Re: [htmltmpl] new work on HTML::Template

[Brad B. <bm...@ma...>]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Lyle <web...@co...> wrote:
> For further clarification, and without looking at the H::T implementation.
> You are calling it an object because in the sense of the term 'object' the
> template is an object. But, it's not a Perl object, which is likely where
> further confusion comes from.

Yes, it is a Perl object.  A "template" is a bunch of text.  An HTML::Template
object is a Perl object ...

new()

Call new() to create a new Template object:

  my $template = HTML::Template->new( filename => 'file.tmpl',
                                      option => 'value'
                                    );
...
output()

output() returns the final result of the template. In most situations
you'll want to print this, like:

   print $template->output();
..
Calling output() is guaranteed not to change the state of the Template
object, in case you were wondering. This property is mostly important
for the internal implementation of loops.

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