getting closer to bucket output

lib/WebGUI/Session/Output.pm

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+package WebGUI::Session::Output;
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2006 Plain Black Corporation.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use WebGUI::Macro;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Package WebGUI::Session::Output
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This class provides a handler for returning output. Through this we can apply filters (like macros), and simple page caching mechanisms.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ $session->output->print($content);
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+These methods are available from this package:
+
+=cut
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head DESTROY ( )
+
+Deconstructor.
+
+=cut
+
+sub DESTROY {
+        my $self = shift;
+        undef $self;
+}
+
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 new ( session )
+
+Constructor. 
+
+=head3 session
+
+A reference to the current session.
+
+=cut
+
+sub new {
+	my $class = shift;
+	my $session = shift;
+	bless {_session=>$session}, $class;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 print ( content ) 
+
+Outputs content to either the web server or standard out, depending on which is available.
+
+=head3 content
+
+The content to output.
+
+=cut
+
+sub print {
+	my $self = shift;
+	my $content = shift;
+	WebGUI::Macro::process($self->session, \$content);
+	print $content;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 session ( )
+
+Returns a reference to the current session.
+
+=cut
+
+sub session {
+	my $self = shift;
+	return $self->{_session};
+}
+
+
+
+1;