NAME

   Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON - create form fields based on a
   definition in a JSON file

VERSION

   version 1.03

SYNOPSIS

     # Mojolicious
     $self->plugin('FormFieldsFromJSON');

     # Mojolicious::Lite
     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON';

DESCRIPTION

   Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON is a Mojolicious plugin.

NAME

   Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON - create form fields based on a
   definition in a JSON file

VERSION

   version 0.32

CONFIGURATION

   You can configure some settings for the plugin:

     * dir

     The directory where the json files for form field configuration are
     located

       $self->plugin( 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         dir => '/home/mojo/fields',
       });

     You can also pass an arrayreference with directory names. This will
     help when you store the JSON files where your templates are...

       $self->plugin( 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         dir => [
           '/home/mojo/templates/admin/json',
           '/home/mojo/templates/author/json',
           '/home/mojo/templates/guest/json',
         ]
       });

     * template

     With template you can define a template for the form fields.

       $self->plugin( 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         template => '<label for="<%= $id %>"><%= $label %>:</label><div><%= $field %></div>',
       });

     See Templates.

     * templates

     With template you can define type specific templates for the form
     fields.

       plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         templates => {
           text => '<%= $label %>: <%= $field %>',
         },
       };

     See Templates.

     * global_attributes

     With global_attributes, you can define attributes that should be set
     for every field (except hidden fields)

       plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         global_attributes => {
           class => 'important-field',
         },
       };

     So with this configuration

      [
         {
             "label" : "Name",
             "type" : "text",
             "name" : "name"
         },
         {
             "label" : "Background",
             "type" : "text",
             "name" : "background"
         }
      ]

     You get

          <input class="important-field" id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" />
          <input class="important-field" id="background" name="background" type="text" value="" />

     * alias

     Using aliases can help you a lot. Given you want to have several
     forms where the user can define a color (e.g. by using
     bootstrap-colorpicker), you don't want to define the special
     templates in each form. Instead you can define those fiels as type
     "color" and use an alias:

       plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         template  => '<%= $label %>: <%= $field %>',
         templates => {
           color => '<%= $label %> (color): <%= $field %>',
         },
         alias => {
           color => 'text',
         },
       };

     The alias defines that "color" fields are "text" fields.

     So with this configuration

      [
         {
             "label" : "Name",
             "type" : "text",
             "name" : "name"
         },
         {
             "label" : "Background",
             "type" : "color",
             "name" : "background"
         }
      ]

     You get

          <label for="name">Name:</label><div><input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" /></div>
          <label for="background">Background (color):</label><div><input id="background" name="background" type="text" value="" /></div>

     * translate_labels

     If translate_labels is true, the labels for the templates are
     translated. You have to provide a translation_method, too.

       plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         template           => '<%= $label %>: <%= $field %>',
         translate_labels   => 1,
         translation_method => \&loc,
       };

     For more details see Translation.

     * translation_method

     If translate_labels is true, the labels for the templates are
     translated. You have to provide a translation_method, too.

       plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         template           => '<%= $label %>: <%= $field %>',
         translate_labels   => 1,
         translation_method => \&loc,
       };

     For more details see
     Translation|Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON/Translation.

     * types

     If you have written a plugin that implements a new "type" of input
     field, you can allow this type by passing types when you load the
     plugin.

       plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         types => {
             'testfield' => 1,
         },
       };

     Now you can use

       [
         {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "testfield",
           "name" : "name"
         }
       ]

     For more details see Additional Types.

HELPER

form_fields

   form_fields returns a string with all configured fields "translated" to
   HTML.

     $controller->form_fields( 'formname' );

   Given this configuration:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name"
       },
       {
           "label" : "City",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "city"
       }
    ]

   You'll get

    <input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" />
    <input id="city" name="city" type="text" value="" />

 dynamic config

   Instead of a formname, you can pass a config:

     $controller->form_fields(
       [
         {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "testfield",
           "name" : "name"
         }
       ]
     );

   This way, you can build your forms dynamically (e.g. based on database
   entries).

validate_form_fields

   This helper validates the input. It uses the
   Mojolicious::Validator::Validation and it validates all fields defined
   in the configuration file.

   For more details see Validation.

forms

   This method returns a list of forms. That means the filenames of all
   .json files in the configured directory.

     my @forms = $controller->forms;

   The filenames are returned without the file suffix .json.

fields

   fields() returns a list of fields (label or name).

     my @fieldnames = $controller->fields('formname');

   If your configuration looks like

    [
      {
        "label" : "Email",
        "name"  : "email",
        "type"  : "text"
      },
      {
        "name"  : "password",
        "type"  : "password"
      }
    ]

   You get

     (
       Email,
       password
     )

FIELD DEFINITIONS

   This plugin supports several form fields:

     * text

     * checkbox

     * radio

     * select

     * textarea

     * password

     * hidden

   Those fields have the following definition items in common:

     * name

     The name of the field. If you do not pass an id for the field in the
     attributes-field, the name is also taken for the field id.

     * label

     If a template is used, this value is passed for $label. If the
     translation feature is used, the label is translated.

     * type

     One of the above mentioned types. Please note, that you can add own
     types.

     * data

     For text, textarea, password and hidden this is the value for the
     field. This can be set in various ways:

     1. Data passed in the code like

         $c->form_fields( 'form', fieldname => { data => 'test' } );

     2. Data passed via stash

         $c->stash( fieldname => 'test' );

     3. Data in the request

     4. Data defined in the field configuration

     5. Data passed via stash - part two

         $c->stash( any_name => { fieldname => 'test' } );
         $c->form_fields( 'form', from_stash => 'any_name' );

     For select, checkbox and radio fields, data contains the possible
     values.

     * attributes

     Attributes of the field like "class":

       attributes => {
         class => 'button'
       }

     If global_attributes are defined, then the values are added, so that

       plugin( 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         global_attributes => {
           class => 'button-danger',
         }
       });

     and the attributes field as shown, then the field has two classes:
     button and button-danger. In the field the classes mentioned in field
     config come first.

       <button class="button button-danger" ...>

EXAMPLES

   The following sections should give you an idea what's possible with
   this plugin

text

   With type text you get a simple text input field.

 A simple text field

   This is the configuration for a simple text field:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name"
       }
    ]

   And the generated form field looks like

    <input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" />

 Set CSS classes

   If you want to set a CSS class, you can use the attributes field:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name",
           "attributes" : {
               "class" : "W75px"
           }
       }
    ]

   And the generated form field looks like

    <input class="W75px" id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" />

 Text field with predefined value

   Sometimes, you want to predefine a value shown in the text field. Then
   you can use the data field:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name",
           "data" : "default value"
       }
    ]

   This will generate this input field:

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

select

 Simple: Value = Label

   When you have a list of values for a select field, you can define an
   array reference:

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "language",
         "data" : [
           "de",
           "en"
         ]
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="de">de</option>
         <option value="en">en</option>
     </select>

 Preselect a value

   You can define

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "language",
         "data" : [
           "de",
           "en"
         ],
         "selected" : "en"
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="de">de</option>
         <option value="en" selected="selected">en</option>
     </select>

   If a key named as the select exists in the stash, those values are
   preselected (this overrides the value defined in the .json):

     $c->stash( language => 'en' );

   and

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "language",
         "data" : [
           "de",
           "en"
         ]
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="de">de</option>
         <option value="en" selected="selected">en</option>
     </select>

 Multiselect

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "languages",
         "data" : [
           "de",
           "en",
           "cn",
           "jp"
         ],
         "multiple" : 1,
         "size" : 3
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="languages" name="languages" multiple="multiple" size="3">
         <option value="cn">cn</option>
         <option value="de">de</option>
         <option value="en">en</option>
         <option value="jp">jp</option>
     </select>

 Preselect multiple values

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "languages",
         "data" : [
           "de",
           "en",
           "cn",
           "jp"
         ],
         "multiple" : 1,
         "selected" : [ "en", "de" ]
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="cn">cn</option>
         <option value="de" selected="selected">de</option>
         <option value="en" selected="selected">en</option>
         <option value="jp">jp</option>
     </select>

 Values != Label

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "language",
         "data" : {
           "de" : "German",
           "en" : "English"
         }
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="en">English</option>
         <option value="de">German</option>
     </select>

 Option groups

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "language",
         "data" : {
           "EU" : {
             "de" : "German",
             "en" : "English"
           },
           "Asia" : {
             "cn" : "Chinese",
             "jp" : "Japanese"
           }
         }
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="en">English</option>
         <option value="de">German</option>
     </select>

 Disable values

     [
       {
         "type" : "select",
         "name" : "languages",
         "data" : [
           "de",
           "en",
           "cn",
           "jp"
         ],
         "multiple" : 1,
         "disabled" : [ "en", "de" ]
       }
     ]

   This creates the following select field:

     <select id="language" name="language">
         <option value="cn">cn</option>
         <option value="de" disabled="disabled">de</option>
         <option value="en" disabled="disabled">en</option>
         <option value="jp">jp</option>
     </select>

radio

   For radiobuttons, you can use two ways: You can either configure form
   fields for each value or you can define a list of values in the data
   field. With the first way, you can create radiobuttons where the
   template (if any defined) is applied to each radiobutton. With the
   second way, the radiobuttons are handled as one single field in the
   template.

 A single radiobutton

   Given the configuration

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "internal"
       }
    ]

   You get

 Two radiobuttons configured separately

   With the configuration

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "internal"
       },
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "external"
       }
    ]

   You get

 Two radiobuttons as a group

   And with

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   You get

 Two radiobuttons configured separately - with template

   Define template:

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       dir      => './conf',
       template => '<%= $label %>: <%= $form %>';
     };

   Config:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "internal"
       },
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "external"
       }
    ]

   Fields:

     Name: <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="internal" />



     Name: <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="external" />

 Two radiobuttons as a group - with template

   Same template definition as above, but given this field config:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   You get this:

     Name: <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="internal" />
     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="external" />

 Two radiobuttons - one checked

   Config:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ],
           "selected" : ["internal"]
       }
    ]

   Field:

     <input checked="checked" id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="internal" />
     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="external" />

 Radiobuttons with HTML after every element

   When you want to add some HTML code after every element - e.g. a <br />
   - you can use after_element

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "after_element" : "<br />",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   Fields:

     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="internal" />
     <br /><input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="external" />
     <br />

 Radiobuttons with values shown as label

   When you want to show the value as a label, you can use show_value.

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "show_value" : 1,
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   Creates

     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="internal" /> internal
     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="external" /> external

 Radiobuttons with translated values for "sublabels"

   If you want to show the "sublabels" and want them to be translated, you
   can use translate_sublabels

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "radio",
           "name" : "type",
           "show_value" : 1,
           "translate_sublabels" : 1,
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   Given this plugin is used this way:

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         dir => File::Spec->catdir( dirname( __FILE__ ) || '.', 'conf' ),
         translation_method => \&loc,
     };

     sub loc {
         my ($c, $value) = @_;

         my %translation = ( internal => 'intern', external => 'extern' );
         return $translation{$value} // $value;
     };

   You'll get

     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="internal" /> intern
     <input id="type" name="type" type="radio" value="external" /> extern

checkbox

   For checkboxes, you can use two ways: You can either configure form
   fields for each value or you can define a list of values in the data
   field. With the first way, you can create checkboxes where the template
   (if any defined) is applied to each checkbox. With the second way, the
   checkboxes are handled as one single field in the template.

 A single checkbox

   Given the configuration

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "internal"
       }
    ]

   You get

 Two checkboxes configured separately

   With the configuration

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "internal"
       },
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "external"
       }
    ]

   You get

 Two checkboxes as a group

   And with

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   You get

 Two checkboxes configured separately - with template

   Define template:

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       dir      => './conf',
       template => '<%= $label %>: <%= $form %>';
     };

   Config:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "internal"
       },
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : "external"
       }
    ]

   Fields:

     Name: <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="internal" />



     Name: <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="external" />

 Two checkboxes as a group - with template

   Same template definition as above, but given this field config:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   You get this:

     Name: <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="internal" />
     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="external" />

 Two checkboxes - one checked

   Config:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ],
           "selected" : ["internal"]
       }
    ]

   Field:

     <input checked="checked" id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="internal" />
     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="external" />

 Checkboxes with HTML after every element

   When you want to add some HTML code after every element - e.g. a <br />
   - you can use after_element

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "after_element" : "<br />",
           "data" : ["internal", "external", "unknown" ]
       }
    ]

   Fields:

     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="internal" />
     <br /><input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="external" />
     <br /><input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="unknown" />
     <br />

 Checkboxes with values shown as label

   When you want to show the value as a label, you can use show_value.

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "show_value" : 1,
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   Creates

     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="internal" /> internal
     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="external" /> external

 Checkboxes with translated values for "sublabels"

   If you want to show the "sublabels" and want them to be translated, you
   can use translate_sublabels

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "checkbox",
           "name" : "type",
           "show_value" : 1,
           "translate_sublabels" : 1,
           "data" : ["internal", "external" ]
       }
    ]

   Given this plugin is used this way:

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
         dir => File::Spec->catdir( dirname( __FILE__ ) || '.', 'conf' ),
         translation_method => \&loc,
     };

     sub loc {
         my ($c, $value) = @_;

         my %translation = ( internal => 'intern', external => 'extern' );
         return $translation{$value} // $value;
     };

   You'll get

     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="internal" /> intern
     <input id="type" name="type" type="checkbox" value="external" /> extern

textarea

   This type is very similar to text.

 A simple textarea

   This is the configuration for a simple text field:

    [
       {
           "type" : "textarea",
           "name" : "message",
           "data" : "Current message"
       }
    ]

   And the generated form field looks like

     <textarea id="message" name="message">Current message</textarea>

 A textarea with defined number of columns and rows

   This is the configuration for a simple text field:

    [
       {
           "type" : "textarea",
           "name" : "message",
           "data" : "Current message",
           "attributes" : {
               "cols" : 80,
               "rows" : 10
           }
       }
    ]

   And the generated textarea looks like

     <textarea cols="80" id="message" name="message" rows="10">Current message</textarea>

password

   This type is very similar to text. You can use the very same settings
   as for text fields, so we show only a simple example here:

 A simple password field

   This is the configuration for a simple text field:

    [
       {
           "type" : "password",
           "name" : "user_password"
       }
    ]

   And the generated form field looks like

    <input id="user_password" name="password" type="password" value="" />

Templates

   Especially when you work with frameworks like Bootstrap, you want to
   your form fields to look nice. For that the form fields are within divs
   or other HTML elements.

   To make your life easier, you can define templates. Either a "global"
   one, a type specific template or a template for one field.

   For hidden fields, no template is applied!

A global template

   When you load the plugin this way

     $self->plugin( 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       template => '<label for="<%= $id %>"><%= $label %>:</label><div><%= $field %></div>',
     });

   and have a configuration that looks like

   You get

     <label for="name">Name:</label><div><input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" /></div>


     <label for="password">Password:</label><div><input id="password" name="password" type="text" value="" /></div>

A type specific template

   When you want to use a different template for select fields, you can
   use a different template for that kind of fields:

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       dir       => File::Spec->catdir( dirname( __FILE__ ) || '.', 'conf' ),
       template  => '<label for="<%= $id %>"><%= $label %>:</label><div><%= $field %></div>',
       templates => {
         select => '<%= $label %>: <%= $field %>',
       },
     };

   With a configuration file like

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name"
       }
       {
           "label" : "Country",
           "type" : "select",
           "name" : "country",
           "data" : [ "au" ]
       }
    ]

   You get

     <label for="name">Name:</label><div><input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" /></div>


     Country: <select id="country" name="country"><option value="au">au</option></select>

A field specific template

   When you want to use a different template for a specific field, you can
   use the template field in the configuration file.

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       dir       => File::Spec->catdir( dirname( __FILE__ ) || '.', 'conf' ),
       template  => '<label for="<%= $id %>"><%= $label %>:</label><div><%= $field %></div>',
     };

   With a configuration file like

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name"
       }
       {
           "label" : "Country",
           "type" : "select",
           "name" : "country",
           "data" : [ "au" ],
           "template" : "<%= $label %>: <%= $field %>"
       }
    ]

   You get

     <label for="name">Name:</label><div><input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" /></div>


     Country: <select id="country" name="country"><option value="au">au</option></select>

Template variables

   You get three template variables for free:

     * $label

     If a label is defined in the field configuration

     * $field

     The form field (HTML)

     * $id

     The id for the field. If no id is defined, the name of the field is
     set.

Validation

   You can define some validation rules in your config file. And when you
   call validate_form_fields, the fields defined in the configuration file
   are validated.

   Mojolicious::Validator::Validation is shipped with some basic
   validation checks:

     * in

     * size

     * like

     * equal_to

   There is Mojolicious::Plugin::AdditionalValidationChecks with some more
   basic checks. And you can also define your own checks.

   The validation field is a hashref where the name of the check is the
   key and the parameters for the check can be defined in the value:

     "validation" : {
         "size" : [ 2, 5 ]
     },

   This will call ->size(2,5). If you want to pass a single parameter, you
   can set a scalar:

     "validation" : {
         "equal_to" : "foo"
     },

   Validation checks are done in asciibetical order.

   You can also use the filters:

     "validation" : {
         "size" : [ 2, 5 ],
         "filters" : [ "trim" ]
     },

Check a string for its length

   This is a simple check for the length of a string

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "validation" : {
               "size" : [ 2, 5 ]
           },
           "name" : "name"
       }
    ]

   Then you can call validate_form_fields:

     my %errors = $c->validate_form_fields( $config_name );

   In the returned hash, you get the fieldnames as keys where a validation
   check fails.

A mandatory string

   If you have mandatory fields, you can define them as required

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "validation" : {
               "required" : "name"
           },
           "name" : "name"
       }
    ]

Provide your own error message

   With the simple configuration seen above, the %error hash contains the
   value "1" for each invalid field. If you want to get a better error
   message, you can define a hash in the validation config

    [
       {
           "label" : "Name",
           "type" : "text",
           "validation" : {
               "like" : { "args" : [ "es" ], "msg" : "text must contain 'es'" },
               "size" : { "args" : [ 2, 5 ], "msg" : "length must be between 2 and 5 chars" }
           },
           "name" : "name"
       }
    ]

   Examples:

     text   | error
     -------+---------------------------------
     test   |
     t      | text must contain 'es'
     tester | length must be between 2 and 5 chars

Translation

   Most webapplications nowadays are internationalized, therefor this
   module provides some support for translations.

   If translate_labels is set to a true value, a template is used and
   translation_method is given, the labels are translated.

translation_method

   translation_method has to be a reference to a subroutine.

 An example for translation

   Load and configure the plugin:

     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       dir                => File::Spec->catdir( dirname( __FILE__ ) || '.', 'conf' ),
       template           => '<label for="<%= $id %>"><%= $label %>:</label><div><%= $field %></div>',
       translate_labels   => 1,
       translation_method => \&loc,
     };

   The translation method gets two parameters:

     * the controller object

     * the label

     sub loc {
         my ($c, $value) = @_;

         my %translation = ( Address => 'Adresse' );
         return $translation{$value} // $value;
     };

   This can be a more complex subroutine that makes use of any translation
   framework.

   Given this field configuration file:

    [
       {
           "label" : "Address",
           "type" : "text",
           "name" : "name"
       }
    ]

   You'll get

     <label for="name">Adresse:</label><div><input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="" /></div>

Internationalization

   There is more about internationalization (i18n) than just translation.
   There are dates, ranges, order of characters etc. But that can't be
   covered within this single module. There are more Mojolicious plugins
   that provide more features about i18n:

     * Mojolicious::Plugin::I18N

     * Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpersI18N

     * Mojolicious::Plugin::I18NUtils

     * Mojolicious::Plugin::CountryDropDown

   You can combine these plugins with this plugin. An example is available
   at the code repository
   <http://github.com/reneeb/Mojolicious-Plugin-FormFieldsFromJSON/tree/master/example>.

New Types

   The field types supported by this plugin might not enough for you. Then
   you can create your own plugin and add new types. For example, dates in
   OTRS <http://otrs.org> are shown as three dropdowns: one for the day,
   one for the month and finally one for the year.

   Wouldn't it be nice to define only one field in your config and the
   rest is DWIM (Do what I mean)? It would.

   So you can write your own Mojolicious plugin where the register
   subroutine does nothing. And you define a subroutine called
   Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON::_date where those dropdowns
   are created.

   Then just do:

     plugin 'WhateverYouHaveChosen';
     plugin 'FormFieldsFromJSON' => {
       types => {
           'date' => 1,
       },
     };

   Now you can use

     [
       {
         "label" : "Release date",
         "type" : "date",
         "name" : "release"
       }
     ]

   The subroutine gets these parameters:

     * The plugin object (Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON object)

     So you can use the methods defined in this plugin, for example to
     create dropdowns, textfields, ...

     * The controller object (Whatever controller called form_fields
     method)

     So you can use all the Mojolicious power!

     * The field config

     Whatever you defined in you .json config file for that field

     * A params hash

     Whatever is passed as parameters to the form_fields method.

   As an example, you can see
   Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFieldsFromJSON::Date.

SEE ALSO

   Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicio.us.

AUTHOR

   Renee Baecker <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

   This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Renee Baecker.

   This is free software, licensed under:

     The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

AUTHOR

   Renee Baecker <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

   This software is Copyright (c) 2018 by Renee Baecker.

   This is free software, licensed under:

     The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)