[Catalyst] View Helpers?

[Devin Austin]

Look at expose_methods in the CVTT docs. It's made for this.

On Feb 14, 2013, at 5:34 PM, André Walker <andre at andrewalker.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 06:08:59PM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
>>    [% c.LinkTo('Recipes', 'recipe/list') %]
>> 
>> If so, how does one make a function available in views via the CATALYST_VAR,
>> and where is the best place for such a function's code in a Catalyst
>> project?
> 
> All you have to do is to define a "sub LinkTo {}" in lib/MyApp.pm, and it
> would be globally accessible throughout your application (in $c, CATALYST_VAR,
> or whatever).
> 
> I'm not saying that's the best approach though. What I usually do is to create
> a sort of uri_for clone for my templates, without ever letting them know about
> the CATALYST_VAR. I don't want my templates to use the 'c' variable, or even
> be aware that they are being loaded inside of Catalyst.
> 
> So in my View class:
> 
>    extends 'Catalyst::View::TT';
> 
>    sub uri_for {
>        my ( $self, $c, $uri ) = @_;
>        return $c->uri_for($uri);
>    }
> 
> And in the templates:
> 
>    [% uri_for('/recipe/list') %]
> 
> You could easily create your LinkTo method in your View class, so that it
> would be mockable and replaceable, making your templates testable and reusable :)
> 
> Regards,
> André
> 
> 
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