doc/book/_maybe_to_integrate/template.rst
author Julien Cristau <julien.cristau@logilab.fr>
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:37:40 +0100
changeset 8105 7980b36fb1aa
parent 1714 a721966779be
child 12792 e2cdb1be6bd9
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[schema sync] Update repo._type_source_cache when renaming an entity (closes #2094470) When an entity type is renamed as part of a migration, it leaves stale entries in repo._type_source_cache, which makes subsequent operations on those entities fail (they look for the old entity name instead of the new one).



Templates
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*Templates* are specific views that do not depend on a result set. The basic
class `Template` (`cubicweb.common.view`) is derived from the class `View`.

To build a HTML page, a *main template* is used. In general, the template of
identifier `main` is the one to use (it is not used in case an error is raised or for
the login form for example). This template uses other templates in addition
to the views which depends on the content to generate the HTML page to return.

A *template* is responsible for:

1. executing RQL query of data to render if necessary
2. identifying the view to use to render data if it is not specified
3. composing the HTML page to return

You will find out more about templates in :ref:`templates`.