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/ Text::Yats

NAME

Text::Yats - Yet Another Templete System

SYNOPSIS

use Text::Yats;

my $template = <<ENDHTML;
<html>
<head>
<title>\$title - \$version</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<select name="names"><!--{1}-->
<option \$selected>\$list</option>
<!--{2}--></select>
</form>
</body>
</html>
ENDHTML

my $result = "";
my $tpl = Text::Yats->new(
              level => 1,
              text  => $template);

$result .= $tpl->section->[0]->replace(
              title      => "Yats",
              version    => "Development", );

$result .= $tpl->section->[1]->replace(
              list       => ['hdias','anita','cubitos'],
              selected   => { value => "selected",
                              array => "list",
                              match => "anita", } );

$result .= $tpl->section->[2]->text;
print $result;

-- Result --

<html> <head> <title>Yats - Development</title> </head> <body> <form> <select name="names"> <option>hdias</option> <option selected>anita</option> <option>cubitos</option> </select> </form> </body>

DESCRIPTION

This is yet another module for template-based text generation. You can store a template in a file outside your program. People can modify the template without modifying the program.

CONSTRUCTORS

use Text::Yats;

my $tpl = Text::Yats->new(
              level => 1,
              file  => "templates/test.txt");

METHODS

new()

This method create a new Template object. You must call new() with at least one key => value pair.

file

This is the name of the template to be loaded. It can be an absolute or relative pathname.

text

This creates a template from in-memory text data

level

If the block "<--{x}-->" is found, the template have one or more sections. "x" is a number or numbers and points.

level 0 (only text no sections, default option)

text1

$tpl->text(); this return text1

level 1 (text with separator of level 1)

text1<!--{1}-->text2<!--{2}-->text3

$tpl->section->[0]->text(); this return text1

$tpl->section->[1]->text(); this return text2

$tpl->section->[2]->text(); this return text3

level 2 (text with separator of level 2)

text1<!--{1}-->text2<!--{1.1}-->text3<!--{2}-->text4

$tpl->section->[0]->text(); this return text1

$tpl->section->[1]->section->[0]->text(); this return text2

$tpl->section->[1]->section->[1]->text(); this return text3

$tpl->section->[2]->text(); this return text4

level n (n is a number)

section()

The section is a array ref that contains all the parts of the templates and sub templates (template->section->[n]).

replace()

This method substitutes all the variables which are defined in the template ($var) with producing output. You can provide substitution parameters in three forms (you can mix them if you want):

array reference

var_a => ["a","b","c","d","e"],

scalar value

var_b => "e",

hash reference

var_c => { value => "selected", array => "var_a", match => "c", }

Replace var_c with "selected" when it finds "c"

var_c => { value => "selected", array => "var_a", match => ["b","d"], }

Replace var_c with "selected" when it finds "b" or "d"

text()

This method return only the text, not replace anything.

AUTHOR

Henrique Dias <hdias@esb.ucp.pt>

VERSION

version 0.03

SEE ALSO

perl(1).