/ 
Handel-0.26
/ Template::Plugin::Handel::Checkout

NAME

Template::Plugin::Handel::Checkout - Template Toolkit plugin for checkout processing

SYNOPSIS

[% USE Handel.Checkout %]
[% IF (checkout = Handel.Checkout.create(order => 'A2CCD312-73B5-4EE4-B77E-3D027349A055')) %]
    [% checkout.process %]
    [% FOREACH message IN checkout.messages %]
        [% message.text %]
    [% END %]
[% END %]

DESCRIPTION

Template::Plugin::Handel::Checkout is a TT2 (Template Toolkit 2) plugin for Handel::Checkout. It's API is exactly the same as Handel::Checkout with a few minor exceptions noted below.

Since new is used by TT2 to load plugins, Handel::Checkouts new can be accesed using create.

Starting in version 0.08, Handel::Constants are now imported into this module automatically. This removes the need to use Template::Plugin::Handel::Constants seperately when working with carts.

[% USE hc = Handel.Constants %]
[% cart = hc.create(...) %]
[% cart.type(hc.CHECKOUT_PHASE_INITIALIZE) %]

CAVEATS

Template Toolkit handles method params in a smart fashion that allows you to pass named parameters into methoda and it will convert them into HASH references.

For example:

[% checkout.method(name1=val1, name2=val2, otherarg);

is turned into:

checkout->method(otherarg, {name1=>val1, name2=>val2});

Unfortunatly, it looks like TT2 reverses the @ARGS order during translation. This causes problems with Handel::Order::load and items as they expect ($hashref, $wantiterator) instead.

Do to this, it is recommended that you always use the same explicit form as you would use when calling Handel::Checkout when calling create and items:

[% checkout.method({name1=>val1, name2=>val2}, $wantiterator) %]

CONSTRUCTOR

Unlike using Handel::Checkout to create a new checkout object using new, Template::Plugin::Handel::Checkout takes a slightly different approach to checkout objects. Because USEing in TT2 calls new, we first USE or create a new Template::Plugin::Handel::Checkout object then create to return a new checkout object.

new

This returns a new Handel.Checkout object. This is used internally when loading TT2 plugins and should not be used directly.

METHODS

create(\%options)

[% USE Handel.Checkout %]
[% IF (checkout = Handel.Checkout.create({
    order => '12345678-9876-5432-1234-567890987654'})) %]

    [% order.process %]
    ...

[% END %]

SEE ALSO

Template::Plugin::Handel::Constants, Handel::Constants, Handel::Checkout, Template::Plugin

AUTHOR

Christopher H. Laco
CPAN ID: CLACO
claco@chrislaco.com
http://today.icantfocus.com/blog/