Name
CatalystX::Usul::View::HTML - Render a page of HTML or XHTML
Version
0.5.$Revision: 1139 $
Synopsis
use base qw(CatalystX::Usul::View::HTML);Description
Generate a page of HTML or XHTML using Template Toolkit and the contents of the stash
Subroutines/Methods
COMPONENT
Looks up and caches CSS, Javascript and template files rather than test for their existence with each request
bad_request
Adds the provided error message to the result div after prepending a stock phrase specific to the failed action
deserialize
Dummy method, does nothing in this view
get_verb
Returns the _method parameter from the query which is used by the action class to lookup the action to forward to. Called from the begin method once the current view has been determined from the request content type
not_implemented
Proxy for "bad_request"
process
Calls "_fix_stash", _build_widgets, "_setup_css" and "_setup_jscript" before calling Template::Toolkit via the parent class. Will also call "_fillform" if the override attribute was set in the stash to indicate an error. Encodes the response body using the currently selected encoding
_build_widgets in CatalystX::Usul::View is passed those parts of the stash that might contain widget definitions which it renders as HTML or XHTML
Private Methods
_fillform
Uses HTML::FillInForm to fill in the response body from the request parameters
_fix_stash
Adds some extra entries to the stash
- template
-
Detects and loads a custom template if one has been created for this page
- target
-
Sets the target for this page in the headers
_setup_css
For the selected skin sets up the data for the main CSS link and the alternate CSS links if any exist
_setup_jscript
For the selected skin adds it's Javascript file to the list files that will be linked into the page
Diagnostics
None
Configuration and Environment
- css
-
Basename of the file containing the CSS for the generated page. Defaults to presentation
- jscript
-
Basename of the file containing the Javascript used to modify the default behaviour of the browser. Defaults to behaviour
- default_template
-
Basename of the TT file used to generate the page. Defaults to layout
- template_extension
-
Templage file extension. Defaults to tt
Dependencies
Incompatibilities
There are no known incompatibilities in this module
Bugs and Limitations
There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome
Author
Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>
License and Copyright
Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE