1 package Catalyst::Action;
5 Catalyst::Action - Catalyst Action
9 <form action="[%c.uri_for(c.action.reverse)%]">
13 This class represents a Catalyst Action. You can access the object for the
14 currently dispatched action via $c->action. See the L<Catalyst::Dispatcher>
15 for more information on how actions are dispatched. Actions are defined in
16 L<Catalyst::Controller> subclasses.
22 has class => (is => 'rw');
23 has namespace => (is => 'rw');
24 has 'reverse' => (is => 'rw');
25 has attributes => (is => 'rw');
26 has name => (is => 'rw');
27 has code => (is => 'rw');
31 no warnings 'recursion';
33 #__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw/class namespace reverse attributes name code/);
37 # Stringify to reverse for debug output etc.
38 q{""} => sub { shift->reverse() },
40 # Codulate to execute to invoke the encapsulated action coderef
41 '&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->execute(@_); }; },
43 # Make general $stuff still work
48 sub dispatch { # Execute ourselves against a context
49 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
50 local $c->{namespace} = $self->namespace;
51 return $c->execute( $self->class, $self );
60 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
61 return 1 unless exists $self->attributes->{Args};
62 my $args = $self->attributes->{Args}[0];
63 return 1 unless defined($args) && length($args);
64 return scalar( @{ $c->req->args } ) == $args;
75 The sub attributes that are set for this action, like Local, Path, Private
76 and so on. This determines how the action is dispatched to.
80 Returns the class name where this action is defined.
84 Returns a code reference to this action.
88 Dispatch this action against a context
90 =head2 execute( $controller, $c, @args )
92 Execute this action's coderef against a given controller with a given
97 Check Args attribute, and makes sure number of args matches the setting.
98 Always returns true if Args is omitted.
102 Returns the private namespace this action lives in.
106 Returns the private path for this action.
110 returns the sub name of this action.
122 This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
123 the same terms as Perl itself.