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 %]

WITH variablies syntax is also supported:

[% INCLUDE "file.tt" WITH foo = 42, bar = 3.14 %]
[% INCLUDE "file.tt" WITH
    foo = 42
    bar = 3.14
%]

Template cascading

Not supported.

Macro blocks