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->{DEBUG} = 'all'; __PACKAGE__->config->{comp_root} = '/path/to/comp_root'; __PACKAGE__->config->{data_dir} = '/path/to/data_dir'; 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 % } </ul>
You have to define comp_root and data_dir. If comp_root is not directly defined within config, the value comes from $c->config->{root}. If you don't define it at all, Mason is going to complain :) The default data_dir is /tmp.
comp_root
data_dir
config
$c->config->{root}
/tmp
Renders the component specified in $c->stash->{template} or $c->request->match 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, $c, and c<$name> are automatically set to the base, context, and name of the app, respectively.
$base
$c
This allows your view subclass to pass additional settings to the Mason HTML::Mason::Interp->new constructor.
Catalyst, HTML::Mason, "Using Mason from a Standalone Script" in HTML::Mason::Admin
Andres Kievsky ank@cpan.org Sebastian Riedel sri@cpan.org Marcus Ramberg
ank@cpan.org
sri@cpan.org
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.