| author | Alexandre Fayolle <alexandre.fayolle@logilab.fr> |
| Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:33:55 +0200 | |
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Templates |
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*Templates* are specific views that do not depend on a result set. The basic |
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class `Template` (`cubicweb.common.view`) is derived from the class `View`. |
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To build a HTML page, a *main template* is used. In general, the template of |
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identifier `main` is the one to use (it is not used in case an error is raised or for |
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the login form for example). This template uses other templates in addition |
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to the views which depends on the content to generate the HTML page to return. |
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A *template* is responsible for: |
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1. executing RQL query of data to render if necessary |
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2. identifying the view to use to render data if it is not specified |
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3. composing the HTML page to return |
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You will find out more about templates in :ref:`templates`. |