NAME

Template::Plugin::Clone - clone objects within TT

SYNOPSIS

  [% USE Clone %]
  [% bar = Clone.clone(foo) %]

  [% USE CloneVMethods %]
  [% baz = foo.clone %]

DESCRIPTION

Clones objects and datastructures from within the Template Toolkit using the dclone method from Storable. If the item passed to the function isn't a object or data structure then it is simply copied.

To access the clone function like a class method, simply use the plugin from within a Template Toolkit template:

  [% USE Clone %]

And then call the method against the Clone object.

  [% bar = Clone.close(foo) %]

Alternatively you can load the function as vmethods:

  [% USE CloneVMethods %]
  [% baz foo.clone %]

Using the VMethods plugin as above will cause the vmethods to be in effect for the current template and all templates called from that template. To allow all templates called from any instance of the Template module load the module from Perl with the 'install' parameter.

  use Template::Plugin::CloneVMethods 'install';

AUTHOR

Written by Mark Fowler <mark@twoshortplanks.com>

Copryright Mark Fowler 2003. All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Main functionality imported from Storable, which was written by Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> and is now maintained by the perl5-porters >perl5-porters@perl.org<

BUGS

None known.

Bugs should be reported to me via the CPAN RT system. http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Template-Plugin-Clone.

SEE ALSO

Storable Template::Plugin::Procedural Template::Plugin::VMethods