Inverting Template::Toolkit

[talexb]

I'm in a situation where I'd like to be able to use a Template::Toolkit file (the template, with variables where the data will go) and a populated file and go backwards to get a hash of variables that contain the corresponding values.

That is, if I have a template

directory: [%- foobar -%]

and a config file

directory: /home/alpha/beta

then eventually I'll have

$variables{'foobar'} = '/home/alpha/beta';

Hmmm .. I do have conditionals in my file, so this may be a tough nut to crack .. let me tinker a bit. But if you have ideas, feel free!

[Corion]

Did you look at Template::Extract?

[talexb]

From the CPAN notes:

This document describes version 0.39 of Template::Extract, released July 15, 2005.

Wow.

That's fresh software. Thanks! I'll try it out.

[davorg]

There's actually a "holy trinity" of modules:

• Template: template + data => document
• Template::Extract: template + document => data
• Template::Generate: document + data => template

[Jaap]

Wow that's impressive. If you'd combine the generate and extract modules, you could get the data from a template-driven site.