NAME
Text::Xslate::Syntax::TTerse - An alternative syntax like Template-Toolkit 2
SYNOPSIS
use Text::Xslate;
my $tx = Text::Xslate->new(
syntax => 'TTerse',
);
print $tx->render_string(
'Hello, [% dialect %] world!',
{ dialect => 'TTerse' }
);DESCRIPTION
TTerse is a subset of the Template-Toolkit 2 syntax, using [% ... %] tags.
SYNTAX
Note that lower-cased keywords are also allowed.
Variable access
Scalar access:
[% var %]
[% $var %]Field access:
[% var.0 %]
[% var.field %]
[% var.accessor %]Variables may be HASH references, ARRAY references, or objects.
If $var is an object instance, you can call its methods.
[% $var.method() %]
[% $var.method(1, 2, 3) %]Expressions
Almost the same as Text::Xslate::Syntax::Kolon.
Loops
[% FOREACH item IN arrayref %]
* [% item %]
[% END %]Conditional statements
[% IF expression %]
This is true
[% ELSE %]
Tis is false
[% END %]
[% IF expression %]
Case 1
[% ELSIF expression %]
Case 2
[% ELSE %]
Case 3
[% END %]Functions and filters
[% var | f %]
[% f(var) %]Template inclusion
[% INCLUDE "file.tt" %]
[% INCLUDE $var %]Template cascading
Not supported.
Macro blocks
Not supported.