1 package Catalyst::Request::REST;
6 use namespace::autoclean;
8 extends 'Catalyst::Request';
9 with 'Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST';
11 # Please don't take this as a recommended way to do things.
12 # The code below is grotty, badly factored and mostly here for back
14 sub _insert_self_into {
15 my ($class, $app_class ) = @_;
16 # the fallback to $app_class is for the (rare and deprecated) case when
17 # people are defining actions in MyApp.pm instead of in a controller.
18 my $app = (blessed($app_class) && $app_class->can('_application'))
19 ? $app_class->_application : Catalyst::Utils::class2appclass( $app_class ) || $app_class;
21 my $req_class = $app->request_class;
22 return if $req_class->isa($class);
23 my $req_class_meta = Moose->init_meta( for_class => $req_class );
24 my $role = $class->_related_role;
25 return if $req_class_meta->does_role($role);
26 if ($req_class eq 'Catalyst::Request') {
27 $app->request_class($class);
30 my $meta = Moose::Meta::Class->create_anon_class(
31 superclasses => [$req_class],
35 $meta->_add_meta_method('meta');
36 $app->request_class($meta->name);
40 sub _related_role { 'Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST' }
42 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
50 Catalyst::Request::REST - A REST-y subclass of Catalyst::Request
54 if ( $c->request->accepts('application/json') ) {
58 my $types = $c->request->accepted_content_types();
62 This is a subclass of C<Catalyst::Request> that applies the
63 L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST> role to your request class. That trait
64 adds a few methods to the request object to facilitate writing REST-y code.
66 This class is only here for backwards compatibility with applications already
67 subclassing this class. New code should use
68 L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST> directly.
70 L<Catalyst::Action::REST> and L<Catalyst::Controller::REST> will arrange
71 for the request trait to be applied if needed.
75 L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST>.
79 See L<Catalyst::Action::REST> for authors.
83 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.