NAME

Cot::Plugin - Cot plugin base module

SYNOPSIS

For example, Text::Xslate plugin is below(It's only a example!).

    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use parent Cot::Plugin;
    use Text::Xslate;

    ### "init" is initialize method only called once.

    sub init {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
         # in "init" adding "tx" method to Cot context object.
         $c->tx($self);
    }

    ### define plugin methods

    # "tx" method can call "output";
    sub output {
        my $self          = shift;
        my $txfile        = shift;
        my $param         = shift;
        my $tx            = Text::Xslate->new;
        $tx->render( $txfile, $param );
     }
     1;
     __END__

You can use in a Cot application.

    use Cot;
    use Cot::Plugin qw/TX/;
    # or use Cot::Plugin::TX;

    get '/' => sub {
        my $self = shift;
        $self->res->status(200);
        $self->res->headers({'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' });

        # you can call "tx" plugin
        my $out = $self->tx->output('/path/to/template', { hello => 'world' });
        $self->res->body($out);
    };

DESCRIPTION

Cot::Plugin is base class of Plugins.

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Yusuke Shibata

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

AUTHOR

Yusuke Shibata <shibata@yusukeshibata.jp>