Name
    HTML::Accessors - Generate HTML elements

Version
    0.7.$Rev: 125 $

Synopsis
       use HTML::Accessors;

       my $my_obj = HTML::Accessors->new();

       # Create an anchor element
       $anchor = $my_obj->a( { href => 'http://...' }, 'This is a link' );

Description
    Uses HTML::GenerateUtil to create an autoload method for each of the
    elements defined by HTML::Tagset. The API was loosely taken from CGI.
    Using the CGI module is undesirable in a Catalyst application (run from
    the development server) due go greediness issues over STDIN.

    The returned tags are either XHTML 1.1 or HTML 4.01 compliant.

Configuration and Environment
    The constructor defines accessors and mutators for one attribute:

    "content_type"
       Defaults to *application/xhtml+xml* which causes the generated tags
       to conform to the XHTML standard. Setting it to *text/html* will
       generate HTML compatible tags instead

Subroutines/Methods
  new
       my $my_obj = HTML::Accessors->new( content_type => q(application/xhtml+xml) );

    Uses "_arg_list" to process the passed options

  escape_html
       my $escaped_html = $my_obj->escape_html( $unescaped_html );

    Expose the method escape_html

  is_xml
       my $bool = $my_obj->is_xml;

    Returns true if the returned tags will be XHTML. Matches the string
    *.xml* at the end of the *content_type*

  popup_menu
       my $html = $my_obj->popup_menu( default => $value, labels => {}, values => [] );

    Returns the "<select>" element. The first option passed to "popup_menu"
    is either a hash ref or a list of key/value pairs. The keys are:

    "classes"
       A hash ref keyed by the *values* attribute. It lets you to set the
       *class* attribute of each "<option>" element

    "default"
       Determines which of the values will be selected by default

    "labels"
       Display these labels in place of the values (but return the value of
       the selected label). This is a hash ref with a key for each element
       in the "values" array

    "values"
       The key references an array ref whose values are used as the list of
       options returned in the body of the "<select>" element

    The rest of the keys and values are passed as attributes to the
    "<select>" element. For example:

       $ref = { default => 1, name => q(my_field), values => [ 1, 2 ] };
       $my_obj->popup_menu( $ref );

    would return:

       <select name="my_field">
          <option selected="selected">1</option>
          <option>2</option>
       </select>

  radio_group
    Generates a list of radio input buttons with labels. Break elements can
    be inserted to create rows of a given number of columns when displayed.
    The first option passed to "radio_group" is either a hash ref or a list
    of key/value pairs. The keys are:

    "columns"
       Integer number of columns to display the generated buttons in. If
       zero then a list of radio buttons without breaks is generated

    "default"
       Determines which of the radio box will be selected by default

    "label_class"
       Class of the labels generated for each button

    "labels"
       Display these labels next to each button. This is a hash ref with a
       key for each element in the "values" array

    "name"
       The form name of the generated buttons

    "onchange"
       An optional JavaScript reference. The JavaScript will be executed
       each time a different radio button is selected

    "values"
       The key references an array ref whose values are returned by the
       radio buttons

    For example:

       $ref = { columns => 2,
                default => 1,
                labels  => { 1 => q(Button One),
                             2 => q(Button Two),
                             3 => q(Button Three),
                             4 => q(Button Four), },
                name    => q(my_field),
                values  => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] };
       $my_obj->radio_group( $ref );

    would return:

       <label>
          <input checked="checked" tabindex="1" value="1" name="my_field" type="radio" />Button One
       </label>
       <label>
          <input tabindex="2" value="2" name="my_field" type="radio" />Button Two
       </label>
       <br />
       <label>
          <input tabindex="3" value="3" name="my_field" type="radio" />Button Three
       </label>
       <label>
          <input tabindex="4" value="4" name="my_field" type="radio" />Button Four
       </label>
       <br />

  scrolling_list
    Calls "popup_menu" with the "multiple" argument set to "multiple". This
    has the effect of allowing multiple selections to be returned from the
    popup menu

  AUTOLOAD
    Uses HTML::Tagset to check if the requested method is a known HTML
    element. If it is "AUTOLOAD" uses HTML::GenerateUtil to create the tag

    If the first option is a hash ref then the keys and values are copied
    and passed to "HTML::GenerateUtil::generate_tag" which uses them to set
    the attributes on the created element. The next option is treated as the
    element's body text and overrides the "default" attribute which is
    passed and deleted from the options hash

    If the requested element exists in the hard coded list of input
    elements, then the element is set to "input" and the mapped value used
    as the type attribute in the call to "generate_tag". For example;

       $my_obj->textfield( { default => q(default value), name => q(my_field) } );

    would return

       <input value="default value" name="my_field" type="text" />

    The list of input elements contains; button, checkbox, hidden,
    image_button, password_field, radio_button, submit, and textfield

    Carp and return "undef" if the element does not exist in list of known
    elements

  DESTROY
    Implement the "DESTROY" method so that the "AUTOLOAD" method doesn't get
    called instead

  _arg_list
    Returns a hash ref containing the passed parameter list. Enables methods
    to be called with either a list or a hash ref as it's input parameters.
    Makes copies as it goes so that you can change the contents without
    altering the parameters if they were passed by reference

  _hash_merge
    Simplistic merging of two hashes

Diagnostics
    Carp is called to issue a warning about undefined elements

Dependencies
    Class::Accessor::Fast
    HTML::GenerateUtil
    HTML::Tagset

Incompatibilities
    There are no known incompatibilities in this module

Bugs and Limitations
    There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the
    address below. Patches are welcome

Author
    Peter Flanigan, "<Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>"

Acknowledgements
    Larry Wall - For the Perl programming language

License and Copyright
    Copyright (c) 2012 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved.

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

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
    or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.