X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FDelta.pod;h=5ce5114911d5dab511ae47f307ee6f8b3f3e7a13;hb=e88235ff0032a5cdfec1bb60af99d9f4775eb2ed;hp=a599868f0eab7f66a59c3b8114bd3998915eeec8;hpb=6c18e892c69dee9df2eaaf29c2acafb43fe60a2c;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod index a599868..5ce5114 100755 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod @@ -1,64 +1,90 @@ =head1 Deltachanges from 5.7 to 5.8 - - Add the Catalyst::Dispatcher->dispatch_type method (ash) - - Change the $c->visit and $c->go methods to optionally take - CaptureArgs, making them useful to call ActionChains with (t0m) - - Added Catalyst::Test::ctx_request to be able to inspect - the context object after a request is made (Jos Boumans) - - Add a warning for the old ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme (t0m) - - Non-naive implementation of making mutable on restart using - B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange if installed (t0m) -For a restart the immutable Moose-objects need to turn back to mutable. -With L installed this will be done. - - - Add $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp) +This is an overview of the user visible changes in 5.8 + +=head2 Deprecations + +Please see L for a full description of how changes in the +framework may affect your application. + +Below is a brief list of features which have been deprecated in this release: + +=over + +=item ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn + +=item NEXT is deprecated for all applications and components, use MRO::Compat + +=item Dispatcher methods which are an implementation detail made private, public versions now warn. + +=item MyApp->plugin method is deprecated, use L instead. + +=back + +=head2 Dispatcher + +Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover). + +=head2 Restarter + +The development server restarter has been improved to be compatible with +immutable Moose classes, and also to optionally use +L to handle more complex application layouts +correctly. + +=head2 $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp) + A private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for. This is a shortcut for calling C<< $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path) >> and passing the resulting C<$action> and the remaining arguments to C<< $c->uri_for >>. - - Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action - attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP, - allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl) - - Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with - and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace - subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate - syntax. (rafl/hdp) - - Disallow writing to config after setup and - disallow calling setup more than once (rafl) - - Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into - Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other - components (Florian Ragwitz) - - Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup - method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their - own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m) - - Make log levels additive, and add documentation and tests - for the setup_log method, which previously had none. - Sewn together by t0m from two patches provided by David E. Wheeler - - Switch an around 'new' in Catalyst::Controller to a BUILDARGS - method as it's much neater and more obvious what is going on (t0m) - - Use a predicate to avoid recursion in cases where the uri - method is overridden by a plugin, and calls the base method, - for example Catalyst::Plugin::SmartURI (t0m) - - Use Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT (rafl) -Catalyst 5.80 uses L method dispatch order. This is built into -perl 5.10 (new pragma mro), and comes via L for perl 5.8. This -replaces L with L, forcing all components to -resolve methods using C3, rather than the unpredictable dispatch order of -L. Please "use MRO::Compat" in both perl 5.8 and perl 5.10 to activate -this feature. - - - Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover). +=head2 Logging + +Log levels have been madeadditive, and add documentation to the setup_log +method. + +=head2 Consequences of the Moose backend + +=over + +=item * + +Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action +attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP, +allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl) + +=item * + +Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with +and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace +subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate +syntax. (rafl/hdp) + +=item * + +Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into +Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other +components (Florian Ragwitz) + +=item * + +Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup +method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their +own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m) + +=back + +=head2 Test Suite + - Change Catalyst::Test to use Sub::Exporter (Florian Ragwitz). - Port to Moose - - Add Catalyst::Response->print() method (ilmari) + - Support mocking virtualhosts in test suite () + - Add methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write + more compact tests + +=head2 Catalyst::Response->print() + Prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,. This lets you pass the response object to functions that want to write to an L. - - Add visit, a returning ->go -In effect, visit allows you to "wrap" another action, just as it -would have been called by dispatching from a URL, while the analogous -go allows you to transfer control to another action as if it had -been reached directly from a URL. -C<< $c->stash >> is kept unchanged. -=cut