# Template::Plugin::Procedural - phpMan

## NAME
    [Template::Plugin::Procedural] - Base class for procedural plugins

## SYNOPSIS
        package [Template::Plugin::LWPSimple];
        use base qw([Template::Plugin::Procedural]);
        use [LWP::Simple];  # exports 'get'
        1;

        [% USE LWPSimple %]
        [% LWPSimple.get("<http://www.tt2.org/>") %]

## DESCRIPTION
    "[Template::Plugin::Procedural]" is a base class for Template Toolkit
    plugins that causes defined subroutines to be called directly rather
    than as a method. Essentially this means that subroutines will not
    receive the class name or object as its first argument.

    This is most useful when creating plugins for modules that normally work
    by exporting subroutines that do not expect such additional arguments.

    Despite the fact that subroutines will not be called in an OO manner,
    inheritance still function as normal. A class that uses
    "[Template::Plugin::Procedural]" can be subclassed and both subroutines
    defined in the subclass and subroutines defined in the original class
    will be available to the Template Toolkit and will be called without the
    class/object argument.

## AUTHOR
    Mark Fowler <<mark@twoshortplanks.com>> <<http://www.twoshortplanks.com>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Mark Fowler <<mark@twoshortplanks.com>>

    This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO
    Template, [Template::Plugin]