Text::Template::Preprocess - Expand template text with embedded Perl
This file documents Text::Template::Preprocess version 1.44
Text::Template::Preprocess
use Text::Template::Preprocess; my $t = Text::Template::Preprocess->new(...); # identical to Text::Template # Fill in template, but preprocess each code fragment with pp(). my $result = $t->fill_in(..., PREPROCESSOR => \&pp); my $old_pp = $t->preprocessor(\&new_pp);
Text::Template::Preprocess provides a new PREPROCESSOR option to fill_in. If the PREPROCESSOR option is supplied, it must be a reference to a preprocessor subroutine. When filling out a template, Text::Template::Preprocessor will use this subroutine to preprocess the program fragment prior to evaluating the code.
PREPROCESSOR
fill_in
Text::Template::Preprocessor
The preprocessor subroutine will be called repeatedly, once for each program fragment. The program fragment will be in $_. The subroutine should modify the contents of $_ and return. Text::Template::Preprocess will then execute contents of $_ and insert the result into the appropriate part of the template.
$_
Text::Template::Preprocess objects also support a utility method, preprocessor(), which sets a new preprocessor for the object. This preprocessor is used for all subsequent calls to fill_in except where overridden by an explicit PREPROCESSOR option. preprocessor() returns the previous default preprocessor function, or undefined if there wasn't one. When invoked with no arguments, preprocessor() returns the object's current default preprocessor function without changing it.
preprocessor()
In all other respects, Text::Template::Preprocess is identical to Text::Template.
Text::Template
One possible purpose: If your files contain a lot of JavaScript, like this:
Plain text here... { perl code } <script language=JavaScript> if (br== "n3") { // etc. } </script> { more perl code } More plain text...
You don't want Text::Template to confuse the curly braces in the JavaScript program with executable Perl code. One strategy:
sub quote_scripts { s(<script(.*?)</script>)(q{$1})gsi; }
Then use PREPROCESSOR => \"e_scripts. This will transform
PREPROCESSOR => \"e_scripts
Mark-Jason Dominus, Plover Systems
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Text::Template::Preprocess version 1.44 Copyright (C) 2003 Mark Jason Dominus This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. You may also can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
To install Text::Template, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Text::Template
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Text::Template
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.