NAME

Text::MicroMason::ServerPages - Support syntax similar to ASP/JSP

SYNOPSIS

Server Pages syntax provides a way to mix Perl into a text template:

    <% my $name = $ARGS{name};
      if ( $name eq 'Dave' ) {  %>
      I'm sorry <% $name %>, I'm afraid I can't do that right now.
    <% } else { 
        my $hour = (localtime)[2];
        my $daypart = ( $hour > 11 ) ? 'afternoon' : 'morning'; 
      %>
      Good <%= $daypart %>, <%= $name %>!
    % } %>

Instead of using this class directly, pass its name to be mixed in:

    use Text::MicroMason;
    my $mason = Text::MicroMason->new( -ServerPages );

Use the execute method to parse and evalute a template:

    print $mason->execute( text=>$template, 'name'=>'Dave' );

Or compile it into a subroutine, and evaluate repeatedly:

    $coderef = $mason->compile( text=>$template );
    print $coderef->('name'=>'Dave');

DESCRIPTION

This subclass replaces MicroMason's normal lexer with one that supports a syntax similar to Active Server Pages and Java Server Pages.

Template Syntax

The following elements are recognized by the ServerPages lexer:

<% perl statements %>

Arbitrary Perl code to be executed at this point in the template.

<%= perl expression %>

A Perl expression to be evaluated and included in the output.

<%-- comment --%>

Documentation or inactive code to be skipped over silently.

<%& file arguments %>

Includes an external template file.

<%name> ... <%/name>

Supported names are: 'perl', 'args', 'once', 'init', 'cleanup', and 'doc'.

Private Methods

lex

  @tokens = $mason->lex( $template );

Parses the provided template text and returns a list of token types and values.

SEE ALSO

For the core functionality of this package see Text::MicroMason and Text::MicroMason::Base.

For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license information, see Text::MicroMason::ReadMe.