[Catalyst] Re: How to use self made Template Toolkit plugins?

[kakimoto at tpg.com.au]

hi there,
  how do I access the Catalyst variable in a custom made Template
Toolkit plugin?

WhaT I have done: read up on
http://search.cpan.org/src/MRAMBERG/Catalyst-View-TT-0.27/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm

For example, I have my own plugin, "package
myApp::View::Template::Plugin::User"

use strict;
use warnings;
use base 'Template::Plugin';
use Template::Plugin;
use DateTime;
use DateTime::Format::Pg;

sub load {
    my ( $class, $context ) = @_;
    return $class;
}   

sub new { 
    my ( $class, $context, @params ) = @_;

    bless { _CONTEXT => $context, }, $class;   # returns blessed
MyPlugin object
}   
    
sub get_current_user
{
    my ($class, $c) = @_;

    $c->log->debug( "The type is " . ref ($c));

    return $c->session->{'active_user'} ? $c->session->{'active_user'} :
$c->user->login_id;
}

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And in my template toolkit, "display_user.tt2" I do something like:

[% current_user = User.get_current_user(Catalyst) %]
THE current user is ([% current_user %])....


I noticed that myApp::View::Template::Plugin::User->get_current_user
doesn't print out any values.
I suspect it has not even been able to recognise the Catalyst variable.

 I even tried doing "[% current_user = User.get_current_user( $Catalyst
) %]" in the display_user.tt2 template file.


 Please help :)


K. akimoto