Template::Iterator - Data iterator used by the FOREACH directive
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new(\@data, \%options);
The Template::Iterator module defines a generic data iterator for use
by the FOREACH directive.
It may be used as the base class for custom iterators.
Constructor method. A reference to a list of values is passed as the
first parameter. Subsequent calls to the get_first() manpage and the get_next() manpage calls
will return each element from the list.
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new([ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]);
The constructor will also accept a reference to a hash array and will
expand it into a list in which each entry is a hash array containing
a 'key' and 'value' item, sorted according to the hash keys.
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new({
foo => 'Foo Item',
bar => 'Bar Item',
});
This is equivalent to:
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new([
{ key => 'bar', value => 'Bar Item' },
{ key => 'foo', value => 'Foo Item' },
]);
When passed a single item which is not an array reference, the constructor
will automatically create a list containing that single item.
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new('foo');
This is equivalent to:
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new([ 'foo' ]);
Note that a single item which is an object based on a blessed ARRAY
references will NOT be treated as an array and will be folded into
a list containing that one object reference.
my $list = bless [ 'foo', 'bar' ], 'MyListClass';
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new($list);
equivalent to:
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new([ $list ]);
If the object provides an as_list() method then the the Template::Iterator manpage
constructor will call that method to return the list of data. For example:
package MyListObject;
sub new {
my $class = shift;
bless [ @_ ], $class;
}
package main;
my $list = MyListObject->new('foo', 'bar');
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new($list);
This is then functionally equivalent to:
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new([ $list ]);
The iterator will return only one item, a reference to the MyListObject
object, $list.
By adding an as_list() method to the MyListObject class, we can force
the Template::Iterator constructor to treat the object as a list and
use the data contained within.
package MyListObject;
...
sub as_list {
my $self = shift;
return $self;
}
package main;
my $list = MyListObject->new('foo', 'bar');
my $iter = Template::Iterator->new($list);
The iterator will now return the two items, 'foo' and 'bar', which the
MyObjectList encapsulates.
Returns a ($value, $error) pair for the first item in the iterator set.
The $error returned may be zero or undefined to indicate a valid datum
was successfully returned. Returns an error of STATUS_DONE if the list
is empty.
Returns a ($value, $error) pair for the next item in the iterator set.
Returns an error of STATUS_DONE if all items in the list have been
visited.
Returns a (\@values, $error) pair for all remaining items in the iterator
set. Returns an error of STATUS_DONE if all items in the list have been
visited.
Returns the size of the data set or undef if unknown.
Returns the maximum index number (i.e. the index of the last element)
which is equivalent to the size() manpage - 1.
Returns the current index number which is in the range 0 to the max() manpage.
Returns the current iteration count in the range 1 to the size() manpage. This is
equivalent to the index() manpage + 1.
Returns a boolean value to indicate if the iterator is currently on
the first iteration of the set.
Returns a boolean value to indicate if the iterator is currently on
the last iteration of the set.
Returns the previous item in the data set, or undef if the iterator is
on the first item.
Returns the next item in the data set or undef if the iterator is on the
last item.
Returns the text string even or odd to indicate the parity of the
current iteration count (starting at 1). This is typically used to create
striped zebra tables.
<table>
[% FOREACH name IN ['Arthur', 'Ford', 'Trillian'] -%]
<tr class="[% loop.parity %]">
<td>[% name %]</td>
</tr>
[% END %]
</table>
This will produce the following output:
<table>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Arthur</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Ford</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Trillian</td>
</tr>
</table>
You can then style the tr.odd and tr.even elements using CSS:
tr.odd td {
background-color: black;
color: white;
}
tr.even td {
background-color: white;
color: black;
}
Returns a boolean (0/1) value to indicate if the current iterator count
(starting at 1) is an odd number. In other words, this will return a true
value for the first iterator, the third, fifth, and so on.
Returns a boolean (0/1) value to indicate if the current iterator count
(starting at 1) is an even number. In other words, this will return a true
value for the second iteration, the fourth, sixth, and so on.
Andy Wardley <abw@wardley.org> http://wardley.org/
Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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