More correct finding of the application class

[catagits/Catalyst-Action-Serialize-Data-Serializer.git] / lib / Catalyst / Request / REST.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Request/REST.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Request/REST.pm
index 795614c..41d2a21 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Request/REST.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Request/REST.pm
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@ package Catalyst::Request::REST;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use Scalar::Util qw/blessed/;
 
 use base qw/Catalyst::Request Class::Accessor::Fast/;
+
+use Catalyst::Utils;
 use HTTP::Headers::Util qw(split_header_words);
 
 sub _insert_self_into {
-  my ($class, $app) = @_;
+  my ($class, $app_class ) = @_;
+  # the fallback to $app_class is for the (rare and deprecated) case when
+  # people are defining actions in MyApp.pm instead of in a controller.
+  my $app = (blessed($app_class) && $app_class->can('_application'))
+        ? $app_class->_application : Catalyst::Utils::class2appclass( $app_class ) || $app_class;
+
   my $req_class = $app->request_class;
   return if $req_class->isa($class);
   if ($req_class eq 'Catalyst::Request') {
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ returned the deserialized data structure.
 
 __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw(data accept_only));
 
-=over 4 
+=over 4
 
 =item accepted_content_types