NAME¶
Text::MicroMason::Filters - Add Output Filters like "|h" and
"|u"
SYNOPSIS¶
Instead of using this class directly, pass its name to be mixed in:
use Text::MicroMason;
my $mason = Text::MicroMason->new( -Filters );
Use the standard compile and execute methods to parse and evalute templates:
print $mason->compile( text=>$template )->( @%args );
print $mason->execute( text=>$template, @args );
Enables filtering of template expressions using HTML::Mason's conventions:
<%args> $name </%args>
Welcome, <% $name |h %>!
<a href="more.masn?name=<% $name |u %>">Click for More</a>
You can set a default filter and override it with the "n" flag:
my $mason = Text::MicroMason->new( -Filters, default_filters => 'h' );
<%args> $name </%args>
Welcome, <% $name %>!
<a href="more.masn?name=<% $name |nu %>">Click for More</a>
You can define additional filters and stack them:
my $mason = Text::MicroMason->new( -Filters );
$mason->filter_functions( myfilter => \&function );
$mason->filter_functions( uc => sub { return uc( shift ) } );
<%args> $name </%args>
Welcome, <% $name |uc,myfilter %>!
DESCRIPTION¶
This module enables the filtering of expressions before they are output, using
HTML::Mason's "|hun" syntax.
If you have HTML::Entities and URI::Escape available they are loaded to provide
the default "h" and "u" filters. If those modules can not
be loaded, no error message is produced but any subsequent use of them will
fail.
Attempted use of an unknown filter name will croak with a message stating
"No definition for a filter named 'h'".
Public Methods¶
- filter_functions
- Gets and sets values from the hash mapping filter flags to functions.
If called with no arguments, returns a hash of all available filter flags
and functions:
%functions = $mason->filter_functions();
If called with a filter flag returns the associated function, or if provided
with a reference to an array of flag names returns a list of the
functions:
$function = $mason->filter_functions( $flag );
@functions = $mason->filter_functions( \@flags );
If called with one or more pairs of filter flags and associated functions,
adds them to the hash. (Any filter that might have existed with the same
flag name is overwritten.)
$mason->filter_functions( $flag => $function, ... );
Supported Attributes¶
- default_filters
- Optional comma-separated string of filter flags to be applied to all
output expressions unless overridden by the "n" flag.
Private Methods¶
- assemble()
- This method goes through the lexed template tokens looking for uses of
filter flags, which it then rewrites as appropriate method calls before
passing the tokens on to the superclass.
- parse_filters
- Parses one or more strings containing any number of filter flags and
returns a list of flags to be used.
@flags = $mason->parse_filters( @filter_strings );
Flags should be separated by commas, except that the commas may be omitted
when using a combination of single-letter flags. Flags are applied from
left to right. Any use of the "n" flag wipes out all flags
defined to the left of it.
- get_filter_functions
- Accepts filter flags or function references and returns a list of the
corresponding functions. Dies if an unknown filter flag is used.
@functions = $mason->get_filter_functions( @flags_or_functions );
- filter
- Applies one or more filters to the provided content string.
$result = $mason->filter( @flags_or_functions, $content );
SEE ALSO¶
For an overview of this templating framework, see Text::MicroMason.
This is a mixin class intended for use with Text::MicroMason::HTMLMason.
For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license information, see
Text::MicroMason::Docs::ReadMe.