NAME¶
Text::MicroMason::ServerPages - Alternate Syntax like ASP/JSP Templates
SYNOPSIS¶
Instead of using this class directly, pass its name to be mixed in:
use Text::MicroMason;
my $mason = Text::MicroMason::Base->new( -ServerPages );
Use the standard compile and execute methods to parse and evalute templates:
print $mason->compile( text=>$template )->( @%args );
print $mason->execute( text=>$template, @args );
Server Pages syntax provides another way to mix Perl into a text template:
<% my $name = $ARGS{name};
if ( $name eq 'Dave' ) { %>
I'm sorry <%= $name %>, I'm afraid I can't do that right now.
<% } else {
my $hour = (localtime)[2];
my $daypart = ( $hour > 11 ) ? 'afternoon' : 'morning';
%>
Good <%= $daypart %>, <%= $name %>!
<% } %>
DESCRIPTION¶
This subclass replaces MicroMason's normal lexer with one that supports a syntax
similar to Active Server Pages and Java Server Pages.
Compatibility with Apache::ASP¶
Apache::ASP is a full-featured application server toolkit with many fatures, of
which only the templating functionality is emulated.
This is not a drop-in replacement for Apache::ASP, as the implementation is
quite different, but it should be able to process some existing templates
without major changes.
The following features of EmbPerl syntax are supported:
- •
- Angle-bracket markup tags
The following syntax features of are
not supported:
- •
- Dynamic XML/XSL processing.
- •
- Web server objects such as $Session, $Request, $Response, and
$Application.
- •
- Application events such as Application_OnStart, Script_OnStart, and other
gloga.asa features.
Template Syntax¶
The following elements are recognized by the ServerPages lexer:
- •
- <% perl statements %>
Arbitrary Perl code to be executed at this point in the template.
- •
- <%= perl expression %>
A Perl expression to be evaluated and included in the output.
- •
- <%& file, arguments %>
Includes an external template file.
- •
- <%-- comment --%>
Documentation or inactive code to be skipped over silently. Can also be used
to quickly comment out part of a template.
- •
- <%name> ... </%name>
Supported block names are: 'perl', 'args', 'once', 'init', 'cleanup', and
'doc'.
Private Methods¶
- lex_token
-
( $type, $value ) = $mason->lex_token();
Lexer for <% ... %> tags.
Attempts to parse a token from the template text stored in the global $_ and
returns a token type and value. Returns an empty list if unable to parse
further due to an error.
SEE ALSO¶
For an overview of this templating framework, see Text::MicroMason.
This is a mixin class intended for use with Text::MicroMason::Base.
For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license information, see
Text::MicroMason::Docs::ReadMe.