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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm
index 65f3120..dd09c8b 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata($_) for qw/_dispatch_steps _action_class/;
 __PACKAGE__->_dispatch_steps( [qw/_BEGIN _AUTO _ACTION/] );
 __PACKAGE__->_action_class('Catalyst::Action');
 
+__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors( qw/_application/ );
+
+### _app as alias
+*_app = *_application;
+
 sub _DISPATCH : Private {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
 
@@ -61,11 +66,11 @@ sub _END : Private {
 }
 
 sub new {
-  my $self = shift;
-  my $app = $_[0];
-  my $new = $self->NEXT::new(@_);
-  $new->{application} = $app;
-  return $new;
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $app = $_[0];
+    my $new = $self->NEXT::new(@_);
+    $new->_application( $app );
+    return $new;
 }
 
 =head1 NAME
@@ -80,11 +85,18 @@ See L<Catalyst>
 
 Catalyst Base Class
 
-This is the base class for all Catalyst components. It also handles 
-dispatch of actions for controllers.
+This is the base class for all Catalyst components.  It is a subclass
+of L<Catalyst::Component> which is the universal base class for
+catalyst components.  This module includes handling of dispatching for
+controller actions.
 
 =head1 METHODS
 
+=head2 $class->new($app, @args)
+
+Proxies through to NEXT::new and stashes the application instance as
+$self->_application.
+
 =head2 $self->action_for('name')
 
 Returns the Catalyst::Action object (if any) for a given method name in
@@ -94,7 +106,7 @@ this component.
 
 sub action_for {
     my ( $self, $name ) = @_;
-    my $app = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->{application});
+    my $app = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->_application);
     return $app->dispatcher->get_action($name, $self->action_namespace);
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ from the controller name (for e.g. MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar becomes
 sub action_namespace {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
     unless ( $c ) {
-        $c = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->{application});
+        $c = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->_application);
     }
     my $hash = (ref $self ? $self : $self->config); # hate app-is-class
     return $hash->{namespace} if exists $hash->{namespace};
@@ -129,7 +141,7 @@ overriden from the "path" config key.
 sub path_prefix {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
     unless ( $c ) {
-        $c = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->{application});
+        $c = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->_application);
     }
     my $hash = (ref $self ? $self : $self->config); # hate app-is-class
     return $hash->{path} if exists $hash->{path};
@@ -138,7 +150,9 @@ sub path_prefix {
 
 =head2 $self->register_actions($c)
 
-register all actions for this component based on a given context.
+Finds all applicable actions for this component, creates Catalyst::Action
+objects (using $self->create_action) for them and registers them with
+$c->dispatcher.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -186,6 +200,15 @@ sub register_actions {
     }
 }
 
+=head2 $self->create_action(%args)
+
+Called with a hash of data to be use for construction of a new Catalyst::Action
+(or appropriate sub/alternative class) object.
+
+Primarily designed for the use of register_actions.
+
+=cut
+
 sub create_action {
     my $self = shift;
     my %args = @_;
@@ -235,7 +258,7 @@ sub _parse_attrs {
 
         my $raw = $raw_attributes{$key};
 
-        foreach my $value (ref($raw) ? @$raw : $raw) {
+        foreach my $value (ref($raw) eq 'ARRAY' ? @$raw : $raw) {
 
             my $meth = "_parse_${key}_attr";
             if ( $self->can($meth) ) {
@@ -299,6 +322,12 @@ sub _parse_ActionClass_attr {
     return ( 'ActionClass', $value );
 }
 
+=head2 $self->_application  
+
+=head2 $self->_app
+
+Returns the application instance stored by C<new()>
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<Catalyst>, L<Catalyst::Controller>.