Maypole::View::Base(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioMaypole::View::Base(3)NAMEMaypole::View::Base - Base class for view classes
DESCRIPTION
This is the base class for Maypole view classes. This is an abstract
class that defines the interface, and can't be used directly.
process
This is the entry point for the view. It templates the request and
returns a "Maypole::Constant" indicate success or failure for the view
phase.
Anyone subclassing this for a different rendering 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 folders
for the model class's "moniker", factory, custom 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 table class, as well as
setting the data objects by name if there is one or more objects
available.
error
perl v5.14.1 2007-05-18 Maypole::View::Base(3)
