1 =head1 Delta changes from 5.7 to 5.8
3 This is an overview of the user visible changes in 5.8.
7 Please see L<Catalyst::Upgrading> for a full description of how changes in the
8 framework may affect your application.
10 Below is a brief list of features which have been deprecated in this release:
14 =item ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn
16 =item NEXT is deprecated for all applications and components, use MRO::Compat
18 =item Dispatcher methods which are an implementation detail made private, public versions now warn.
20 =item MyApp->plugin method is deprecated, use L<Catalyst::Model::Adaptor> instead.
22 =item __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors() is supported for backward compatibility only, use Moose attributes instead in new code.
24 =item Use of Catalyst::Base now warns
34 =item Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects.
36 =item Add the dispatch_type method
42 The development server restarter has been improved to be compatible with
43 immutable Moose classes, and also to optionally use
44 L<B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange> to handle more complex application layouts
47 =head3 $c->uri_for_action method.
49 Give a private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for.
53 Log levels have been made additive.
55 =head3 L<Catalyst::Test>
59 =item Change to use L<Sub::Exporter>.
61 =item Support mocking multiple virtual hosts
63 =item New methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write more compact tests
67 =head3 Catalyst::Response
73 New print method which prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,.
74 This lets you pass the response object to functions that want to write to an
79 Added code method as an alias for C<< $res->status >>
81 =head2 Consequences of the Moose back end
87 Components are fully compatible with Moose, and all Moose features, such as
88 method modifiers, attributes, roles, BUILD and BUILDARGS methods are fully
89 supported and may be used in components and applications.
93 Many reusable extensions which would previously have been plugins or base
94 classes are better implemented as Moose roles.
98 L<MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable> is used to contain action
99 attributes. This means that attributes are represented in the MOP, and
100 decouples action creation from attributes.
104 There is a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with
105 and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace
106 subroutine attributes for action declarations with an alternate
111 Refactored capturing of $app from L<Catalyst::Controller> into
112 L<Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute> for easier reuse in other
117 Your application class is forced to become immutable at the end of compilation.
127 Don't ignore SIGCHLD while handling requests with the development server, so that
128 system() and other ways of creating child processes work as expected.
132 Fixes for FastCGI when used with IIS 6.0
136 Fix a bug in uri_for which could cause it to generate paths with multiple
141 Fix a bug in Catalyst::Stats, stopping garbage being inserted into
142 the stats if a user calls begin => but no end