1 package Catalyst::Request::REST;
5 use namespace::autoclean;
7 extends 'Catalyst::Request';
8 with 'Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST';
10 our $VERSION = '0.91';
11 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
13 # Please don't take this as a recommended way to do things.
14 # The code below is grotty, badly factored and mostly here for back
16 sub _insert_self_into {
17 my ($class, $app_class ) = @_;
18 # the fallback to $app_class is for the (rare and deprecated) case when
19 # people are defining actions in MyApp.pm instead of in a controller.
20 my $app = (blessed($app_class) && $app_class->can('_application'))
21 ? $app_class->_application : Catalyst::Utils::class2appclass( $app_class ) || $app_class;
23 my $req_class = $app->request_class;
24 return if $req_class->isa($class);
25 my $req_class_meta = Moose->init_meta( for_class => $req_class );
26 my $role = $class->_related_role;
27 return if $req_class_meta->does_role($role);
28 if ($req_class eq 'Catalyst::Request') {
29 $app->request_class($class);
32 my $meta = Moose::Meta::Class->create_anon_class(
33 superclasses => [$req_class],
37 $meta->_add_meta_method('meta');
38 $app->request_class($meta->name);
42 sub _related_role { 'Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST' }
44 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
52 Catalyst::Request::REST - A REST-y subclass of Catalyst::Request
56 if ( $c->request->accepts('application/json') ) {
60 my $types = $c->request->accepted_content_types();
64 This is a subclass of C<Catalyst::Request> that applies the
65 L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST> role to your request class. That trait
66 adds a few methods to the request object to facilitate writing REST-y code.
68 This class is only here for backwards compatibility with applications already
69 subclassing this class. New code should use
70 L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST> directly.
72 L<Catalyst::Action::REST> and L<Catalyst::Controller::REST> will arrange
73 for the request trait to be applied if needed.
77 L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST>.
81 See L<Catalyst::Action::REST> for authors.
85 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.