NAME Catalyst::View::Component::SubInclude - Use subincludes in your Catalyst views VERSION Version 0.09 SYNOPSIS package MyApp::View::TT; use Moose; extends 'Catalyst::View::TT'; with 'Catalyst::View::Component::SubInclude'; __PACKAGE__->config( subinclude_plugin => 'SubRequest' ); Then, somewhere in your templates: [% subinclude('/my/widget') %] [% subinclude_using('SubRequest', '/page/footer') %] DESCRIPTION "Catalyst::View::Component::SubInclude" allows you to include content in your templates (or, more generally, somewhere in your view's "render" processing) which comes from another action in your application. It's implemented as a Moose::Role, so using Moose in your view is required. Simply put, it's a way to include the output of a Catalyst sub-request somewhere in your page. It's built in an extensible way so that you're free to use sub-requests, Varnish ESI (<http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2008/17>) or any other sub-include plugin you might want to implement. An LWP plugin seems useful and might be developed in the future. If you need to address a resource by it's public path (i.e. the path part trailing "http://example.com/myapp" then you will need to use Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest directly, and not this component. STASH FUNCTIONS This component does its magic by exporting a "subinclude" coderef entry to the stash. This way, it's easily accessible by the templates (which is the most common use-case). "subinclude( $path, @args )" This will render and return the body of the included resource (as specified by $path) using the default subinclude plugin. "subinclude_using( $plugin, $path, @args )" This will render and return the body of the included resource (as specified by $path) using the specified subinclude plugin. The "subinclude" function above is implemented basically as a shortcut which calls this function using the default plugin as the first parameter. SUBINCLUDE PLUGINS The module comes with two subinclude plugins: SubRequest, Visit and ESI. By default, the "SubRequest" plugin will be used. This can be changed in the view's configuration options (either in the config file or in the view module itself). Configuration file example: <View::TT> subinclude_plugin ESI </View::TT> "set_subinclude_plugin( $plugin )" This method changes the current active subinclude plugin in runtime. It expects the plugin suffix (e.g. "ESI" or "SubRequest") or a fully-qualified class name in the "Catalyst::View::Component::SubInclude" namespace. Writing plugins If writing your own plugin, keep in kind plugins are required to implement a class method "generate_subinclude" with the following signature: sub generate_subinclude { my ($class, $c, @args) = @_; } The default plugin is stored in the "subinclude_plugin" which can be changed in runtime. It expects a fully qualified class name. SEE ALSO Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest, Moose::Role, Moose, <http://www.catalystframework.org/calendar/2008/17> BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-catalyst-view-component-subinclude at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Catalyst-View-Component- SubInclude>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. AUTHOR Nilson Santos Figueiredo Junior, "<nilsonsfj at cpan.org>" CONTRIBUTORS Tomas Doran (t0m) "<bobtfish@bobtfish.net". SPONSORSHIP Development sponsored by Ionzero LLC <http://www.ionzero.com/>. COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright (C) 2010 Nilson Santos Figueiredo Junior and the above contributors. Copyright (C) 2009 Nilson Santos Figueiredo Junior. Copyright (C) 2009 Ionzero LLC. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.