Let's say I have the following Template Tookit template:

  <html>
    <head><title>[% title %]</title></head>
    <body>[% INCLUDE "$site/$body" %]</body>
  </html>

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If "$site/$body" is not found, I currently have a DEFAULT template set in the constructor:

  my $template = Template->new(
    {
      INCLUDE_PATH => $some_include_path,
      DEFAULT      => $some_default,
      PLUGIN_BASE  => 'Onsite::Template::Plugin',
      OUTPUT       => \$self->{_output}
    }
  );

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The problem I have is that I want need to be automatically notified when a template fails to load (which is easy if I point the default template at a plugin), but I would like to know which template failed to load. In other words, with the above code, how would I pass the value of "$site/$body" to the $some_default template?

The only thing I've come up with is including the Data::Dumpered output of the Template object in the email, but that would be about as popular as meat-flavored ice cream.

And yes, this has already been posted to the Template mailing list :)

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to Which template failed to load? by Ovid

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