Actually fixing the version number (hopefully)

[catagits/Catalyst-Action-REST.git] / lib / Catalyst / Action / REST.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
index fe63ee9..cdeb8f1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Action/REST.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # REST.pm
-# Created by: Adam Jacob, Marchex, <adam@marchex.com>
+# Created by: Adam Jacob, Marchex, <adam@hjksolutions.com>
 # Created on: 10/12/2006 03:00:32 PM PDT
 #
 # $Id$
@@ -12,10 +12,19 @@ use warnings;
 
 use base 'Catalyst::Action';
 use Class::Inspector;
-use 5.8.1;
+use Catalyst;
+use Catalyst::Request::REST;
+use Catalyst::Controller::REST;
 
-our
-$VERSION = '0.2';
+BEGIN { require 5.008001; }
+
+our $VERSION = '0.64';
+
+# This is wrong in several ways. First, there's no guarantee that
+# Catalyst.pm has not been subclassed. Two, there's no guarantee that
+# the user isn't already using their request subclass.
+Catalyst->request_class('Catalyst::Request::REST')
+  unless Catalyst->request_class->isa('Catalyst::Request::REST');
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -23,7 +32,9 @@ Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-    sub foo :Local :ActionClass('REST') {}
+    sub foo :Local :ActionClass('REST') {
+      ... do setup for HTTP method specific handlers ...
+    }
 
     sub foo_GET { 
       ... do something for GET requests ...
@@ -44,9 +55,23 @@ the foo_GET method being dispatched.
 
 If a method is requested that is not implemented, this action will 
 return a status 405 (Method Not Found).  It will populate the "Allow" header 
-with the list of implemented request methods.
+with the list of implemented request methods.  You can override this behavior
+by implementing a custom 405 handler like so:
+
+   sub foo_not_implemented {
+      ... handle not implemented methods ...
+   }
 
-It is likely that you really want to look at L<Catalyst::Controller::REST>.
+If you do not provide an _OPTIONS subroutine, we will automatically respond
+with a 200 OK.  The "Allow" header will be populated with the list of
+implemented request methods.
+
+It is likely that you really want to look at L<Catalyst::Controller::REST>,
+which brings this class together with automatic Serialization of requests
+and responses.
+
+When you use this module, the request class will be changed to
+L<Catalyst::Request::REST>.
 
 =head1 METHODS
 
@@ -63,7 +88,7 @@ sub dispatch {
     my $self = shift;
     my $c    = shift;
 
-    my $controller = $self->class;
+    my $controller = $c->component( $self->class );
     my $method     = $self->name . "_" . uc( $c->request->method );
     if ( $controller->can($method) ) {
         $c->execute( $self->class, $self, @{ $c->req->args } );