interface TemplateGlobalProvider (View source)

Interface that is implemented by any classes that want to expose a method that can be called in any scope in a template.

Director::AbsoluteBaseURL is an example of this.

Methods

public static 
array
get_template_global_variables()

Called by SSViewer to get a list of global variables to expose to the template, the static method to call on this class to get the value for those variables, and the class to use for casting the returned value for use in a template

Details

static array get_template_global_variables()

Called by SSViewer to get a list of global variables to expose to the template, the static method to call on this class to get the value for those variables, and the class to use for casting the returned value for use in a template

If the method to call is not included for a particular template variable, a method named the same as the template variable will be called

If the casting class is not specified for a particular template variable, ViewableData::$default_cast is used

The first letter of the template variable is case-insensitive. However the method name is always case sensitive.

Return Value

array

Returns an array of items. Each key => value pair is one of three forms:

  • template name (no key)
  • template name => method name
  • template name => array(), where the array can contain these key => value pairs
    • "method" => method name
    • "casting" => casting class to use (i.e., Varchar, HTMLText, etc)