NAME

Template::LiquidX::Tag::Dump - Simple Perl Structure Dumping Tag (Functioning Custom Tag Example)

Synopsis

    use Template::Liquid;
    use Template::LiquidX::Tag::Dump;
    print Template::Liquid->parse("{%dump var%}")->render(var => [qw[some sort of data here]]);
        # With Data::Dump installed: ["some", "sort", "of", "data", "here"]

Description

This is a dead simple demonstration of extending Template::Liquid.

This tag attempts to use Data::Dump and Data::Dumper to create stringified versions of data structures...

    use Template::Liquid;
    use Template::LiquidX::Tag::Dump;
    warn Template::Liquid->parse("{%dump env%}")->render(env => \%ENV);

...or the entire current scope with ....

    use Template::Liquid;
    use Template::LiquidX::Tag::Dump;
    warn Template::Liquid->parse('{%dump .%}')
        ->render(env => \%ENV, inc => \@INC);

...or the entire stack of scopes with .*...

    use Template::Liquid;
    use Template::LiquidX::Tag::Dump;
    warn Template::Liquid->parse('{%for x in (1..1) %}{%dump .*%}{%endfor%}')
        ->render();
        

...becomes (w/ Data::Dump installed)...

    do {
      my $a = [
        [
          {
            forloop => {
              first   => 1,
              index   => 1,
              index0  => 0,
              last    => 1,
              length  => 1,
              limit   => 1,
              name    => "x-(1..1)",
              offset  => 0,
              rindex  => 1,
              rindex0 => 0,
              sorted  => undef,
              type    => "ARRAY",
            },
            x => 1,
          },
          'fix',
        ],
      ];
      $a->[0][1] = $a->[0][0];
      $a;
    }

Notice even the internal forloop variable is included in the dump.

Notes

This is a 5m hack and is subject to change ...I've included no error handling and it may be completly broken. For a better example, see Template::LiquidX::Tag::Include.

See Also

Liquid for Designers: http://wiki.github.com/tobi/liquid/liquid-for-designers

Template::Liquid's section on custom tags.

Author

Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org> - http://sankorobinson.com/

License and Legal

Copyright (C) 2009-2016 by Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of The Artistic License 2.0. See the LICENSE file included with this distribution or http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0. For clarification, see http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_2_0_notes.

When separated from the distribution, all original POD documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/legalcode. For clarification, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/.