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NAME

Template::Provider::CustomDBIC - Load templates using DBIx::Class

SYNOPSIS

    use My::CustomDBIC::Schema;
    use Template;
    use Template::Provider::CustomDBIC;

    my $schema = My::CustomDBIC::Schema->connect(
        $dsn, $user, $password, \%options
    );
    my $resultset = $schema->resultset('Template');

If all of your templates are stored in a single table the most convenient method is to pass the provider a DBIx::Class::ResultSet.

    my $template = Template->new({
        LOAD_TEMPLATES => [
            Template::Provider::CustomDBIC->new({
                RESULTSET => $resultset,
                # Other template options like COMPILE_EXT...
            }),
        ],
    });

    # Process the template in 'column' referred by reference from resultset 'Template'.
    $template->process('table/reference/column');

DESCRIPTION

Template::Provider::CustomDBIC allows a Template object to fetch its data using DBIx::Class instead of, or in addition to, the default filesystem-based Template::Provider.

SCHEMA

This provider requires a schema containing at least the following:

  • A column containing the template name. When $template->provider($name) is called the provider will search this column for the corresponding $name. For this reason the column must be a unique key, else an exception will be raised.

  • A column containing the actual template content itself. This is what will be compiled and returned when the template is processed.

  • A column containing the time the template was last modified. This must return - or be inflated to - a date string recognisable by Date::Parse.

OPTIONS

In addition to supplying a RESULTSET or SCHEMA and the standard Template::Provider options, you may set the following preferences:

COLUMN_NAME

The table column that contains the template name. This will default to 'name'.

COLUMN_CONTENT

The table column that contains the template data itself. This will default to 'content'.

COLUMN_MODIFIED

The table column that contains the date that the template was last modified. This will default to 'modified'.

METHODS

->fetch( $name )

This method is called automatically during Template's ->process() and returns a compiled template for the given $name, using the cache where possible.

USE WITH OTHER PROVIDERS

By default Template::Provider::CustomDBIC will raise an exception when it cannot find the named template

    my $template = Template->new({
        LOAD_TEMPLATES => [
            Template::Provider::CustomDBIC->new({
                RESULTSET => $resultset,
            }),
            Template::Provider->new({
                INCLUDE_PATH => $path_to_templates,
            }),
        ],
    });

CACHING

When caching is enabled, by setting COMPILE_DIR and/or COMPILE_EXT, Template::Provider::CustomDBIC will create a directory consisting of the database DSN and table name. This should prevent conflicts with other databases and providers.

SEE ALSO

Template, Template::Provider, DBIx::Class::Schema

DIAGNOSTICS

In addition to errors raised by Template::Provider and DBIx::Class, Template::Provider::CustomDBIC may generate the following error messages:

A valid DBIx::Class::Schema or ::ResultSet is required

One of the SCHEMA or RESULTSET configuration options must be provided.

%s not valid: must be of the form $table/$template

When using Template::Provider::CustomDBIC with a DBIx::Class::Schema object, the template name passed to ->process() must start with the name of the result set to search in.

'%s' is not a valid result set for the given schema

Couldn't find the result set %s in the given DBIx::Class::Schema object.

Could not retrieve '%s' from the result set '%s'

DEPENDENCIES

Additionally, use of this module requires an object of the class DBIx::Class::Schema or DBIx::Class::ResultSet.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at https://github.com/itnode/Template-Provider-CustomDBIC/issues

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Template::Provider::CustomDBIC

You may also look for information at:

AUTHOR

Jens Gassmann <jegade@cpan.org>

Based on work from Dave Cardwell <dcardwell@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2015 Jens Gassmann. All rights reserved.

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