NAME

CGI::Ex::Template - Template::Alloy based TT2/TT3/HT/HTE/Tmpl/Velocity engine.

SYNOPSIS

Template::Toolkit style usage

my $t = Template::Alloy->new(
    INCLUDE_PATH => ['/path/to/templates'],
);

my $swap = {
    key1 => 'val1',
    key2 => 'val2',
    code => sub { 42 },
    hash => {a => 'b'},
};

# print to STDOUT
$t->process('my/template.tt', $swap)
    || die $t->error;

# process into a variable
my $out = '';
$t->process('my/template.tt', $swap, \$out);

### Alloy uses the same syntax and configuration as Template::Toolkit

HTML::Template::Expr style usage

my $t = Template::Alloy->new(
    filename => 'my/template.ht',
    path     => ['/path/to/templates'],
);

my $swap = {
    key1 => 'val1',
    key2 => 'val2',
    code => sub { 42 },
    hash => {a => 'b'},
};

$t->param($swap);

# print to STDOUT (errors die)
$t->output(print_to => \*STDOUT);

# process into a variable
my $out = $t->output;

### Alloy can also use the same syntax and configuration as HTML::Template

Text::Tmpl style usage

my $t = Template::Alloy->new;

my $swap = {
    key1 => 'val1',
    key2 => 'val2',
    code => sub { 42 },
    hash => {a => 'b'},
};

$t->set_delimiters('#[', ']#');
$t->set_strip(0);
$t->set_values($swap);
$t->set_dir('/path/to/templates');

my $out = $t->parse_file('my/template.tmpl');

my $str = "Foo #[echo $key1]# Bar";
my $out = $t->parse_string($str);


### Alloy uses the same syntax and configuration as Text::Tmpl

Velocity (VTL) style usage

my $t = Template::Alloy->new;

my $swap = {
    key1 => 'val1',
    key2 => 'val2',
    code => sub { 42 },
    hash => {a => 'b'},
};

my $out = $t->merge('my/template.vtl', $swap);

my $str = "#set($foo 1 + 3) ($foo) ($bar) ($!baz)";
my $out = $t->merge(\$str, $swap);

DESCRIPTION

CGI::Ex::Template is the original base for the code that is now Template::Alloy. Template::Alloy employed enough complexity and featureset to warrant moving it out to a separate namespace.

CGI::Ex::Template is now a place holder subclass of Template::Alloy. You can use CGI::Ex::Template as a standalone module - but it is suggested that you use Template::Alloy directly instead.

For examples of usage, configuration, syntax, bugs, vmethods, directives, etc please refer to the Template::Alloy documentation.

LICENSE

This module may be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Paul Seamons <paul@seamons.com>