[%#

=head1 MACROS

These are some default macros which are used by various templates in the
system.

=head2 link

This creates an <A HREF="... to a command in the Apache::MVC system by
catenating the base URL, table, command, and any arguments.

#%]
[%
MACRO link(table, command, additional, label) BLOCK;
    '<A HREF="' _ base _ table _ "/" _ command _ "/" _ additional _ '">';
    label;
    "</A>";
END;
%]

[%#

=head2 maybe_link_view

C<maybe_link_view> takes something returned from the database - either
some ordinary data, or an object in a related class expanded by a
has-a relationship. If it is an object, it constructs a link to the view
command for that object. Otherwise, it just displays the data.

#%]

[%

MACRO maybe_link_view(object) BLOCK;
    IF object.table; # It's an object, i.e. a has-a
        link(object.table, "view", object.id, object);
    ELSE;
        object;
    END;
END;
%]

[%#

=head2 display_line

C<display_line> is used in the list template to display a row from the
database, by iterating over the columns and displaying the data for each
column. It misses out the C<id> column by default, and magically
URLifies columns called C<url>. This may be considered too much magic
for some.

#%]
[% MACRO display_line(item) BLOCK;
     FOR col = classmetadata.columns;
        NEXT IF col == "id";
        "<td>";
        IF col == "url";
            "<A HREF="; item.url; "> "; item.url; "</A>";
        ELSIF col == item.stringify_column;
            maybe_link_view(item);
        ELSE;
            maybe_link_view(item.$col);
        END;
        "</td>";
     END;
    button(item, "edit");
    button(item, "delete");
END %]
[%#

=head2 button

This is a generic button, which performs an action on an object.

=cut

#%]
[% MACRO button(obj, action) BLOCK; %]
<TD>
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="[%base%]/[%obj.table%]/[%action%]/[%obj.id%]">
    <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="[%action%]" VALUE="[%action%]">
</FORM>
</TD>
[% END %]
[%#

=head2 view_related

This takes an object, and looks up the C<related_accessors>; this should
give a list of accessors that can be called to get a list of related
objects. It then displays a title for that accessor, (i.e. "Beers" for a
brewery) calls the accesor, and displays a list of the results. 

=cut

#%]
[% 
MACRO view_related(object) BLOCK;
    FOR accessor = classmetadata.related_accessors.list;
        "<H3>"; accessor | ucfirst; "</H3>\n";
        "<UL id=\"vlist\">";
        FOR thing = object.$accessor;
            "<LI>"; maybe_link_view(thing); "</LI>\n";
        END;
        "</UL>";
    END; 
END;

MACRO test_xxxx(myblock) BLOCK;
    FOR col = classmetadata.columns;
        NEXT IF col == "id";
        myblock;
    END;
END;
%]