+[%#
+
+=head2 view_item
+
+This takes an object and and displays its properties in a table.
+
+=cut
+
+#%]
+[% MACRO view_item(item) BLOCK; %]
+ [% SET string = classmetadata.stringifycolumn %]
+ <div id="title"> [% item.$string %]</div>
+ [% INCLUDE navbar %]
+ <table class="view">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="field">[% classmetadata.colnames.$string %]</td>
+ <td>[% item.$string %]</td>
+ </tr>
+ [% FOR col = classmetadata.columns.list;
+ NEXT IF col == "id" OR col == string;
+ NEXT UNLESS item.$col;
+ %]
+[%#
+
+=for doc
+
+It gets the displayable form of a column's name from the hash returned
+from the C<column_names> method:
+
+#%]
+ <tr>
+ <td class="field">[% classmetadata.colnames.$col; %]</td>
+ <td>
+ [% IF col == "url" && item.url; # Possibly too much magic.
+ '<a href="'; item.url; '"> '; item.url; '</a>';
+ ELSE;
+ maybe_link_view(item.$col);
+ END; %]
+[%#
+
+This tests whether or not the returned value is an object, and if so,
+creates a link to a page viewing that object; if not, it just displays
+the text as normal. The object is linked using its stringified name;
+by default this calls the C<name> method, or returns the object's ID
+if there is no C<name> method or other stringification method defined.
+
+=cut
+
+#%]
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ [% END; %]
+ </table>
+[% END %]