Catalyst::View::Mason - Mason View Class
# use the helper script/create.pl view Mason Mason # lib/MyApp/View/Mason.pm package MyApp::View::Mason; use base 'Catalyst::View::Mason'; __PACKAGE__->config(use_match => 0); 1; $c->forward('MyApp::View::Mason');
Want to use a Mason component in your views? No problem! Catalyst::View::Mason comes to the rescue.
From the Catalyst controller:
$c->stash->{name} = 'Homer'; # Pass a scalar $c->stash->{extra_info} = { last_name => 'Simpson', children => [qw(Bart Lisa Maggie)] }; # A ref works too
From the Mason template:
<%args> $name $extra_info </%args> <p>Your name is <strong><% $name %> <% $extra_info->{last_name} %></strong> <p>Your children are: <ul> % foreach my $child (@{$extra_info->{children}}) { <li><% $child %></li> % } </ul>
Returns the component path from $c->stash->{template} or $c->request->match or $c->action (depending on the use_match setting).
Renders the component specified in $c->stash->{template} or $c->request->match or $c->action (depending on the use_match setting) to $c->response->body.
Note that the component name must be absolute, or is converted to absolute (i.e., a / is added to the beginning if it doesn't start with one).
Mason global variables $base, $c, and $name are automatically set to the base, context, and name of the app, respectively.
$base
$c
$name
Renders the given template and returns output, or a HTML::Mason::Exception object upon error.
The template variables are set to %$args if $args is a hashref, or $c->stash otherwise.
This allows you to to pass additional settings to the HTML::Mason::Interp constructor or to set the options as below:
template_extension
This string is appended (if present) to $c->action when generating a template path.
$c->action
Defaults to an empty string.
Example: template_extension => '.html'
template_extension => '.html'
always_append_template_extension
Set this to a true value if you want template_extension to be appended to the component path even if it was explicitly set.
Defaults to 0.
Example: always_append_template_extension => 1
always_append_template_extension => 1
use_match
Use $c->request->match instead of $c->action to determine which template to use if $c->stash->{template} isn't set. This option is deprecated and exists for backward compatibility only.
$c->request->match
$c->stash->{template}
Currently defaults to 0. Old code should set this to 1 to avoid breakage.
Example: use_match => 0
use_match => 0
The default HTML::Mason::Interp config options are as follows:
comp_root
$app->config->root
data_dir
File::Spec->catdir( File::Spec->tmpdir, sprintf('%s_%d_mason_data_dir', $app, $<) )
allow_globals
qw/$c $name $base/
If you add additional allowed globals those will be appended to the list of default globals.
Catalyst, HTML::Mason, "Using Mason from a Standalone Script" in HTML::Mason::Admin
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Copyright (c) 2005 - 2009 the Catalyst::View::Mason "AUTHORS" as listed above.
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Catalyst::View::Mason, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Catalyst::View::Mason
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Catalyst::View::Mason
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.