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NAME

IkiWiki::Plugin::field - front-end for per-page record fields.

SYNOPSIS

# activate the plugin
add_plugins => [qw{goodstuff field ....}],

# simple registration
field_register => [qw{meta}],

DESCRIPTION

This plugin is meant to be used in conjunction with other plugins in order to provide a uniform interface to access per-page structured data, where each page is treated like a record, and the structured data are fields in that record. This can include the meta-data for that page, such as the page title.

Plugins can register a function which will return the value of a "field" for a given page. This can be used in three ways:

  • In page templates; all registered fields will be passed to the page template in the "pagetemplate" processing.
  • In PageSpecs; the "field" function can be used to match the value of a field in a page.
  • By other plugins, using the field_get_value function, to get the value of a field for a page, and do with it what they will.

OPTIONS

The following options can be set in the ikiwiki setup file.

field_register

A list of plugin-IDs to register. This assumes that the plugins in question store data in the %pagestatus hash using the ID of that plugin, and thus the field values are looked for there.

This is the simplest form of registration, but the advantage is that it doesn't require the plugin to be modified in order for it to be registered with the "field" plugin.

PageSpec

The "field" PageSpec function can be used to match the value of a field for a page.

field(name glob)

For example:

field(bar Foo*) will match if the "bar" field starts with "Foo".

FUNCTIONS

field_register

field_register(id=>$id);

Register a plugin as having field data. The above form is the simplest, where the field value is looked up in the %pagestatus hash under the plugin-id.

Additional Options:

call=>&myfunc

A reference to a function to call rather than just looking up the value in the %pagestatus hash. It takes two arguments: the name of the field, and the name of the page. It is expected to return the value of that field, or undef if there is no field by that name.

sub myfunc ($$) {
my $field = shift;
my $page = shift;

...

return $value;
}

first=>1

Set this to be called first in the sequence of calls looking for values. Since the first found value is the one which is returned, ordering is significant.

last=>1

Set this to be called last in the sequence of calls looking for values. Since the first found value is the one which is returned, ordering is significant.

field_get_value($field, $page)

Returns the value of the field for that page, or undef if none is found.

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