NAME
Maypole::View::Base - Base cl
DESCRIPTION
This is the base class for Maypole view classes. This is an abstract class meant to define the interface, and can't be used directly.
process
This is the engine of this module. It populates all the relevant variables and calls the requested action.
Anyone subclassing this for a different database abstraction mechanism needs to provide the following methods:
template
In this method you do the actual processing of your template. it should use paths to search for components, and provide the templates with easy access to the contents of vars. It should put the result in $r->{output} and return OK if processing was sucessfull, or populate $r->{error} and return ERROR if it fails.
Other overrides
Additionally, individual derived model classes may want to override the
new
The default constructor does nothing. You can override this to perform actions during view initialization.
paths
Returns search paths for templates. the default method returns factory, custom and <tablename> under the configured template root.
vars
returns a hash of data the template should have access to. The default one populates classmetadata if there is a class, as well as setting the data objects by name if there is one or more objects available.