[Openinteract-help] Extending OI template plugin

[Peter D. <pet...@us...>]

I=92d like to extend the template plugin functionality provided in
OpenInteract/Template/Plugin.pm, which is called from templates with a
OI.method() type syntax. I have my own perl object module with some
functions to produce HTML for things like hyperlinks with javascript popu=
p
context menus. I guess in OI terminology this is a component. I use perl
because the logic is too complex to fit into a template widget, and I mig=
ht
want to upgrade to a cross-browser javascript library like DOMAPI later.
For now I am calling $R->template->handler() and passing in a pointer to =
an
object B, which is my equivalent of OI, and calling B.popup() in template=
s.
I didn=92t want to change the provided OI plugin code in case it is updat=
ed.

What is the best way of integrating my library component ?

Also, for installation, I see oi_manage either installs a handler in an a=
rea
(e.g. oitest/pkg/fruit-0.15/oitest/Handler/Fruit.pm) or has a special cas=
e
for OI components, for example to install base_theme/OpenInteract/Theme.p=
m
one level about the Handler directory, but I cannot install my own
site-specific module.
Do I need to install components by hand or is there a better way ?

Inspecting @ISA it looked like I could put my module in the oitest top le=
vel
directory which is where I put it for now. I did not want to put it in
site_perl in case I use different versions in different customer areas.
Although this works I have the repository tool grumbling it cannot find m=
y
module when it does a package check.
Am I installing to the right place ?

Thanks,
Peter


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