X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FManual%2FInternals.pod;h=0c2c33d61f426ea2ae05339c8f7dc5a958e77b34;hb=8fbcd90cdb30aed53d22d1cdbad95880f1c11693;hp=ae8e9f93a9f665350dfb276f807731abca8c54d1;hpb=06e1b6164a2c9d7b463f358b0d1934ef83a82845;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Internals.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Internals.pod index ae8e9f9..0c2c33d 100644 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Internals.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Internals.pod @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ Catalyst::Manual::Internals - Catalyst Internals =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document provides an overview of the internals of Catalyst. As Catalyst -is still developing rapidly details may become out of date. +This document provides an overview of the internals of +Catalyst. As Catalyst is still developing rapidly, details +may become out of date: please treat this as a guide, and +look at the source for the last word. The coverage is split into initialization and request lifecycle. - =head2 Initialization Catalyst initializes itself in two stages (I may be wrong in some of @@ -19,18 +20,19 @@ the details here - AF): =item 1 -When the Catalyst module is imported in the main application module it -evaluates any options (C<-Debug>, C<-Engine=XXX>) and loads any specified -plugins, making application module inherit from the plugin classes. It also -sets up a default log object and ensures that the application module inherits -from C and from the selected specialized Engine module. +When the Catalyst module is imported in the main application +module it evaluates any options (C<-Debug>, C<-Engine=XXX>) +and loads any specified plugins, making the application module +inherit from the plugin classes. It also sets up a default log +object and ensures that the application module inherits from +C and from the selected specialized Engine module. =item 2 When the application module makes the first call to C<< __PACKAGE__->action() >> -(implemented in C) Catalyst automatically loads all -components it finds in the C<$class\::Controller>, C<$class\::C>, -C<$class\::Model>, C<$class\::M>, C<$class\::View> and C<$class\::V> +(implemented in C), Catalyst automatically loads all +components it finds in the C<$class::Controller>, C<$class::C>, +C<$class::Model>, C<$class::M>, C<$class::View> and C<$class::V> namespaces (using C). A table of actions is built up and added to on subsequent calls to C. @@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ and added to on subsequent calls to C. =head2 Request Lifecycle For each request Catalyst builds a I object, which includes -information about the request, and searches the action table for matching +information about the request, and then searches the action table for matching actions. The handling of a request can be divided into three stages: preparation of the @@ -51,10 +53,10 @@ extend Catalyst. handler prepare prepare_request - prepare_path + prepare_connection prepare_headers prepare_cookies - prepare_connection + prepare_path prepare_action prepare_body prepare_parameters