X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=0ced7bf8707987d3c824ef16c5d83aedcda7f721;hb=2bf1bef68ac04b7458dc9084d591582421fb3725;hp=3a5094aad8a24c04c7ba269fb4d6aba33d33b51f;hpb=9bc5a5f177eb2ae1c3eb64909c75de15de843ba4;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 3a5094a..0ced7bf 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,56 +1,152 @@ -Known Bugs: +# Known Bugs: - Bug ->go or ->visit causes actions which have Args or CaptureArgs called twice when called via ->go or ->visit. Test app: http://github.com/bobtfish/catalyst-app-bug-go_chain/tree/master -Compatibility warnings to add: +# Compatibility warnings to add: - - $self->config should warn as config should only ever be called as a - class method. + - $self->config should warn as config should only ever be called as a + class method (TESTS). -Proposed functionality / feature additions: +# Proposed functionality / feature additions: - - Log setup needs to be less lame, so Catalyst::Plugin::Log::* can die - in a fire. Having $c->log_class would be a good start. kane volunteered - to do some of this. +## Log setup needs to be less lame - Simple example: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Colorful should just be a - subclass of Catalyst::Log, no ::Plugin:: needed. +So Catalyst::Plugin::Log::* can die +in a fire. Having $c->log_class would be a good start. kane volunteered +to do some of this. - See also: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Dispatch and - http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree +Simple example: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Colorful should just be a +subclass of Catalyst::Log, no ::Plugin:: needed. - Fixes to component interfaces to deal with anon classes: +See also: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Dispatch and +http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree -22:16 <@mst> t0m: explain what breaks -22:16 <@mst> I'm not 100% sure we have the same problem in mind -22:17 <@t0m> well, various shit in Catalyst utils to resolve app from MyApp::Controller::Foo breaks -22:17 <@mst> Caelum: http://scsys.co.uk:8001/31240 -22:17 <@mst> t0m: the trick would be to not need to do that -22:17 <@mst> t0m: $self->_application should be fine -22:18 <@t0m> $action->class can't be fed back into $c->component() -22:18 <@t0m> which breaks ::REST -22:18 <@mst> right -22:18 <@mst> we need to -22:19 <@mst> (a) add an ->_component_name or similar method to controllers -22:19 <@mst> (b) pass action objects either that or the controller -22:20 <@t0m> do you have a controller calling $action->dispatch? Course you must, the action lives in a controller.. -22:21 <@mst> and that doesn't matter anyway -22:21 <@mst> dispatch has $c -22:21 <@mst> it needs to do -22:21 <@mst> $c->component($self->_component_name) -22:21 <@mst> and that _component_name needs to come from the controller at register_actions time -22:22 <@t0m> confound: Oi, please to be releasing my Action::REST fixes, I'm about to do more.. -22:22 <@t0m> mst: right, gotcha -22:22 <@mst> note that needs to happen in core -22:22 <@mst> then actions can use that instead of $self->class -22:22 <@mst> and shit will work +# REFACTORING - The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it: +## The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it: -15:30 <@mst> t0m: have a look at the Devel::REPL BEFORE_PLUGIN stuff -15:30 <@mst> I wonder if what we need is that combined with plugins-as-roles + * Have a look at the Devel::REPL BEFORE_PLUGIN stuff + I wonder if what we need is that combined with plugins-as-roles +## App / ctx split: + NOTE - these are notes that t0m thought up after doing back compat for + catalyst_component_class, may be inaccurate, wrong or missing things + bug mst (at least) to correct before trying more than the first 2 + steps. Please knock yourself out on the first two however :) + + - Eliminate actions in MyApp from the main test suite + - Uncomment warning in C::C::register_action_methods, add tests it works + by mocking out the logging.. + - Remove MyApp @ISA controller (ask metaclass if it has attributes, and if + so you need back compat :/) + - Make Catalyst::Context, move the per request stuff in there, handles from + main app class to delegate + - Make an instance of the app class which is a global variable + - Make new instance of the context class, not the app class per-request + - Remove the components as class data, move to instance data on the app + class (you probably have to do this for _all_ the class data, good luck!) + - Make it possible for users to spin up different instances of the app class + (with different config etc each) + - Profit! (Things like changing the complete app config per vhost, i.e. + writing a config loader / app class role which dispatches per vhost to + differently configured apps is piss easy) + +## GSOC + +### Next steps - less planned: + + - Creating service()-like sugar for component + + - Test cases for extending the container in an application. + - Using the sugar added in the previous item + - Test when Model::Foo depends_on Model::Bar + - Test for component Foo => ( lifecycle => 'Singleton', class => 'My::External::Class', dependencies => { config => depends_on("config") } ) + - Fix ^^ so that you can get your component's namespaced config nicely. + + - Tests for using the container outside of Catalyst + - Custom container which adds some (very simple) services which are initialized from + the application config file (note plain services, not components) + - Depend on (and test) these inside Catalyst + - Test loading container outside Catalyst, and these services working + - Test Catalyst / MyApp is not loaded + +#### Extending my app, notes + +Basically try to implement something like this (starting out without the sugar!), and see how it breaks +and what needs to be done to fix it! + +##### Eventual syntax + +package MyApp::Container; +use Catalyst::IOC; + + container $self, as { + container model => as { + component Foo => (); # As per default! + component Bar => (dependencies => ['/model/Foo']); # Magic! + component Baz => ( lifecycle => 'InstancePerContext ); + component Quux => ( lifecycle => 'Singleton' ); # ACCEPT_CONTEXT not called + # Catalyst::Model::Adaptor example + conponent Fnar => ( lifecycle => 'Singleton', class => 'My::External::Class', dependencies => { config => depends_on('config')} ); + # ^^ FIXME - gets whole config, not Model::Foo + # There should be a 'nice' way to get the 'standard' config + }; + # Note - implementation of BB may need to be changed to support making sure existing + # services actually get overridden. not sure how the default container behaves when doing that + # above code would build the constructor injection as it currently does, + # defaulting to the class name in the right namespace as declared by the surrounding container + # as well as adding using the catalyst-specific service class + }; + +1; + +##### To start with + +package MyApp::Container; +use Moose; + +extends 'Catalyst::Container; + +after BUILD => sub { + my $self = shift; + my $model_container = $self->get_sub_container('model'); + my $service = Catalyst::IOC::ConstructorInjection->new( + name => 'Baz', + class => 'MyApp::Model::Baz', + dependencies => [ + depends_on( '/application_name' ), + depends_on( '/config' ), + depends_on( '/model/Foo' ), + ], + lifecycle => 'InstancePerContext', + ); + $model_container->add_service( 'Foo', $service ); +}; + +### To polish off / t0m review + + locate_components service vs setup_components method + - can we be more lazy? + - should setup_components be a service that things like the ->component lookup + can depend on? + + - my $accept_context_args = $self->param('accept_context_args'); + + my $accept_context_args = $params{accept_context_args}; + ^^ This (may be) wrong! I am thinking the service should be allowed to mangle the + accept_context args, no? + Without this change, the user could make a custom service which mangled the param, and use + Catalyst/IOC/Service/WithAcceptContext.pm, with this change, that module will always see the + un-mangled version?? However, without this change, shit doesn't work... + +### Known issues + + - Broken $instance->expand_modules() in setup_components and figure + out later how to bring it back + + - expand_component_module + + - People wrapping locate_components in Catalyst.pm