rather than as a method.  Essentially this means
       that subroutines will not receive the class name or object as its first argument.

       This is most useful when creating plugins for modules that normally work by exporting
       subroutines that do not expect such additional arguments.

       Despite the fact that subroutines will not be called in an OO manner, inheritance still
       function as normal.  A class that uses "Template::Plugin::Procedural" can be subclassed
       and both subroutines defined in the subclass and subroutines defined in the original class
       will be available to the Template Toolkit and will be called without the class/object
       argument.

AUTHOR

       Mark Fowler <mark@twoshortplanks.com> <http://www.twoshortplanks.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Mark Fowler <mark@twoshortplanks.com>

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

SEE ALSO

       Template, Template::Plugin