[Koha-devel] Using Template::Toolkit WRAPPER in Koha plugins

Fridolin SOMERS fridolin.somers at biblibre.com
Mon Sep 14 09:24:53 CEST 2020


Yep very good idea.
Sound really logical to help plugin developpers.

On 04/09/2020 08:26, dcook at prosentient.com.au wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just wanted to share how I’ve used Template::Toolkit WRAPPER in a Koha 
> plugin.
> 
> All the details are available at 
> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26381 
> <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26381>, but 
> basically it boils down to creating 1 wrapper template, and then 
> invoking that using the WRAPPER directive in individual Koha plugin 
> templates like report-step1.tt.
> 
> It reduces the boiler plate required for each plugin template whether 
> that wrapper template is provided by the Koha plugin or by Koha (both 
> approaches have pros and cons).
> 
> For a long time, I’ve wanted to use WRAPPER with Koha more broadly, but 
> Koha plugins provide a great opportunity for using them with no 
> refactoring of existing code.
> 
> Anyway, I hope that others find this useful. I’m going to have a bit of 
> fun with it.
> 
> David Cook
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