allow actions for methods

[catagits/Catalyst-Action-REST.git] / lib / Catalyst / Action / REST.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
index 0f55151..30f9723 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ use Catalyst::Controller::REST;
 
 BEGIN { require 5.008001; }
 
-our $VERSION = '0.67';
+our $VERSION = '0.73';
 
-# This is wrong in several ways. First, there's no guarantee that
-# Catalyst.pm has not been subclassed. Two, there's no guarantee that
-# the user isn't already using their request subclass.
-Catalyst->request_class('Catalyst::Request::REST')
-  unless Catalyst->request_class->isa('Catalyst::Request::REST');
+sub new {
+  my $class  = shift;
+  my $config = shift;
+  Catalyst::Request::REST->_insert_self_into( $config->{class} );
+  return $class->SUPER::new($config, @_);
+}
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -36,11 +37,11 @@ Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
       ... do setup for HTTP method specific handlers ...
     }
 
-    sub foo_GET { 
+    sub foo_GET {
       ... do something for GET requests ...
     }
 
-    sub foo_PUT { 
+    sub foo_PUT {
       ... do somethign for PUT requests ...
     }
 
@@ -48,13 +49,13 @@ Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
 
 This Action handles doing automatic method dispatching for REST requests.  It
 takes a normal Catalyst action, and changes the dispatch to append an
-underscore and method name. 
+underscore and method name.
 
 For example, in the synopsis above, calling GET on "/foo" would result in
 the foo_GET method being dispatched.
 
-If a method is requested that is not implemented, this action will 
-return a status 405 (Method Not Found).  It will populate the "Allow" header 
+If a method is requested that is not implemented, this action will
+return a status 405 (Method Not Found).  It will populate the "Allow" header
 with the list of implemented request methods.  You can override this behavior
 by implementing a custom 405 handler like so:
 
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ sub dispatch {
 
     my $controller = $c->component( $self->class );
     my $method     = $self->name . "_" . uc( $c->request->method );
-    if ( $controller->can($method) ) {
+    if ( my $action = $controller->action_for($method) ) {
+        return $c->forward( $action,  $c->req->args );
+    } elsif ( $controller->can($method) ) {
         $c->execute( $self->class, $self, @{ $c->req->args } );
         return $controller->$method( $c, @{ $c->req->args } );
     } else {
@@ -161,10 +164,13 @@ L<Catalyst::Action::Serialize>, L<Catalyst::Action::Deserialize>
 
 =item Q: I'm getting a "415 Unsupported Media Type" error. What gives?!
 
-A:  Most likely, you haven't set Content-type equal to "application/json", or one of the 
+A:  Most likely, you haven't set Content-type equal to "application/json", or one of the
 accepted return formats.  You can do this by setting it in your query string thusly:
 ?content-type=application%2Fjson (where %2F == / uri escaped).
 
+**NOTE** Apache will refuse %2F unless configured otherise.
+Make sure AllowEncodedSlashes On is in your httpd.conf file in order for this to run smoothly.
+
 =cut
 
 =cut