Re: [Openinteract-dev] OpenInteract::Template::Plugin

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

damien leri wrote:
> i'd like to know recommendations regarding custom code that is relevant globally, not just in a specific OI package:
> 
> for OI.regex_chunk() i need a multiple-line match;  i could add an 's' before the semicolon in the line:
> 
>     my ( $item ) = $str =~ /$match/;
> 
> or should i subclass Plugin.pm somehow, or use a component? 
> 
> if i do the latter, for miscellaneous components like this, should i wrap it in a new OI package? or just edit $OIWEBSITE/conf/action.perl and put a mysite.pm somewhere and a use() somewhere (where?)?

A little-documented (and tested) feature is for a package to make 
available a Template Plugin that is accessible in all templates. In 
your package's package.conf you should be able to specify a plugin 
like this:

  name             mypackage
  version          1.00
  author           Foo <fo...@ba...>
  url              http://www.foo.com/
  template_plugin  MyPlugin  OpenInteract::Template::MyPlugin
  description
  Blah blah

And then reference the plugin as normal, using the first entry in 
the configuration line as the plugin name:

  [% USE MyPlugin %]
  [% matched = MyPlugin.multiline_match( var ) %]
  ...

Chris

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