1 package Maypole::View::Base;
3 use UNIVERSAL::moniker;
5 use Maypole::Constants;
7 sub new { bless {}, shift } # By default, do nothing.
10 my ( $self, $r ) = @_;
11 my $root = $r->config->template_root || $r->get_template_root;
16 && File::Spec->catdir( $root, $r->model_class->moniker )
18 File::Spec->catdir( $root, "custom" ),
19 File::Spec->catdir( $root, "factory" )
24 my ( $self, $r ) = @_;
25 my $class = $r->model_class;
26 my $base = $r->config->uri_base;
30 objects => $r->objects,
37 $args{classmetadata} = {
39 table => $class->table,
40 columns => [ $class->display_columns ],
41 list_columns => [ $class->list_columns ],
42 colnames => { $class->column_names },
43 related_accessors => [ $class->related($r) ],
44 moniker => $class->moniker,
45 plural => $class->plural_moniker,
46 cgi => { $class->to_cgi },
49 # User-friendliness facility for custom template writers.
50 if ( @{ $r->objects || [] } > 1 ) {
51 $args{ $r->model_class->plural_moniker } = $r->objects;
54 ( $args{ $r->model_class->moniker } ) = @{ $r->objects || [] };
59 %args = ( %args, %{ $r->{template_args} || {} } );
64 my ( $self, $r ) = @_;
65 $r->{content_type} ||= "text/html";
66 $r->{document_encoding} ||= "utf-8";
67 my $status = $self->template($r);
68 return $self->error($r) if $status != OK;
73 my ( $self, $r ) = @_;
75 if ( $r->{error} =~ /not found$/ ) {
77 # This is a rough test to see whether or not we're a template or
79 return -1 unless @{ $r->{objects} || [] };
83 <H1> Template not found </H1>
85 This template was not found while processing the following request:
87 <B>@{[$r->{action}]}</B> on table <B>@{[ $r->{table} ]}</B> with objects:
90 @{[join "\n", @{$r->{objects}}]}
93 Looking for template <B>@{[$r->{template}]}</B> in paths:
96 @{[ join "\n", $self->paths($r) ]}
99 $r->{content_type} = "text/html";
100 $r->{output} = $r->{error};
103 $r->{content_type} = "text/plain";
104 $r->{output} = $r->{error};
109 sub template { die shift() . " didn't define a decent template method!" }
116 Maypole::View::Base - Base cl
120 This is the base class for Maypole view classes. This is an abstract class
121 meant to define the interface, and can't be used directly.
125 This is the engine of this module. It populates all the relevant variables
126 and calls the requested action.
128 Anyone subclassing this for a different database abstraction mechanism
129 needs to provide the following methods:
133 In this method you do the actual processing of your template. it should use L<paths>
134 to search for components, and provide the templates with easy access to the contents
135 of L<vars>. It should put the result in $r->{output} and return OK if processing was
136 sucessfull, or populate $r->{error} and return ERROR if it fails.
138 =head1 Other overrides
140 Additionally, individual derived model classes may want to override the
144 The default constructor does nothing. You can override this to perform actions
145 during view initialization.
149 Returns search paths for templates. the default method returns factory, custom and
150 <tablename> under the configured template root.
154 returns a hash of data the template should have access to. The default one populates
155 classmetadata if there is a class, as well as setting the data objects by name if
156 there is one or more objects available.