}
+=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
+
+Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
+L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
+use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
+
+=cut
+
+sub expand_action {
+ my ($self, $action) = @_;
+
+ return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
+
+ my @chain;
+ my $curr = $action;
+
+ while ($curr) {
+ push @chain, $curr;
+ my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
+ $curr = $self->{'actions'}{$parent};
+ }
+
+ return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
+}
+
=head1 USAGE
=head2 Introduction