NAME

Template::Alloy::Compile - Compile role - allows for compiling the AST to perl code

DESCRIPTION

The Template::Alloy::Compile role allows for taking the AST returned by the Parse role, and translating it into a perl code document. This is in contrast Template::Alloy::Play which executes the AST directly.

TODO

•: Translate compile_RAWPERL to actually output rather than calling play_RAWPERL.

ROLE METHODS

"compile_tree"

Takes an AST returned by parse_tree and translates it into perl code using functions stored in the $DIRECTIVES hashref.

A template that looked like the following:

    Foo
    [% GET foo %]
    [% GET bar %]
    Bar

would parse to the following perl code:

    # Generated by Template::Alloy::Compile v1.001 on Thu Jun  7 12:58:33 2007
    # From file /home/paul/bar.tt

    my $blocks = {};
    my $meta   = {};
    my $code   = sub {
        my ($self, $out_ref, $var) = @_;

        $$out_ref .= 'Foo';

        # "GET" Line 2 char 2 (chars 6 to 15)
        $var = $self->play_expr(['foo', 0]);
        $$out_ref .= defined($var) ? $var : $self->undefined_get(['foo', 0]);

        # "GET" Line 3 char 2 (chars 22 to 31)
        $var = $self->play_expr(['bar', 0]);
        $$out_ref .= defined($var) ? $var : $self->undefined_get(['bar', 0]);

        $$out_ref .= 'Bar';

        return 1;
    };

    {
        blocks => $blocks,
        meta   => $meta,
        code   => $code,
    };

As you can see the output is quite a bit more complex than the AST, but under mod_perl conditions, the perl will run faster than playing the AST each time.

"compile_expr"

Takes an AST variable or expression and returns perl code that can lookup the variable.

AUTHOR

Paul Seamons <paul@seamons.com>

LICENSE

This module may be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.