NAME

Apache::PageKit::View - Bridge between Apache::PageKit and HTML::Template

DESCRIPTION

This class is a wrapper class to HTML::Template. It simplifies the calls to output a new template, stores the parameters to be used in a template, and fills in CGI forms using HTML::FillInForm and resolves <PKIT_*> tags.

METHODS

The following methods are available to the user as Apache::PageKit::View API.

new

my $view = new Apache::PageKit::View;

Constructor for new object.

param

This is similar to the HTML::Template method. It is used to set template variables.

$view->param(USERNAME => "John Doe");

Sets the parameter USERNAME to "John Doe". That is <TMPL_VAR NAME="USERNAME"> will be replaced with "John Doe".

It can also be used to set multiple parameters at once:

$view->param(firstname => $firstname,
             lastname => $lastname);

prepare_module

$view->prepare_module(34);

Calles the code for the module with id 34 and fills in the module template.

prepare_page

$view->prepare_page;

Calles the code for the page and fills in the page template.

prepare_entire_page

Resolves <PKIT_*> tags and fills in HTML forms using HTML::FillInForm.

output_ref

Returns a reference to the output of the parsed template.

SEE ALSO

Apache::PageKit, HTML::FillInForm, HTML::Template

AUTHOR

T.J. Mather (tjmather@thoughtstore.com)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2000, ThoughtStore, Inc. All rights Reserved. PageKit is a trademark of ThoughtStore, Inc.

LICENSE

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the Ricoh Source Code Public License for more details.

You can redistribute this module and/or modify it only under the terms of the Ricoh Source Code Public License.

You should have received a copy of the Ricoh Source Code Public License along with this program; if not, obtain one at http://www.pagekit.org/license