[Templates] TT equivilent to Mason autohandler

[Mihai Bazon]

Perrin Harkins wrote:
>>
>>  When /admin/SOMETHING.html is requested, the toplevel autohandler still
>>  gets called.  In it, $m->next_comp refers to the second autohandler.  So
>>  pages will still automatically have headers and footers.  In the second
>>  autohandler, $m->next_comp refers to SOMETHING.html, but it serves it
>>  only if the user has enough privileges; otherwise it'll show the login form.
>>
>>  It's an elegant way to write websites.
> 
> IMO, it's pretty messy to do things this way.  Putting things like
> privileges in your templates means that anyone who wants to understand
> the basic working of your app has to read through all the template
> code.  Keeping things like that in your perl code or config file and
> sticking to display issues in your templates makes it a lot easier to
> follow.

Actually, the privilege checking is in the autohandler and any other
template under the "/admin" path get it for free and need not bother
with it.  I do find this quite elegant.

But anyway, I just meant to show an example where autohandlers can come
in handy.  You're right, this specific example may not be the best thing
to do. :-)

-M.

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