NAME

App::Scaffolder::Template - Represent a template for App::Scaffolder

VERSION

version 0.002000

SYNOPSIS

        use Path::Class::Dir;
        use App::Scaffolder::Template;

        my $template = App::Scaffolder::Template->new({
                name => 'name_of_the_template',
                path => [
                        Path::Class::Dir->new('/first/path/belonging/to/template'),
                        Path::Class::Dir->new('/second/path/belonging/to/template'),
                ]
        });
        my @files = $template->process({
                target    => Path::Class::Dir->new('target', 'directory'),
                variables => {
                        variable_value => 'a variable value',
                }
        });

DESCRIPTION

App::Scaffolder::Template represents a template. A template consists of one or more directories containing files that should be copied to a target directory when processing it. If a file has a .tt extension, it will be passed through Template before it is written to a target file without the .tt suffix. Thus the template

        foo
        |-- subdir
        |   |-- template.txt.tt
        |   `-- sub.txt
        |-- top-template.txt.tt
        `-- bar.txt

would result in the following structure after processing:

        output
        |-- subdir
        |   |-- template.txt
        |   `-- sub.txt
        |-- top-template.txt
        `-- bar.txt

The path of a file in the template may also contain variables, which are delimited by ___ and replaced with values from the variables passed to process:

        # Template file path:
        ___dir___/___name___.txt

        # Given $variables = { dir => 'directory', name => 'some_name' }, the
        # following file will be created in the target directory:
        directory/some_name.txt

This can be useful if parts of the output file path are not constant.

METHODS

new

Constructor, creates new instance.

Parameters

This method expects its parameters as a hash reference.

name

Name of the template.

path

Search path for files that belong to the template. If more than one file has the same relative path, only the first one will be used, so it is possible to override files that come 'later' in the search path.

add_path_entry

Push another directory on the search path.

get_path

Getter for the template file search path.

Result

The template file search path.

get_name

Getter for the name.

Result

The name.

process

Process the template.

Parameters

This method expects its parameters as a hash reference.

target

Target directory where the output should be stored.

variables

Hash reference with variables that should be made available to templates.

overwrite

By default, existing files will not be overwritten. Passing a truthy value for the overwrite parameter changes this.

Result

A list with the created files on succes, an exception otherwise.

get_content_for

Given a file from the template and some template variables, read and potentially process the file and return the content the resulting file should have.

Parameters

This method expects positional parameters.

file

Input file from the template.

variables

Variables that should be made available to the template.

Result

The content for the corresponding target file.

replace_file_path_variables

Replace parts inside a Path::Class::File-based path that match ___<name>___ with a value from a hash.

Parameters

This method expects positional parameters.

path

Path to the file which may contain placeholders.

variables

Hash reference with values that should replace the placeholders.

Result

The processed file path.

get_template_files

Getter for the file that belong to the template.

Result

A hash reference containing hash references with information about the files.

AUTHOR

Manfred Stock <mstock@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Manfred Stock.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm App::Scaffolder

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install App::Scaffolder