-[% MACRO maybe_link_view(object) BLOCK;
- IF object.moniker; # It's an object, i.e. a has-a
- "<A HREF='" _ base _ object.moniker _ "/view/" _ object.id _"'>";
- object;
- "</A>";
+[%#
+
+=head1 MACROS
+
+These are some default macros which are used by various templates in the
+system.
+
+=head2 link
+
+This creates an <A HREF="..."> to a command in the Apache::MVC system by
+catenating the base URL, table, command, and any arguments.
+
+#%]
+[%
+MACRO link(table, command, additional, label) BLOCK;
+ SET lnk = base _ "/" _ table _ "/" _ command _ "/" _ additional;
+ lnk = lnk | uri | html;
+ '<a href="' _ lnk _ '">';
+ label;
+ "</a>";
+END;
+%]
+
+[%#
+
+=head2 maybe_link_view
+
+C<maybe_link_view> takes something returned from the database - either
+some ordinary data, or an object in a related class expanded by a
+has-a relationship. If it is an object, it constructs a link to the view
+command for that object. Otherwise, it just displays the data.
+
+#%]
+
+[%
+MACRO maybe_link_view(object) BLOCK;
+ IF object.isa('Maypole::Model::Base');
+ link(object.table, "view", object.id.join('/'), object);
ELSE;
object;
END;
END;
%]
+[%#
+
+=head2 display_line
+
+C<display_line> is used in the list template to display a row from the
+database, by iterating over the columns and displaying the data for each
+column. It misses out the C<id> column by default, and magically
+URLifies columns called C<url>. This may be considered too much magic
+for some.
+
+#%]
[% MACRO display_line(item) BLOCK;
- FOR col = classmetadata.columns;
+ FOR col = classmetadata.list_columns;
NEXT IF col == "id";
"<td>";
- IF col == "url"; # Possibly too much magic.
- "<A HREF="; item.url; "> "; item.url; "</A>";
- ELSIF col == "name";
+ IF col == "url" AND item.url;
+ '<a href="'; item.url; '"> '; item.url; '</a>';
+ ELSIF col == classmetadata.stringify_column;
maybe_link_view(item);
ELSE;
- maybe_link_view(item.$col);
+ accessor = item.accessor_name(col);
+ maybe_link_view(item.$accessor);
END;
"</td>";
- END;
+ END;
+ '<td class="actions">';
button(item, "edit");
button(item, "delete");
+ "</td>";
END %]
+[%#
+
+=head2 button
+
+This is a generic button, which performs an action on an object.
+=cut
+
+#%]
[% MACRO button(obj, action) BLOCK; %]
-<TD>
-<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="[%base%]/[%obj.moniker%]/[%action%]/[%obj.id%]">
- <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="[%action%]" VALUE="[%action%]">
-</FORM>
-</TD>
+[% IF obj.is_public(action) %]
+<form class="actionform" action="[% base %]/[% obj.table %]/[% action %]/[% obj.id.join('/') %]" method="post">
+<div class="field"><input class="actionbutton" type="submit" value="[% action %]" /></div></form>
+[% END %]
[% END %]
+[%#
+=head2 view_related
+
+This takes an object, and looks up the C<related_accessors>; this should
+give a list of accessors that can be called to get a list of related
+objects. It then displays a title for that accessor, (i.e. "Beers" for a
+brewery) calls the accesor, and displays a list of the results.
+
+=cut
+
+#%]
+[%
+MACRO view_related(object) BLOCK;
+ FOR accessor = classmetadata.related_accessors.list;
+ "<div id=\"subtitle\">"; accessor | ucfirst; "</div>\n";
+ "<ul id=\"vlist\">";
+ FOR thing = object.$accessor;
+ "<li>"; maybe_link_view(thing); "</li>\n";
+ END;
+ "</ul>";
+ END;
+END;
+
+MACRO test_xxxx(myblock) BLOCK;
+ FOR col = classmetadata.columns;
+ NEXT IF col == "id";
+ myblock;
+ END;
+END;
+%]
+[%#
+
+=head2 view_item
+
+This takes an object and and displays its properties in a table.
+
+=cut
+
+#%]
+[% MACRO view_item(item) BLOCK; %]
+ [% SET string = classmetadata.stringifycolumn %]
+ <div id="title"> [% item.$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 %]