This is the universal base class for Catalyst components
(Model/View/Controller).
-It provides you with a generic new() for instantiation through Catalyst's
+It provides you with a generic new() for component construction through Catalyst's
component loader with config() support and a process() method placeholder.
=cut
has catalyst_component_name => ( is => 'ro' ); # Cannot be required => 1 as context
# class @ISA component - HATE
-# Make accessor callable as a class method, as we need to call setup_actions
-# on the application class, which we don't have an instance of, ewwwww
-# Also, naughty modules like Catalyst::View::JSON try to write to _everything_,
+# Naughty modules like Catalyst::View::JSON try to write to _everything_,
# so spit a warning, ignore that (and try to do the right thing anyway) here..
around catalyst_component_name => sub {
my ($orig, $self) = (shift, shift);
Carp::cluck("Tried to write to the catalyst_component_name accessor - is your component broken or just mad? (Write ignored - using default value.)") if scalar @_;
- blessed($self) ? $self->$orig() || blessed($self) : $self;
+ return $self->$orig() || blessed($self);
};
sub BUILDARGS {
C<< __PACKAGE__->config >> hashref before calling C<< ->new >>
to instantiate the component.
-You can override it in your components to do custom instantiation, using
+You can override it in your components to do custom construction, using
something like this:
sub COMPONENT {