Hello - new subscriber here,
I have a script which uses TT, but I've been contemplating embedding it
in a PAR archive with a server based on HTTP::Server::Simple. I'd like
to embed the templates too, so it's all nicely self-contained.
There didn't seem to be any prior art on CPAN, and I didn't find any
mention of the idea of INCLUDE'ing templates from within a PAR on this
mailing list.
I did however find out it would seem to be possible using the
LOAD_TEMPLATE config option and a custom Template::Provider implementation.
Originally I was going to ask here if it had been done already, and if
there were any pointers or advice people could offer - in fact, I did,
but I didn't use the right channel and eventually realised the message
didn't get through.
In the intervening time, I had a look at the base Template::Provider
module and at Template::Provider::DBIC from CPAN, and managed to write
Template::Provider::PAR, which seems to work. (It was much simpler than
I expected, once I'd unpicked the base class, although there are one or
two trivial things about T::P I would have liked to change.)
So, as this seems like something other people would find useful, the
next step would seem to be to try and get it on CPAN. I have a PAUSE ID
already (NPW, this will be my first upload), but first I wanted to ask:
- is Template::Provider::PAR a vacant and sensible name?
- are there any other, possibly more mature implementations?
- are there any TT-specific guidelines I should follow when I upload
it? (i.e. besides [1])
After I've uploaded it, would also be interested in any feedback in the
implementation, since this is also my first venture into the TT internals.
Thanks,
Nick
1.
- Add POD
- Add tests
- read:
perlmodstyle
http://newfoundation.socialtext.net/perl5/index.cgi?cpan_packaging
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=431702
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