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[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / lib / Catalyst / Component.pm

package Catalyst::Component;

use Moose;
#use MooseX::ClassAttribute;
use Catalyst::Utils;
use Class::Data::Inheritable;
use NEXT;

{
  my $mk_classdata =  Class::Data::Inheritable->can('mk_classdata');
  __PACKAGE__->meta->add_method(mk_classdata => $mk_classdata);
}

__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata(_config => {});
__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('_plugins');

# class_has _config  => (
#                  is => 'rw',
#                  isa => 'HashRef',
#                  required => 1,
#                  default => sub { {} }
#                 );

# class_has _plugins => ( is => 'rw' );


=head1 NAME

Catalyst::Component - Catalyst Component Base Class

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    # lib/MyApp/Model/Something.pm
    package MyApp::Model::Something;

    use base 'Catalyst::Component';

    __PACKAGE__->config( foo => 'bar' );

    sub test {
        my $self = shift;
        return $self->{foo};
    }

    sub forward_to_me {
        my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
        $c->response->output( $self->{foo} );
    }

    1;

    # Methods can be a request step
    $c->forward(qw/MyApp::Model::Something forward_to_me/);

    # Or just methods
    print $c->comp('MyApp::Model::Something')->test;

    print $c->comp('MyApp::Model::Something')->{foo};

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is the universal base class for Catalyst components
(Model/View/Controller).

It provides you with a generic new() for instantiation through Catalyst's
component loader with config() support and a process() method placeholder.

=cut

#to do: are we switching to moose-style key => value constructors from
#       catalyst-style {key => value} constructors ?

around new => sub {
    my $orig = shift;
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

    # Temporary fix, some components does not pass context to constructor
    my $arguments = ( ref( $_[-1] ) eq 'HASH' ) ? $_[-1] : {};
    my $merged = $self->merge_config_hashes( $self->config, $arguments );
    $orig->( $self, $merged );
};

sub COMPONENT {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

    # Temporary fix, some components does not pass context to constructor
    my $arguments = ( ref( $_[-1] ) eq 'HASH' ) ? $_[-1] : {};

    #Moose TODO: I don't think I fully grok NEXT. is this here for MI or something?
    # how can we have a next here? this -is- the base class....
    if ( my $new = $self->NEXT::COMPONENT( $c, $arguments ) ) {
        return $new;
    }
    #new here will always pass because $self ISA Moose::Object
    else {
        if ( my $new = $self->new( $c, $arguments ) ) {
            return $new;
        }
        else {
            my $class = ref $self || $self;
            my $new   = $self->merge_config_hashes(
                $self->config, $arguments );
            #this will break, Moose::Object::new won't act like this
            return bless $new, $class;
        }
    }
}

#Moose TODO:  I have no fucking clue what's going on here (groditi)
sub config {
    my $self = shift;
    my $config_sub = $self->can('_config');
    my $config = $self->$config_sub();
    #my $config = $self->_config;
    if (@_) {
        my $newconfig = { %{@_ > 1 ? {@_} : $_[0]} };
        $self->_config(
            $self->merge_config_hashes( $config, $newconfig )
        );
    } else {
        # this is a bit of a kludge, required to make
        # __PACKAGE__->config->{foo} = 'bar';
        # work in a subclass. Calling the Class::Data::Inheritable setter
        # will create a new _config method in the current class if it's
        # currently inherited from the superclass. So, the can() call will
        # return a different subref in that case and that means we know to
        # copy and reset the value stored in the class data.

        $self->_config( $config );

        if ((my $config_sub_now = $self->can('_config')) ne $config_sub) {

            #this is retarded. if we want a new ref we could do:  { %$config }
            $config = $self->merge_config_hashes( $config, {} );
            $self->$config_sub_now( $config );
        }
    }
    return $config;
}

sub merge_config_hashes {
    my ( $self, $lefthash, $righthash ) = @_;

    return Catalyst::Utils::merge_hashes( $lefthash, $righthash );
}

sub process {

    Catalyst::Exception->throw( message => ( ref $_[0] || $_[0] )
          . " did not override Catalyst::Component::process" );
}

1;

__END__

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new($c, $arguments)

Called by COMPONENT to instantiate the component; should return an object
to be stored in the application's component hash.

=head2 COMPONENT($c, $arguments)

If this method is present (as it is on all Catalyst::Component subclasses,
it is called by Catalyst during setup_components with the application class
as $c and any config entry on the application for this component (for example,
in the case of MyApp::Controller::Foo this would be
MyApp->config->{'Controller::Foo'}). The arguments are expected to be a
hashref and are merged with the __PACKAGE__->config hashref before calling
->new to instantiate the component.

=head2 $c->config

=head2 $c->config($hashref)

=head2 $c->config($key, $value, ...)

Accessor for this component's config hash. Config values can be set as
key value pair, or you can specify a hashref. In either case the keys
will be merged with any existing config settings. Each component in
a Catalyst application has it's own config hash.

=head2 $c->process()

This is the default method called on a Catalyst component in the dispatcher.
For instance, Views implement this action to render the response body
when you forward to them. The default is an abstract method.

=head2 $c->merge_config_hashes( $hashref, $hashref )

Merges two hashes together recursively, giving right-hand precedence.
Alias for the method in L<Catalyst::Utils>.

=head1 OPTIONAL METHODS

=head2 ACCEPT_CONTEXT($c, @args)

Catalyst components are normally initalized during server startup, either
as a Class or a Instance. However, some components require information about
the current request. To do so, they can implement an ACCEPT_CONTEXT method.

If this method is present, it is called during $c->comp/controller/model/view
with the current $c and any additional args (e.g. $c->model('Foo', qw/bar baz/)
would cause your MyApp::Model::Foo instance's ACCEPT_CONTEXT to be called with
($c, 'bar', 'baz')) and the return value of this method is returned to the
calling code in the application rather than the component itself.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Catalyst>, L<Catalyst::Model>, L<Catalyst::View>, L<Catalyst::Controller>.

=head1 AUTHOR

Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@cpan.org>
Marcus Ramberg, C<mramberg@cpan.org>
Matt S Trout, C<mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.

=cut