=head1 NAME

App::TMS::Client - Template Management System


=head1 SYNOPSIS




=head1 EXPORTS

Nothing exported by default

=over



=back

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

    Error::Programatic
    Perl::Module
    File::Spec
    List::Util
    Error
    Data::Format::Hash
    App::TMS::Common
    Error::Simple
    Parse::Template::Standard
    Data::Hub::Util
    Data::Comparison
    App::TMS::Debug
    Data::OrderedHash
    Data::Hub
    Data::Hub::FileSystem::Node
    Cwd

=head1 DESCRIPTION





=head1 PUBLIC INTERFACE

=head2 new

=over

=item Construct a new instance






=back


=head2 connect

=over

=item Connect to a repository



options:

  -force                        # Connect even when already connected



=back


=head2 persist

=over

=item Create a persistent connection to the repository






=back


=head2 status

=over

=item Print status for each instance






=back


=head2 update

=over

=item Update the targets for all instances of modified templates






=back


=head2 compile

=over

=item Compile a template




where:


  @vars                     # Key/value pairs formatted as: key=value

options:


  -force => 1               # Generate even if target exists
  -use => \@files           # Colon-separated list of data files

If C<$filename> is omitted, output is written to STDOUT and the entry is not
recorded in the instance database.



=back


=head1 PACKAGE INTERNALS

=head2 _ping_repository

=over

=item Test that the repository is reachable






=back


=head2 _validate_connection

=over

=item Ensure the repository is valid






=back


=head2 _validate_persistent_connection

=over

=item Ensure proper connection to the repository






=back


=head2 _get_instance

=over

=item Return an entry from the instances db






=back


=head2 _get_instances

=over

=item Return an instance entry for each target address






=back


=head2 _addr_to_key

=over

=item Return the instance db key for a given address






=back


=head2 _compile

=over

=item Compile according to the provided instance




where:


  $instance = {
    template => $template_addr,
    target => $target_addr || undef,
    vars => \%vars,
    use => \@paths,
  }

If C<$target_addr> is defined, the result will be written there.  Otherwise 
the result will be printed to STDOUT.



=back


=head2 _set_statuses

=over

=item Query and set status for each instance






=back


=head2 _get_status

=over

=item 






=back



=head1 AUTHORS

    Ryan Gies <ryangies@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (C) 2014-2016 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.
    Copyright (C) 2006-2013 by Livesite Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Copyright (C) 2000-2005 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.
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    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a 
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