NAME

Template::Directive - Object class for defining directives that represent the opcodes of the Template processor.

SYNOPSIS

  use Template::Directive;

  my $dir = Template::Directive->new(\@opcodes);
  my $inc = Template::Directive::Include->new(\@ident, \@param, $namespace);
  my $if  = Template::Directive::If->new(\@expr, $true_block, $else_block);
  my $for = Template::Directive::For->new(\@list, $block, $varname);
  my $blk = Template::Directive::Block->new($content);
  my $txt = Template::Directive::Text->new($text);
  my $thr = Template::Directive::Throw->new($errtype, \@expr);
  my $cth = Template::Directive::Catch->new($errtype, $block);
  my $ret = Template::Directive::Return->new($retval);
  my $dbg = Template::Directive::Debug->new($text);
  
  $get->process($context);
  $set->process($context);
  ...etc..

DESCRIPTION

The Template::Directive module defines a class which represents the basic operations of the Template Processor. These are created and returned (in tree form) by the Template::Parser object as a product of parsing a template file. The process() method is called on the directives at the time at which the "compiled" template is rendered for output.

The derived classes of Template::Directive, as listed above, define specific operations of the template processor. You don't really need to worry about them unless you plan to hack on the internals of the processor.

AUTHOR

Andy Wardley <abw@cre.canon.co.uk>

REVISION

$Revision: 1.12 $

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved. Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd.

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

SEE ALSO

Template, Template::Stash, Template::Parser, Template::Grammar