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=head1 Deltachanges from 5.7 to 5.8

This is an overview of the user visible changes in 5.8

=head2 Deprecations

Please see L<Catalyst::Upgrading> for a full description of how changes in the
framework may affect your application.

Below is a brief list of features which have been deprecated in this release:

=over

=item ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn

=item NEXT is deprecated for all applications and components, use MRO::Compat

=item Dispatcher methods which are an implementation detail made private, public versions now warn.

=item MyApp->plugin method is deprecated, use L<Catalyst::Model::Adaptor> instead.

=back

=head2 Dispatcher

Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover).

=head2 Restarter

The development server restarter has been improved to be compatible with
immutable Moose classes, and also to optionally use 
L<B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange> to handle more complex application layouts
correctly.

=head2 $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp)

A private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for.
This is a shortcut for calling C<< $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path) >>
and passing the resulting C<$action> and the remaining arguments to 
C<< $c->uri_for >>.

=head2 Logging

Log levels have been madeadditive, and add documentation to the setup_log 
method.

=head2 Consequences of the Moose backend

=over

=item *

Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action
attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP,
allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl)

=item *

Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with
and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace
subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate
syntax. (rafl/hdp)

=item *

Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into
Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other
components (Florian Ragwitz)

=item *

Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup
method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their 
own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m)        

=back

=head2 Test Suite

        - Change Catalyst::Test to use Sub::Exporter (Florian Ragwitz).
        - Port to Moose
        - Support mocking virtualhosts in test suite ()
        - Add methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write
          more compact tests

=head2 Catalyst::Response->print()

Prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,.  This lets you pass
the response object to functions that want to write to an L<IO::Handle>.
Commit	Line	Data
6c18e892	1	=head1 Deltachanges from 5.7 to 5.8
6c18e892	2
b31499bc	3	This is an overview of the user visible changes in 5.8
	4
	5	=head2 Deprecations
	6
e88235ff	7	Please see L<Catalyst::Upgrading> for a full description of how changes in the
	8	framework may affect your application.
	9
	10	Below is a brief list of features which have been deprecated in this release:
	11
796a8358	12	=over
b31499bc	13
796a8358	14	=item ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn
b31499bc	15
e88235ff	16	=item NEXT is deprecated for all applications and components, use MRO::Compat
b31499bc	17
e88235ff	18	=item Dispatcher methods which are an implementation detail made private, public versions now warn.
b31499bc	19
e88235ff	20	=item MyApp->plugin method is deprecated, use L<Catalyst::Model::Adaptor> instead.
796a8358	21
	22	=back
	23
b31499bc	24	=head2 Dispatcher
b31499bc	25
6171ddd5	26	Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover).
b31499bc	27
6171ddd5	28	=head2 Restarter
b31499bc	29
6171ddd5	30	The development server restarter has been improved to be compatible with
	31	immutable Moose classes, and also to optionally use
	32	L<B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange> to handle more complex application layouts
	33	correctly.
b31499bc	34
6171ddd5	35	=head2 $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp)
b31499bc	36
6c18e892	37	A private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for.
	38	This is a shortcut for calling C<< $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path) >>
	39	and passing the resulting C<$action> and the remaining arguments to
	40	C<< $c->uri_for >>.
	41
b31499bc	42	=head2 Logging
b31499bc	43
6171ddd5	44	Log levels have been madeadditive, and add documentation to the setup_log
6171ddd5	45	method.
b31499bc	46
	47	=head2 Consequences of the Moose backend
	48
796a8358	49	=over
	50
	51	=item *
	52
	53	Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action
	54	attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP,
	55	allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl)
	56
	57	=item *
	58
	59	Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with
	60	and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace
	61	subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate
	62	syntax. (rafl/hdp)
	63
	64	=item *
	65
	66	Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into
	67	Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other
	68	components (Florian Ragwitz)
	69
	70	=item *
	71
	72	Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup
	73	method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their
	74	own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m)
	75
	76	=back
	77
b31499bc	78	=head2 Test Suite
6c18e892	79
6c18e892	80	- Change Catalyst::Test to use Sub::Exporter (Florian Ragwitz).
6c18e892	81	- Port to Moose
b31499bc	82	- Support mocking virtualhosts in test suite ()
	83	- Add methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write
	84	more compact tests
	85
	86	=head2 Catalyst::Response->print()
	87
6c18e892	88	Prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,. This lets you pass
	89	the response object to functions that want to write to an L<IO::Handle>.
	90