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1 | =head1 NAME |
2 | |
3 | Catalyst::Upgrading - Instructions for upgrading to the latest Catalyst |
4 | |
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5 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90090 |
6 | |
7 | L<Catalyst::Utils> has a new method 'inject_component' which works the same as the method of |
8 | the same name in L<CatalystX::InjectComponent>. You should start converting any |
9 | use of the non core method in your code as future changes to Catalyst will be |
10 | sychronized to the core method first. We reserve the right to cease support |
11 | of the non core version should we reach a point in time where it cannot be |
12 | properly supported as an external module. Luckily this should be a trivial |
13 | search and replace. Change all occurances of: |
14 | |
15 | CatalystX::InjectComponent->inject(...) |
16 | |
17 | Into |
18 | |
19 | Catalyst::Utils::inject_component(...) |
20 | |
21 | and we expect everything to work the same (we'd consider it not working the same |
22 | to be a bug, and please report it.) |
23 | |
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24 | We also cored features from L<CatalystX::RoleApplicator> to compose a role into the |
25 | request, response and stats classes. The main difference is that with L<CatalystX::RoleApplicator> |
26 | you did: |
27 | |
28 | package MyApp; |
29 | |
30 | use Catalyst; |
31 | use CatalystX::RoleApplicator; |
32 | |
33 | __PACKAGE__->apply_request_class_roles( |
34 | qw/My::Request::Role Other::Request::Role/); |
35 | |
36 | Whereas now we have three class attributes, 'request_class_traits', 'response_class_traits' |
37 | and 'stats_class_traits', so you use like this (note this value is an ArrayRef) |
38 | |
39 | |
40 | package MyApp; |
41 | |
42 | use Catalyst; |
43 | |
44 | __PACKAGE__->request_class_traits([qw/ |
45 | My::Request::Role |
46 | Other::Request::Role/]); |
47 | |
48 | (And the same for response_class_traits and stats_class_traits. We left off the |
49 | traits for Engine, since that class does a lot less nowadays, and dispatcher. If you |
50 | used those and can share a use case, we'd be likely to support them. |
51 | |
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52 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90085 |
53 | |
54 | In this version of Catalyst we made a small change to Chained Dispatching so |
55 | that when two or more actions all have the same path specification AND they |
56 | all have Args(0), we break the tie by choosing the last action defined, and |
57 | not the first one defined. This was done to normalize Chaining to following |
58 | the 'longest Path wins, and when several actions match the same Path specification |
59 | we choose the last defined.' rule. Previously Args(0) was hard coded to be a special |
60 | case such that the first action defined would match (which is not the case when |
61 | Args is not zero.) |
62 | |
63 | Its possible that this could be a breaking change for you, if you had used |
64 | action roles (custom or otherwise) to add additional matching rules to differentiate |
65 | between several Args(0) actions that share the same root action chain. For |
66 | example if you have code now like this: |
67 | |
68 | sub check_default :Chained(/) CaptureArgs(0) { ... } |
69 | |
70 | sub default_get :Chained('check_default') PathPart('') Args(0) GET { |
71 | pop->res->body('get3'); |
72 | } |
73 | |
74 | sub default_post :Chained('check_default') PathPart('') Args(0) POST { |
75 | pop->res->body('post3'); |
76 | } |
77 | |
78 | sub chain_default :Chained('check_default') PathPart('') Args(0) { |
79 | pop->res->body('chain_default'); |
80 | } |
81 | |
82 | The way that chaining will work previous is that when two or more equal actions can |
83 | match, the 'top' one wins. So if the request is "GET .../check_default" BOTH |
84 | actions 'default_get' AND 'chain_default' would match. To break the tie in |
85 | the case when Args is 0, we'd previous take the 'top' (or first defined) action. |
86 | Unfortunately this treatment of Args(0) is special case. In all other cases |
87 | we choose the 'last defined' action to break a tie. So this version of |
88 | Catalyst changed the dispatcher to make Args(0) no longer a special case for |
89 | breaking ties. This means that the above code must now become: |
90 | |
91 | sub check_default :Chained(/) CaptureArgs(0) { ... } |
92 | |
93 | sub chain_default :Chained('check_default') PathPart('') Args(0) { |
94 | pop->res->body('chain_default'); |
95 | } |
96 | |
97 | sub default_get :Chained('check_default') PathPart('') Args(0) GET { |
98 | pop->res->body('get3'); |
99 | } |
100 | |
101 | sub default_post :Chained('check_default') PathPart('') Args(0) POST { |
102 | pop->res->body('post3'); |
103 | } |
104 | |
105 | If we want it to work as expected (for example we we GET to match 'default_get' and |
106 | POST to match 'default_post' and any other http Method to match 'chain_default'). |
107 | |
108 | In other words Arg(0) and chained actions must now follow the normal rule where |
109 | in a tie the last defined action wins and you should place all your less defined |
110 | or 'catch all' actions first. |
111 | |
112 | If this causes you trouble and you can't fix your code to conform, you may set the |
113 | application configuration setting "use_chained_args_0_special_case" to true and |
114 | that will revert you code to the previous behavior. |
115 | |
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116 | =head2 More backwards compatibility options with UTF-8 changes |
117 | |
118 | In order to give better backwards compatiblity with the 5.90080+ UTF-8 changes |
119 | we've added several configuration options around control of how we try to decode |
120 | your URL keywords / query parameters. |
121 | |
122 | C<do_not_decode_query> |
123 | |
124 | If true, then do not try to character decode any wide characters in your |
125 | request URL query or keywords. Most readings of the relevent specifications |
126 | suggest these should be UTF-* encoded, which is the default that L<Catalyst> |
127 | will use, hwoever if you are creating a lot of URLs manually or have external |
128 | evil clients, this might cause you trouble. If you find the changes introduced |
129 | in Catalyst version 5.90080+ break some of your query code, you may disable |
130 | the UTF-8 decoding globally using this configuration. |
131 | |
132 | This setting takes precedence over C<default_query_encoding> and |
133 | C<decode_query_using_global_encoding> |
134 | |
135 | C<default_query_encoding> |
136 | |
137 | By default we decode query and keywords in your request URL using UTF-8, which |
138 | is our reading of the relevent specifications. This setting allows one to |
139 | specify a fixed value for how to decode your query. You might need this if |
140 | you are doing a lot of custom encoding of your URLs and not using UTF-8. |
141 | |
142 | This setting take precedence over C<decode_query_using_global_encoding>. |
143 | |
144 | C<decode_query_using_global_encoding> |
145 | |
146 | Setting this to true will default your query decoding to whatever your |
147 | general global encoding is (the default is UTF-8). |
148 | |
149 | |
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150 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90080 |
151 | |
152 | UTF8 encoding is now default. For temporary backwards compatibility, if this |
153 | change is causing you trouble, you can disable it by setting the application |
154 | configuration option to undef: |
155 | |
156 | MyApp->config(encoding => undef); |
157 | |
158 | But please consider this a temporary measure since it is the intention that |
159 | UTF8 is enabled going forwards and the expectation is that other ecosystem |
160 | projects will assume this as well. At some point you application will not |
161 | correctly function without this setting. |
162 | |
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163 | As of 5.90084 we've added two additional configuration flags for more selective |
164 | control over some encoding changes: 'skip_body_param_unicode_decoding' and |
165 | 'skip_complex_post_part_handling'. You may use these to more selectively |
166 | disable new features while you are seeking a long term fix. Please review |
167 | CONFIGURATION in L<Catalyst>. |
168 | |
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169 | For further information, please see L<Catalyst::UTF8> |
170 | |
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171 | A number of projects in the wider ecosystem required minor updates to be able |
172 | to work correctly. Here's the known list: |
173 | |
174 | L<Catalyst::View::TT>, L<Catalyst::View::Mason>, L<Catalyst::View::HTML::Mason>, |
175 | L<Catalyst::View::Xslate>, L<Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst> |
176 | |
177 | You will need to update to modern versions in most cases, although quite a few |
178 | of these only needed minor test case and documentation changes so you will need |
179 | to review the changelog of each one that is relevant to you to determine your |
180 | true upgrade needs. |
181 | |
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182 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90060 |
183 | |
184 | Starting in the v5.90059_001 development release, the regexp dispatch type is |
185 | no longer automatically included as a dependency. If you are still using this |
186 | dispatch type, you need to add L<Catalyst::DispatchType::Regex> into your build |
187 | system. |
188 | |
189 | The standalone distribution of Regexp will be supported for the time being, but |
190 | should we find that supporting it prevents us from moving L<Catalyst> forward |
191 | in necessary ways, we reserve the right to drop that support. It is highly |
192 | recommended that you use this last stage of deprecation to change your code. |
193 | |
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194 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90040 |
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195 | |
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196 | =head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode::Encoding is now core |
197 | |
198 | The previously stand alone Unicode support module L<Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode::Encoding> |
199 | has been brought into core as a default plugin. Going forward, all you need is |
200 | to add a configuration setting for the encoding type. For example: |
201 | |
202 | package Myapp::Web; |
203 | |
204 | use Catalyst; |
205 | |
206 | __PACKAGE__->config( encoding => 'UTF-8' ); |
207 | |
208 | Please note that this is different from the old stand alone plugin which applied |
209 | C<UTF-8> encoding by default (that is, if you did not set an explicit |
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210 | C<encoding> configuration value, it assumed you wanted UTF-8). In order to |
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211 | preserve backwards compatibility you will need to explicitly turn it on via the |
212 | configuration setting. THIS MIGHT CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, so please consider |
213 | starting to test your application with proper UTF-8 support and remove all those |
214 | crappy hacks you munged into the code because you didn't know the Plugin |
215 | existed :) |
216 | |
217 | For people that are using the Plugin, you will note a startup warning suggesting |
218 | that you can remove it from the plugin list. When you do so, please remember to |
219 | add the configuration setting, since you can no longer rely on the default being |
220 | UTF-8. We'll add it for you if you continue to use the stand alone plugin and |
221 | we detect this, but this backwards compatibility shim will likely be removed in |
222 | a few releases (trying to clean up the codebase after all). |
223 | |
224 | If you have trouble with any of this, please bring it to the attention of the |
225 | Catalyst maintainer group. |
226 | |
227 | =head2 basic async and event loop support |
228 | |
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229 | This version of L<Catalyst> offers some support for using L<AnyEvent> and |
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230 | L<IO::Async> event loops in your application. These changes should work |
231 | fine for most applications however if you are already trying to perform |
232 | some streaming, minor changes in this area of the code might affect your |
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233 | functionality. Please see L<Catalyst::Response\write_fh> for more and for a |
234 | basic example. |
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235 | |
236 | We consider this feature experimental. We will try not to break it, but we |
237 | reserve the right to make necessary changes to fix major issues that people |
238 | run into when the use this functionality in the wild. |
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239 | |
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240 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90030 |
241 | |
242 | =head2 Regex dispatch type is deprecated. |
243 | |
244 | The Regex dispatchtype (L<Catalyst::DispatchType::Regex>) has been deprecated. |
245 | |
246 | You are encouraged to move your application to Chained dispatch (L<Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained>). |
247 | |
248 | If you cannot do so, please add a dependency to Catalyst::DispatchType::Regex to your application's |
249 | Makefile.PL |
250 | |
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251 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.9 |
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252 | |
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253 | The major change is that L<Plack>, a toolkit for using the L<PSGI> |
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254 | specification, now replaces most of the subclasses of L<Catalyst::Engine>. If |
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255 | you are using one of the standard subclasses of L<Catalyst::Engine> this |
256 | should be a straightforward upgrade for you. It was a design goal for |
257 | this release to preserve as much backwards compatibility as possible. |
258 | However, since L<Plack> is different from L<Catalyst::Engine>, it is |
259 | possible that differences exist for edge cases. Therefore, we recommend |
260 | that care be taken with this upgrade and that testing should be greater |
261 | than would be the case with a minor point update. Please inform the |
262 | Catalyst developers of any problems so that we can fix them and |
263 | incorporate tests. |
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264 | |
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265 | It is highly recommended that you become familiar with the L<Plack> ecosystem |
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266 | and documentation. Being able to take advantage of L<Plack> development and |
267 | middleware is a major bonus to this upgrade. Documentation about how to |
268 | take advantage of L<Plack::Middleware> by writing your own C<< .psgi >> file |
269 | is contained in L<Catalyst::PSGI>. |
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270 | |
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271 | If you have created a custom subclass of L<Catalyst:Engine>, you will |
272 | need to convert it to be a subclass of L<Plack::Handler>. |
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273 | |
274 | If you are using the L<Plack> engine, L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI>, this new |
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275 | release supersedes that code. |
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276 | |
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277 | If you are using a subclass of L<Catalyst::Engine> that is aimed at |
278 | nonstandard or internal/testing uses, such as |
279 | L<Catalyst::Engine::Embeddable>, you should still be able to continue |
280 | using that engine. |
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281 | |
282 | Advice for specific subclasses of L<Catalyst::Engine> follows: |
283 | |
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284 | =head2 Upgrading the FastCGI Engine |
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285 | |
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286 | No upgrade is needed if your myapp_fastcgi.pl script is already upgraded |
287 | to use L<Catalyst::Script::FastCGI>. |
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288 | |
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289 | =head2 Upgrading the mod_perl / Apache Engines |
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290 | |
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291 | The engines that are built upon the various iterations of mod_perl, |
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292 | L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache::MP13> (for mod_perl 1, and Apache 1.x) and |
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293 | L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP20> (for mod_perl 2, and Apache 2.x), |
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294 | should be seamless upgrades and will work using L<Plack::Handler::Apache1> |
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295 | or L<Plack::Handler::Apache2> as required. |
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296 | |
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297 | L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP19>, however, is no longer supported, as |
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298 | Plack does not support mod_perl version 1.99. This is unlikely to be a |
299 | problem for anyone, as 1.99 was a brief beta-test release for mod_perl |
300 | 2, and all users of mod_perl 1.99 are encouraged to upgrade to a |
301 | supported release of Apache 2 and mod_perl 2. |
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302 | |
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303 | =head2 Upgrading the HTTP Engine |
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304 | |
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305 | The default development server that comes with the L<Catalyst> distribution |
306 | should continue to work as expected with no changes as long as your C<myapp_server> |
307 | script is upgraded to use L<Catalyst::Script::HTTP>. |
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308 | |
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309 | =head2 Upgrading the CGI Engine |
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310 | |
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311 | If you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::CGI> there is no upgrade needed if your |
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312 | myapp_cgi.pl script is already upgraded to use L<Catalyst::Script::CGI>. |
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313 | |
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314 | =head2 Upgrading Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork |
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315 | |
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316 | If you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork> then L<Starman> |
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317 | is automatically loaded. You should (at least) change your C<Makefile.PL> |
318 | to depend on Starman. |
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319 | |
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320 | You can regenerate your C<myapp_server.pl> script with C<catalyst.pl> |
321 | and implement a C<MyApp::Script::Server> class that looks like this: |
322 | |
323 | package MyApp::Script::Server; |
324 | use Moose; |
325 | use namespace::autoclean; |
326 | |
327 | extends 'CatalystX::Script::Server::Starman'; |
328 | |
329 | 1; |
330 | |
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331 | This takes advantage of the new script system, and will add a number of |
332 | options to the standard server script as extra options are added by |
333 | Starman. |
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334 | |
335 | More information about these options can be seen at |
336 | L<CatalystX::Script::Server::Starman/SYNOPSIS>. |
337 | |
338 | An alternate route to implement this functionality is to write a simple .psgi |
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339 | file for your application, and then use the L<plackup> utility to start the |
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340 | server. |
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341 | |
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342 | =head2 Upgrading the PSGI Engine |
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343 | |
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344 | If you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI>, this new release supersedes |
345 | this engine in supporting L<Plack>. By default the Engine is now always |
346 | L<Plack>. As a result, you can remove the dependency on |
347 | L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> in your C<Makefile.PL>. |
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348 | |
349 | Applications that were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> |
350 | previously should entirely continue to work in this release with no changes. |
351 | |
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352 | However, if you have an C<app.psgi> script, then you no longer need to |
353 | specify the PSGI engine. Instead, the L<Catalyst> application class now |
354 | has a new method C<psgi_app> which returns a L<PSGI> compatible coderef |
355 | which you can wrap in the middleware of your choice. |
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356 | |
357 | Catalyst will use the .psgi for your application if it is located in the C<home> |
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358 | directory of the application. |
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359 | |
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360 | For example, if you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> in the past, you will |
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361 | have written (or generated) a C<script/myapp.psgi> file similar to this one: |
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362 | |
363 | use Plack::Builder; |
364 | use MyCatalytApp; |
365 | |
366 | MyCatalystApp->setup_engine('PSGI'); |
367 | |
368 | builder { |
369 | enable ... # enable your desired middleware |
370 | sub { MyCatalystApp->run(@_) }; |
371 | }; |
372 | |
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373 | Instead, you now say: |
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374 | |
375 | use Plack::Builder; |
376 | use MyCatalystApp; |
377 | |
378 | builder { |
379 | enable ... #enable your desired middleware |
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380 | MyCatalystApp->psgi_app; |
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381 | }; |
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382 | |
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383 | In the simplest case: |
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384 | |
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385 | MyCatalystApp->setup_engine('PSGI'); |
386 | my $app = sub { MyCatalystApp->run(@_) } |
387 | |
388 | becomes |
389 | |
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390 | my $app = MyCatalystApp->psgi_app(@_); |
391 | |
392 | B<NOT>: |
393 | |
394 | my $app = sub { MyCatalystApp->psgi_app(@_) }; |
395 | # If you make ^^ this mistake, your app won't work, and will confuse the hell out of you! |
396 | |
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397 | You can now move C<< script/myapp.psgi >> to C<< myapp.psgi >>, and the built-in |
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398 | Catalyst scripts and your test suite will start using your .psgi file. |
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399 | |
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400 | B<NOTE:> If you rename your .psgi file without these modifications, then |
401 | any tests run via L<Catalyst::Test> will not be compatible with the new |
402 | release, and will result in the development server starting, rather than |
403 | the expected test running. |
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404 | |
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405 | B<NOTE:> If you are directly accessing C<< $c->req->env >> to get the PSGI |
406 | environment then this accessor is moved to C<< $c->engine->env >>, |
407 | you will need to update your code. |
408 | |
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409 | =head2 Engines which are known to be broken |
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410 | |
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411 | The following engines B<DO NOT> work as of Catalyst version 5.9. The |
412 | core team will be happy to work with the developers and/or users of |
413 | these engines to help them port to the new Plack/Engine system, but for |
414 | now, applications which are currently using these engines B<WILL NOT> |
415 | run without modification to the engine code. |
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416 | |
417 | =over |
418 | |
419 | =item Catalyst::Engine::Wx |
420 | |
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421 | =item Catalyst::Engine::Zeus |
422 | |
423 | =item Catalyst::Engine::JobQueue::POE |
424 | |
425 | =item Catalyst::Engine::XMPP2 |
426 | |
427 | =item Catalyst::Engine::SCGI |
428 | |
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429 | =back |
430 | |
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431 | =head2 Engines with unknown status |
432 | |
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433 | The following engines are untested or have unknown compatibility. |
434 | Reports are highly encouraged: |
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435 | |
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436 | =over |
437 | |
438 | =item Catalyst::Engine::Mojo |
439 | |
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440 | =item Catalyst::Engine::Server (marked as Deprecated) |
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441 | |
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442 | =item Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::POE (marked as Deprecated) |
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443 | |
444 | =back |
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445 | |
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446 | =head2 Plack functionality |
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447 | |
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448 | See L<Catalyst::PSGI>. |
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449 | |
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450 | =head2 Tests in 5.9 |
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451 | |
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452 | Tests should generally work the same in Catalyst 5.9, but there are |
453 | some differences. |
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454 | |
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455 | Previously, if using L<Catalyst::Test> and doing local requests (against |
456 | a local server), if the application threw an exception then this |
457 | exception propagated into the test. |
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458 | |
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459 | This behavior has been removed, and now a 500 response will be returned |
460 | to the test. This change standardizes behavior, so that local test |
461 | requests behave similarly to remote requests. |
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462 | |
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463 | =head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.80 |
464 | |
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465 | Most applications and plugins should run unaltered on Catalyst 5.80. |
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466 | |
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467 | However, a lot of refactoring work has taken place, and several changes have |
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468 | been made which could cause incompatibilities. If your application or plugin |
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469 | is using deprecated code, or relying on side effects, then you could have |
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470 | issues upgrading to this release. |
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471 | |
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472 | Most issues found with existing components have been easy to |
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473 | solve. This document provides a complete description of behavior changes |
474 | which may cause compatibility issues, and of new Catalyst warnings which |
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475 | might be unclear. |
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476 | |
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477 | If you think you have found an upgrade-related issue which is not covered in |
478 | this document, please email the Catalyst list to discuss the problem. |
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479 | |
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480 | =head1 Moose features |
481 | |
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482 | =head2 Application class roles |
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483 | |
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484 | You can only apply method modifiers after the application's C<< ->setup >> |
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485 | method has been called. This means that modifiers will not work with methods |
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486 | run during the call to C<< ->setup >>. |
85f0a66f |
487 | |
a6eb852a |
488 | See L<Catalyst::Manual::ExtendingCatalyst> for more information about using |
489 | L<Moose> in your applications. |
490 | |
85f0a66f |
491 | =head2 Controller actions in Moose roles |
492 | |
d76c88f3 |
493 | You can use L<MooseX::MethodAttributes::Role> if you want to declare actions |
494 | inside Moose roles. |
85f0a66f |
495 | |
d935773d |
496 | =head2 Using Moose in Components |
497 | |
498 | The correct way to use Moose in a component in a both forward and backwards |
499 | compatible way is: |
500 | |
501 | package TestApp::Controller::Root; |
502 | use Moose; |
503 | BEGIN { extends 'Catalyst::Component' }; # Or ::Controller, or whatever |
504 | |
505 | See L<Components which inherit from Moose::Object before Catalyst::Component>. |
506 | |
8f61d649 |
507 | =head1 Known backwards compatibility breakages |
7e2ec16e |
508 | |
8f61d649 |
509 | =head2 Applications in a single file |
85f0a66f |
510 | |
511 | Applications must be in their own file, and loaded at compile time. This |
8f61d649 |
512 | issue generally only affects the tests of CPAN distributions. Your |
513 | application will fail if you try to define an application inline in a |
514 | block, and use plugins which supply a C< new > method, then use that |
515 | application latter in tests within the same file. |
85f0a66f |
516 | |
517 | This is due to the fact that Catalyst is inlining a new method on your |
8f61d649 |
518 | application class allowing it to be compatible with Moose. The method |
519 | used to do this changed in 5.80004 to avoid the possibility of reporting |
520 | an 'Unknown Error' if your application failed to compile. |
85f0a66f |
521 | |
38f90e49 |
522 | =head2 Issues with Class::C3 |
523 | |
8f61d649 |
524 | Catalyst 5.80 uses the L<Algorithm::C3> method dispatch order. This is |
525 | built into Perl 5.10, and comes via L<Class::C3> for Perl 5.8. This |
526 | replaces L<NEXT> with L<Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT>, forcing all components |
527 | to resolve methods using C3, rather than the unpredictable dispatch |
528 | order of L<NEXT>. |
38f90e49 |
529 | |
cf8eab35 |
530 | This issue manifests itself by your application failing to start due to an |
5d06547d |
531 | error message about having a non-linear @ISA. |
532 | |
8f61d649 |
533 | The Catalyst plugin most often causing this is |
534 | L<Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap> - if you are using this |
535 | plugin and see issues, then please upgrade your plugins, as it has been |
536 | fixed. Note that Makefile.PL in the distribution will warn about known |
537 | incompatible components. |
5d06547d |
538 | |
539 | This issue can, however, be found in your own application - the only solution is |
540 | to go through each base class of the class the error was reported against, until |
541 | you identify the ones in conflict, and resolve them. |
542 | |
543 | To be able to generate a linear @ISA, the list of superclasses for each |
544 | class must be resolvable using the C3 algorithm. Unfortunately, when |
545 | superclasses are being used as mixins (to add functionality used in your class), |
ae7da8f5 |
546 | and with multiple inheritance, it is easy to get this wrong. |
38f90e49 |
547 | |
548 | Most common is the case of: |
549 | |
550 | package Component1; # Note, this is the common case |
551 | use base qw/Class::Accessor::Fast Class::Data::Inheritable/; |
552 | |
8f61d649 |
553 | package Component2; # Accidentally saying it this way causes a failure |
38f90e49 |
554 | use base qw/Class::Data::Inheritable Class::Accessor::Fast/; |
555 | |
556 | package GoesBang; |
557 | use base qw/Component1 Component2/; |
558 | |
5d06547d |
559 | Any situation like this will cause your application to fail to start. |
38f90e49 |
560 | |
8f61d649 |
561 | For additional documentation about this issue, and how to resolve it, see |
5d06547d |
562 | L<Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT>. |
38f90e49 |
563 | |
6f04e56a |
564 | =head2 Components which inherit from Moose::Object before Catalyst::Component |
7e2ec16e |
565 | |
6f04e56a |
566 | Moose components which say: |
7e2ec16e |
567 | |
6f04e56a |
568 | package TestApp::Controller::Example; |
569 | use Moose; |
845bfcd2 |
570 | extends qw/Moose::Object Catalyst::Component/; |
7e2ec16e |
571 | |
8f61d649 |
572 | to use the constructor provided by Moose, while working (if you do some hacks |
1a98f036 |
573 | with the C< BUILDARGS > method), will not work with Catalyst 5.80 as |
6f04e56a |
574 | C<Catalyst::Component> inherits from C<Moose::Object>, and so C< @ISA > fails |
25f61108 |
575 | to linearize. |
6f04e56a |
576 | |
6f04e56a |
577 | The correct way to use Moose in a component in a both forward and backwards |
578 | compatible way is: |
579 | |
580 | package TestApp::Controller::Root; |
581 | use Moose; |
582 | BEGIN { extends 'Catalyst::Component' }; # Or ::Controller, or whatever |
583 | |
ba03ccca |
584 | Note that the C< extends > declaration needs to occur in a begin block for |
3df46b1b |
585 | L<attributes> to operate correctly. |
586 | |
d935773d |
587 | This way you do not inherit directly from C<Moose::Object> |
588 | yourself. Having components which do not inherit their constructor from |
589 | C<Catalyst::Component> is B<unsupported>, and has never been recommended, |
590 | therefore you're on your own if you're using this technique. You'll need |
591 | to detect the version of Catalyst your application is running, and deal |
592 | with it appropriately. |
593 | |
eaae9a92 |
594 | You also don't get the L<Moose::Object> constructor, and therefore attribute |
595 | initialization will not work as normally expected. If you want to use Moose |
3df46b1b |
596 | attributes, then they need to be made lazy to correctly initialize. |
597 | |
598 | Note that this only applies if your component needs to maintain component |
599 | backwards compatibility for Catalyst versions before 5.71001 - in 5.71001 |
600 | attributes work as expected, and the BUILD method is called normally |
eaae9a92 |
601 | (although BUILDARGS is not). |
3df46b1b |
602 | |
603 | If you depend on Catalyst 5.8, then B<all> Moose features work as expected. |
8566c0de |
604 | |
d935773d |
605 | You will also see this issue if you do the following: |
606 | |
607 | package TestApp::Controller::Example; |
608 | use Moose; |
609 | use base 'Catalyst::Controller'; |
610 | |
611 | as C< use base > appends to @ISA. |
612 | |
e11cac87 |
613 | =head3 use Moose in MyApp |
614 | |
615 | Similar to the above, this will also fail: |
616 | |
617 | package MyApp; |
618 | use Moose; |
619 | use Catalyst qw/ |
620 | ConfigLoader |
621 | /; |
622 | __PACKAGE__->setup; |
623 | |
624 | If you need to use Moose in your application class (e.g. for method modifiers |
8f61d649 |
625 | etc.) then the correct technique is: |
e11cac87 |
626 | |
627 | package MyApp; |
628 | use Moose; |
5b6f82d2 |
629 | use Catalyst; |
630 | |
e11cac87 |
631 | extends 'Catalyst'; |
5b6f82d2 |
632 | |
633 | __PACKAGE__->config( name => 'MyApp' ); |
e11cac87 |
634 | __PACKAGE__->setup(qw/ |
635 | ConfigLoader |
636 | /); |
637 | |
04a48104 |
638 | =head2 Anonymous closures installed directly into the symbol table |
639 | |
640 | If you have any code which installs anonymous subroutine references directly |
641 | into the symbol table, you may encounter breakages. The simplest solution is |
642 | to use L<Sub::Name> to name the subroutine. Example: |
643 | |
e11cac87 |
644 | # Original code, likely to break: |
1a98f036 |
645 | my $full_method_name = join('::', $package_name, $method_name); |
04a48104 |
646 | *$full_method_name = sub { ... }; |
647 | |
e11cac87 |
648 | # Fixed Code |
04a48104 |
649 | use Sub::Name 'subname'; |
650 | my $full_method_name = join('::',$package_name, $method_name); |
651 | *$full_method_name = subname $full_method_name, sub { ... }; |
652 | |
8f61d649 |
653 | Additionally, you can take advantage of Catalyst's use of L<Class::MOP> and |
654 | install the closure using the appropriate metaclass. Example: |
04a48104 |
655 | |
656 | use Class::MOP; |
657 | my $metaclass = Moose::Meta::Class->initialize($package_name); |
658 | $metaclass->add_method($method_name => sub { ... }); |
659 | |
780654ad |
660 | =head2 Hooking into application setup |
661 | |
8f61d649 |
662 | To execute code during application start-up, the following snippet in MyApp.pm |
780654ad |
663 | used to work: |
664 | |
665 | sub setup { |
666 | my ($class, @args) = @_; |
667 | $class->NEXT::setup(@args); |
668 | ... # things to do after the actual setup |
669 | } |
670 | |
8f61d649 |
671 | With Catalyst 5.80 this won't work anymore, because Catalyst no longer |
672 | uses NEXT.pm for method resolution. The functionality was only ever |
673 | originally operational as L<NEXT> remembers what methods have already |
674 | been called, and will not call them again. |
780654ad |
675 | |
1a98f036 |
676 | Using this now causes infinite recursion between MyApp::setup and |
677 | Catalyst::setup, due to other backwards compatibility issues related to how |
e6c5b548 |
678 | plugin setup works. Moose method modifiers like C<< before|after|around setup |
1a98f036 |
679 | => sub { ... }; >> also will not operate correctly on the setup method. |
780654ad |
680 | |
681 | The right way to do it is this: |
682 | |
683 | after setup_finalize => sub { |
684 | ... # things to do after the actual setup |
685 | }; |
686 | |
ade00972 |
687 | The setup_finalize hook was introduced as a way to avoid this issue. |
1a98f036 |
688 | |
e11cac87 |
689 | =head2 Components with a new method which returns false |
7e2ec16e |
690 | |
8dd2f514 |
691 | Previously, if you had a component which inherited from Catalyst::COMPONENT, |
8f61d649 |
692 | but overrode the new method to return false, then your class's configuration |
8dd2f514 |
693 | would be blessed into a hash on your behalf, and this would be returned from |
a87f5aa5 |
694 | the COMPONENT method. |
7e2ec16e |
695 | |
8f61d649 |
696 | This behavior makes no sense, and so has been removed. Implementing your own |
697 | C< new > method in components is B<highly> discouraged. Instead, you should |
698 | inherit the new method from Catalyst::Component, and use Moose's BUILD |
1a98f036 |
699 | functionality and/or Moose attributes to perform any construction work |
700 | necessary for your class. |
7e2ec16e |
701 | |
702 | =head2 __PACKAGE__->mk_accessor('meta'); |
703 | |
e11cac87 |
704 | Won't work due to a limitation of L<Moose>. This is currently being fixed |
705 | inside Moose. |
7e2ec16e |
706 | |
707 | =head2 Class::Data::Inheritable side effects |
708 | |
8dd2f514 |
709 | Previously, writing to a class data accessor would copy the accessor method |
710 | down into your package. |
711 | |
8f61d649 |
712 | This behavior has been removed. While the class data is still stored |
8dd2f514 |
713 | per-class, it is stored on the metaclass of the class defining the accessor. |
7e2ec16e |
714 | |
8f61d649 |
715 | Therefore anything relying on the side effect of the accessor being copied down |
8dd2f514 |
716 | will be broken. |
7e2ec16e |
717 | |
1a98f036 |
718 | The following test demonstrates the problem: |
8dd2f514 |
719 | |
720 | { |
721 | package BaseClass; |
722 | use base qw/Class::Data::Inheritable/; |
723 | __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('foo'); |
724 | } |
725 | |
726 | { |
727 | package Child; |
728 | use base qw/BaseClass/; |
729 | } |
730 | |
731 | BaseClass->foo('base class'); |
732 | Child->foo('sub class'); |
eaae9a92 |
733 | |
e11cac87 |
734 | use Test::More; |
8dd2f514 |
735 | isnt(BaseClass->can('foo'), Child->can('foo')); |
7e2ec16e |
736 | |
f4dda4a8 |
737 | =head2 Extending Catalyst::Request or other classes in an ad hoc manner using mk_accessors |
7e2ec16e |
738 | |
8dd2f514 |
739 | Previously, it was possible to add additional accessors to Catalyst::Request |
740 | (or other classes) by calling the mk_accessors class method. |
7e2ec16e |
741 | |
8f61d649 |
742 | This is no longer supported - users should make a subclass of the class whose |
743 | behavior they would like to change, rather than globally polluting the |
e11cac87 |
744 | Catalyst objects. |
8be895a7 |
745 | |
10011c19 |
746 | =head2 Confused multiple inheritance with Catalyst::Component::COMPONENT |
8be895a7 |
747 | |
8f61d649 |
748 | Previously, Catalyst's COMPONENT method would delegate to the method on |
749 | the right hand side, which could then delegate back again with |
750 | NEXT. This is poor practice, and in addition, makes no sense with C3 |
751 | method dispatch order, and is therefore no longer supported. |
bcc773b9 |
752 | |
ba03ccca |
753 | If a COMPONENT method is detected in the inheritance hierarchy to the right |
bcc773b9 |
754 | hand side of Catalyst::Component::COMPONENT, then the following warning |
755 | message will be emitted: |
7e2ec16e |
756 | |
8dd2f514 |
757 | There is a COMPONENT method resolving after Catalyst::Component |
5687c7f9 |
758 | in ${next_package}. |
8dd2f514 |
759 | |
8f61d649 |
760 | The correct fix is to re-arrange your class's inheritance hierarchy so that the |
bcc773b9 |
761 | COMPONENT method you would like to inherit is the first (left-hand most) |
762 | COMPONENT method in your @ISA. |
7e2ec16e |
763 | |
7e9340de |
764 | =head2 Development server relying on environment variables |
765 | |
766 | Previously, the development server would allow propagation of system |
767 | environment variables into the request environment, this has changed with the |
768 | adoption of Plack. You can use L<Plack::Middleware::ForceEnv> to achieve the |
769 | same effect. |
770 | |
c571d2c8 |
771 | =head1 WARNINGS |
772 | |
63b546b1 |
773 | =head2 Actions in your application class |
774 | |
775 | Having actions in your application class will now emit a warning at application |
e256d0e1 |
776 | startup as this is deprecated. It is highly recommended that these actions are moved |
63b546b1 |
777 | into a MyApp::Controller::Root (as demonstrated by the scaffold application |
5fa5b709 |
778 | generated by catalyst.pl). |
da73c6af |
779 | |
e256d0e1 |
780 | This warning, also affects tests. You should move actions in your test, |
781 | creating a myTest::Controller::Root, like the following example: |
da73c6af |
782 | |
783 | package MyTest::Controller::Root; |
95a52a01 |
784 | |
da73c6af |
785 | use strict; |
786 | use warnings; |
95a52a01 |
787 | |
da73c6af |
788 | use parent 'Catalyst::Controller'; |
95a52a01 |
789 | |
da73c6af |
790 | __PACKAGE__->config(namespace => ''); |
95a52a01 |
791 | |
da73c6af |
792 | sub action : Local { |
793 | my ( $self, $c ) = @_; |
5fa5b709 |
794 | $c->do_something; |
da73c6af |
795 | } |
95a52a01 |
796 | |
da73c6af |
797 | 1; |
63b546b1 |
798 | |
ac9279b0 |
799 | =head2 ::[MVC]:: naming scheme |
800 | |
801 | Having packages called MyApp::[MVC]::XX is deprecated and can no longer be generated |
802 | by catalyst.pl |
803 | |
804 | This is still supported, but it is recommended that you rename your application |
805 | components to Model/View/Controller. |
806 | |
807 | A warning will be issued at application startup if the ::[MVC]:: naming scheme is |
808 | in use. |
809 | |
ade00972 |
810 | =head2 Catalyst::Base |
811 | |
8f61d649 |
812 | Any code using L<Catalyst::Base> will now emit a warning; this |
813 | module will be removed in a future release. |
ade00972 |
814 | |
c571d2c8 |
815 | =head2 Methods in Catalyst::Dispatcher |
816 | |
8f61d649 |
817 | The following methods in Catalyst::Dispatcher are implementation |
818 | details, which may change in the 5.8X release series, and therefore their use |
bcc773b9 |
819 | is highly deprecated. |
c571d2c8 |
820 | |
821 | =over |
822 | |
8dd2f514 |
823 | =item tree |
c571d2c8 |
824 | |
8dd2f514 |
825 | =item dispatch_types |
c571d2c8 |
826 | |
8dd2f514 |
827 | =item registered_dispatch_types |
c571d2c8 |
828 | |
8dd2f514 |
829 | =item method_action_class |
c571d2c8 |
830 | |
8dd2f514 |
831 | =item action_hash |
c571d2c8 |
832 | |
833 | =item container_hash |
834 | |
835 | =back |
836 | |
837 | The first time one of these methods is called, a warning will be emitted: |
7e2ec16e |
838 | |
bcc773b9 |
839 | Class $class is calling the deprecated method Catalyst::Dispatcher::$public_method_name, |
dacd8b0e |
840 | this will be removed in Catalyst 5.9 |
7e2ec16e |
841 | |
c571d2c8 |
842 | You should B<NEVER> be calling any of these methods from application code. |
843 | |
8f61d649 |
844 | Plugin authors and maintainers whose plugins currently call these methods |
8f5a2bd9 |
845 | should change to using the public API, or, if you do not feel the public API |
8f61d649 |
846 | adequately supports your use case, please email the development list to |
8f5a2bd9 |
847 | discuss what API features you need so that you can be appropriately supported. |
7e2ec16e |
848 | |
95b20422 |
849 | =head2 Class files with names that don't correspond to the packages they define |
7e2ec16e |
850 | |
e11cac87 |
851 | In this version of Catalyst, if a component is loaded from disk, but no |
ba03ccca |
852 | symbols are defined in that component's name space after it is loaded, this |
bcc773b9 |
853 | warning will be issued: |
7e2ec16e |
854 | |
bcc773b9 |
855 | require $class was successful but the package is not defined. |
7e2ec16e |
856 | |
8f61d649 |
857 | This is to protect against confusing bugs caused by mistyping package names, |
bcc773b9 |
858 | and will become a fatal error in a future version. |
859 | |
860 | Please note that 'inner packages' (via L<Devel::InnerPackage>) are still fully |
8f61d649 |
861 | supported; this warning is only issued when component file naming does not map |
bcc773b9 |
862 | to B<any> of the packages defined within that component. |
7e2ec16e |
863 | |
5687c7f9 |
864 | =head2 $c->plugin method |
865 | |
25f61108 |
866 | Calling the plugin method is deprecated, and calling it at run time is B<highly |
8dd2f514 |
867 | deprecated>. |
7e2ec16e |
868 | |
95a52a01 |
869 | Instead you are recommended to use L<Catalyst::Model::Adaptor> or similar to |
ba03ccca |
870 | compose the functionality you need outside of the main application name space. |
7e2ec16e |
871 | |
4e68badc |
872 | Calling the plugin method will not be supported past Catalyst 5.81. |
bcc773b9 |
873 | |
7e2ec16e |
874 | =cut |
4e68badc |
875 | |