do not change the best_action when args(0) if current best_action is also args(0)
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5882c86e 1package Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained;
141459fa 2
3c0186f2 3use Moose;
e8b9f2a9 4extends 'Catalyst::DispatchType';
5
141459fa 6use Text::SimpleTable;
7use Catalyst::ActionChain;
39fc2ce1 8use Catalyst::Utils;
141459fa 9use URI;
dd97c1ac 10use Scalar::Util ();
0ca510f0 11use Encode 2.21 'decode_utf8';
141459fa 12
be5cb4e4 13has _endpoints => (
14 is => 'rw',
15 isa => 'ArrayRef',
16 required => 1,
17 default => sub{ [] },
18 );
19
20has _actions => (
21 is => 'rw',
22 isa => 'HashRef',
23 required => 1,
24 default => sub{ {} },
25 );
26
27has _children_of => (
28 is => 'rw',
29 isa => 'HashRef',
30 required => 1,
31 default => sub{ {} },
32 );
33
0fc2d522 34no Moose;
35
792b40ac 36# please don't perltidy this. hairy code within.
37
141459fa 38=head1 NAME
39
5882c86e 40Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained - Path Part DispatchType
141459fa 41
42=head1 SYNOPSIS
43
26dc649a 44Path part matching, allowing several actions to sequentially take care of processing a request:
45
05a90578 46 # root action - captures one argument after it
47 sub foo_setup : Chained('/') PathPart('foo') CaptureArgs(1) {
48 my ( $self, $c, $foo_arg ) = @_;
49 ...
50 }
51
52 # child action endpoint - takes one argument
53 sub bar : Chained('foo_setup') Args(1) {
54 my ( $self, $c, $bar_arg ) = @_;
55 ...
56 }
141459fa 57
58=head1 DESCRIPTION
59
26dc649a 60Dispatch type managing default behaviour. For more information on
61dispatch types, see:
62
63=over 4
64
b9b89145 65=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect application authors
26dc649a 66
67=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
68
69=back
05a90578 70
141459fa 71=head1 METHODS
72
73=head2 $self->list($c)
74
75Debug output for Path Part dispatch points
76
141459fa 77=cut
78
792b40ac 79sub list {
80 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
81
be5cb4e4 82 return unless $self->_endpoints;
792b40ac 83
48d435ba 84 my $avail_width = Catalyst::Utils::term_width() - 9;
85 my $col1_width = ($avail_width * .50) < 35 ? 35 : int($avail_width * .50);
86 my $col2_width = $avail_width - $col1_width;
792b40ac 87 my $paths = Text::SimpleTable->new(
48d435ba 88 [ $col1_width, 'Path Spec' ], [ $col2_width, 'Private' ],
39fc2ce1 89 );
792b40ac 90
007a7ca0 91 my $has_unattached_actions;
92 my $unattached_actions = Text::SimpleTable->new(
48d435ba 93 [ $col1_width, 'Private' ], [ $col2_width, 'Missing parent' ],
007a7ca0 94 );
95
792b40ac 96 ENDPOINT: foreach my $endpoint (
97 sort { $a->reverse cmp $b->reverse }
be5cb4e4 98 @{ $self->_endpoints }
792b40ac 99 ) {
ffca3e96 100 my $args = $endpoint->list_extra_info->{Args};
792b40ac 101 my @parts = (defined($args) ? (("*") x $args) : '...');
d34667c3 102 my @parents = ();
792b40ac 103 my $parent = "DUMMY";
ba3f8a81 104 my $extra = $self->_list_extra_http_methods($endpoint);
e72a3cd6 105 my $consumes = $self->_list_extra_consumes($endpoint);
342d2169 106 my $scheme = $self->_list_extra_scheme($endpoint);
792b40ac 107 my $curr = $endpoint;
108 while ($curr) {
ffca3e96 109 if (my $cap = $curr->list_extra_info->{CaptureArgs}) {
110 unshift(@parts, (("*") x $cap));
792b40ac 111 }
77771155 112 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 113 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
114 if (defined $pp->[0] && length $pp->[0]);
115 }
5882c86e 116 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 117 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
d34667c3 118 unshift(@parents, $curr) if $curr;
792b40ac 119 }
007a7ca0 120 if ($parent ne '/') {
121 $has_unattached_actions = 1;
59d5a638 122 $unattached_actions->row('/' . ($parents[0] || $endpoint)->reverse, $parent);
007a7ca0 123 next ENDPOINT;
124 }
d34667c3 125 my @rows;
126 foreach my $p (@parents) {
127 my $name = "/${p}";
ba3f8a81 128
129 if (defined(my $extra = $self->_list_extra_http_methods($p))) {
130 $name = "${extra} ${name}";
131 }
ffca3e96 132 if (defined(my $cap = $p->list_extra_info->{CaptureArgs})) {
133 $name .= ' ('.$cap.')';
d34667c3 134 }
e72a3cd6 135 if (defined(my $ct = $p->list_extra_info->{Consumes})) {
136 $name .= ' :'.$ct;
137 }
342d2169 138 if (defined(my $s = $p->list_extra_info->{Scheme})) {
139 $scheme = uc $s;
140 }
e72a3cd6 141
d34667c3 142 unless ($p eq $parents[0]) {
143 $name = "-> ${name}";
144 }
145 push(@rows, [ '', $name ]);
146 }
342d2169 147 push(@rows, [ '', (@rows ? "=> " : '').($extra ? "$extra " : ''). ($scheme ? "$scheme: ":'')."/${endpoint}". ($consumes ? " :$consumes":"" ) ]);
0ca510f0 148 my @display_parts = map { $_ =~s/%([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg; decode_utf8 $_ } @parts;
149 $rows[0][0] = join('/', '', @display_parts) || '/';
d34667c3 150 $paths->row(@$_) for @rows;
792b40ac 151 }
152
1cf0345b 153 $c->log->debug( "Loaded Chained actions:\n" . $paths->draw . "\n" );
007a7ca0 154 $c->log->debug( "Unattached Chained actions:\n", $unattached_actions->draw . "\n" )
155 if $has_unattached_actions;
792b40ac 156}
141459fa 157
ba3f8a81 158sub _list_extra_http_methods {
159 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
160 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{HTTP_METHODS};
161 return join(', ', @{$action->list_extra_info->{HTTP_METHODS}});
e72a3cd6 162
ba3f8a81 163}
164
e72a3cd6 165sub _list_extra_consumes {
166 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
167 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{CONSUMES};
168 return join(', ', @{$action->list_extra_info->{CONSUMES}});
169}
170
342d2169 171sub _list_extra_scheme {
172 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
173 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{Scheme};
174 return uc $action->list_extra_info->{Scheme};
175}
e72a3cd6 176
141459fa 177=head2 $self->match( $c, $path )
178
05a90578 179Calls C<recurse_match> to see if a chain matches the C<$path>.
141459fa 180
181=cut
182
183sub match {
184 my ( $self, $c, $path ) = @_;
185
e5ecd5bc 186 my $request = $c->request;
187 return 0 if @{$request->args};
141459fa 188
189 my @parts = split('/', $path);
190
6365b527 191 my ($chain, $captures, $parts) = $self->recurse_match($c, '/', \@parts);
634780e0 192
193 if ($parts && @$parts) {
194 for my $arg (@$parts) {
195 $arg =~ s/%([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg;
196 push @{$request->args}, $arg;
197 }
198 }
141459fa 199
200 return 0 unless $chain;
201
202 my $action = Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain($chain);
203
e5ecd5bc 204 $request->action("/${action}");
205 $request->match("/${action}");
206 $request->captures($captures);
141459fa 207 $c->action($action);
208 $c->namespace( $action->namespace );
209
210 return 1;
211}
212
213=head2 $self->recurse_match( $c, $parent, \@path_parts )
214
05a90578 215Recursive search for a matching chain.
141459fa 216
217=cut
218
219sub recurse_match {
220 my ( $self, $c, $parent, $path_parts ) = @_;
be5cb4e4 221 my $children = $self->_children_of->{$parent};
141459fa 222 return () unless $children;
6b495723 223 my $best_action;
141459fa 224 my @captures;
1b04b972 225 TRY: foreach my $try_part (sort { length($b) <=> length($a) }
cdc97b63 226 keys %$children) {
1b04b972 227 # $b then $a to try longest part first
141459fa 228 my @parts = @$path_parts;
229 if (length $try_part) { # test and strip PathPart
230 next TRY unless
231 ($try_part eq join('/', # assemble equal number of parts
232 splice( # and strip them off @parts as well
792b40ac 233 @parts, 0, scalar(@{[split('/', $try_part)]})
234 ))); # @{[]} to avoid split to @_
141459fa 235 }
236 my @try_actions = @{$children->{$try_part}};
237 TRY_ACTION: foreach my $action (@try_actions) {
1c34f703 238 if (my $capture_attr = $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
3f91cb25 239 my $capture_count = $capture_attr->[0] || 0;
f505df49 240
241 # Short-circuit if not enough remaining parts
3f91cb25 242 next TRY_ACTION unless @parts >= $capture_count;
f505df49 243
141459fa 244 my @captures;
245 my @parts = @parts; # localise
7a7ac23c 246
1c34f703 247 # strip CaptureArgs into list
3f91cb25 248 push(@captures, splice(@parts, 0, $capture_count));
7a7ac23c 249
1279064a 250 # check if the action may fit, depending on a given test by the app
251 if ($action->can('match_captures')) { next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match_captures($c, \@captures) }
252
141459fa 253 # try the remaining parts against children of this action
0c78acb6 254 my ($actions, $captures, $action_parts, $n_pathparts) = $self->recurse_match(
141459fa 255 $c, '/'.$action->reverse, \@parts
256 );
2f381252 257 # No best action currently
258 # OR The action has less parts
259 # OR The action has equal parts but less captured data (ergo more defined)
260 if ($actions &&
261 (!$best_action ||
f4dbb497 262 $#$action_parts < $#{$best_action->{parts}} ||
2f381252 263 ($#$action_parts == $#{$best_action->{parts}} &&
0c78acb6 264 $#$captures < $#{$best_action->{captures}} &&
265 $n_pathparts > $best_action->{n_pathparts}))) {
266 my @pathparts = split /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
6b495723 267 $best_action = {
268 actions => [ $action, @$actions ],
269 captures=> [ @captures, @$captures ],
0c78acb6 270 parts => $action_parts,
271 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts) + $n_pathparts,
272 };
6b495723 273 }
274 }
275 else {
7a7ac23c 276 {
277 local $c->req->{arguments} = [ @{$c->req->args}, @parts ];
278 next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match($c);
279 }
5c6d829d 280 my $args_attr = $action->attributes->{Args}->[0];
0c78acb6 281 my @pathparts = split /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
953c176d 282 # No best action currently
283 # OR This one matches with fewer parts left than the current best action,
284 # And therefore is a better match
b0ad47c1 285 # OR No parts and this expects 0
953c176d 286 # The current best action might also be Args(0),
287 # but we couldn't chose between then anyway so we'll take the last seen
288
219b4f88 289 if (
290 !$best_action ||
953c176d 291 @parts < @{$best_action->{parts}} ||
219b4f88 292 (
293 !@parts &&
294 defined($args_attr) &&
09914a47 295 (
296 $args_attr eq "0" &&
297 ( exists($best_action->{args_attr}) && defined($best_action->{args_attr}) ? ($best_action->{args_attr} ne 0) : 1 )
298 )
219b4f88 299 )
300 ){
6b495723 301 $best_action = {
302 actions => [ $action ],
303 captures=> [],
0c78acb6 304 parts => \@parts,
09914a47 305 args_attr => $args_attr,
0c78acb6 306 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts),
307 };
953c176d 308 }
141459fa 309 }
310 }
311 }
0c78acb6 312 return @$best_action{qw/actions captures parts n_pathparts/} if $best_action;
141459fa 313 return ();
314}
315
316=head2 $self->register( $c, $action )
317
05a90578 318Calls register_path for every Path attribute for the given $action.
141459fa 319
320=cut
321
2e29aec2 322sub _check_args_attr {
323 my ( $self, $action, $name ) = @_;
324
325 return unless exists $action->attributes->{$name};
326
327 if (@{$action->attributes->{$name}} > 1) {
328 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
329 "Multiple $name attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
330 );
331 }
332 my $args = $action->attributes->{$name}->[0];
333 if (defined($args) and not (
334 Scalar::Util::looks_like_number($args) and
2782bef2 335 int($args) == $args and $args >= 0
2e29aec2 336 )) {
337 require Data::Dumper;
338 local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
339 local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0;
340 $args = Data::Dumper::Dumper($args);
341 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
342 "Invalid $name($args) for action " . $action->reverse() .
343 " (use '$name' or '$name(<number>)')"
344 );
345 }
346}
347
141459fa 348sub register {
349 my ( $self, $c, $action ) = @_;
350
1dc8af44 351 my @chained_attr = @{ $action->attributes->{Chained} || [] };
141459fa 352
1dc8af44 353 return 0 unless @chained_attr;
141459fa 354
2f381252 355 if (@chained_attr > 1) {
141459fa 356 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
5882c86e 357 "Multiple Chained attributes not supported registering ${action}"
141459fa 358 );
359 }
13c6b4cc 360 my $chained_to = $chained_attr[0];
141459fa 361
13c6b4cc 362 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
363 "Actions cannot chain to themselves registering /${action}"
364 ) if ($chained_to eq '/' . $action);
365
366 my $children = ($self->_children_of->{ $chained_to } ||= {});
141459fa 367
368 my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
369
09461385 370 my $part = $action->name;
141459fa 371
09461385 372 if (@path_part == 1 && defined $path_part[0]) {
373 $part = $path_part[0];
141459fa 374 } elsif (@path_part > 1) {
375 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 376 "Multiple PathPart attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
141459fa 377 );
378 }
379
8a6a6581 380 if ($part =~ m(^/)) {
381 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 382 "Absolute parameters to PathPart not allowed registering " . $action->reverse()
8a6a6581 383 );
384 }
385
0ca510f0 386 my $encoded_part = URI->new($part)->canonical;
387 $encoded_part =~ s{(?<=[^/])/+\z}{};
792b40ac 388
0ca510f0 389 $action->attributes->{PathPart} = [ $encoded_part ];
390
391 unshift(@{ $children->{$encoded_part} ||= [] }, $action);
141459fa 392
be5cb4e4 393 $self->_actions->{'/'.$action->reverse} = $action;
792b40ac 394
2e29aec2 395 foreach my $name (qw(Args CaptureArgs)) {
396 $self->_check_args_attr($action, $name);
397 }
398
399 if (exists $action->attributes->{Args} and exists $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
400 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
bc71493a 401 "Combining Args and CaptureArgs attributes not supported registering " .
402 $action->reverse()
2e29aec2 403 );
dd97c1ac 404 }
405
1c34f703 406 unless ($action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
be5cb4e4 407 unshift(@{ $self->_endpoints }, $action);
792b40ac 408 }
409
410 return 1;
141459fa 411}
412
413=head2 $self->uri_for_action($action, $captures)
414
05a90578 415Get the URI part for the action, using C<$captures> to fill
416the capturing parts.
141459fa 417
418=cut
419
420sub uri_for_action {
421 my ( $self, $action, $captures ) = @_;
422
5882c86e 423 return undef unless ($action->attributes->{Chained}
8b13f357 424 && !$action->attributes->{CaptureArgs});
792b40ac 425
426 my @parts = ();
427 my @captures = @$captures;
428 my $parent = "DUMMY";
429 my $curr = $action;
430 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 431 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
84ac8ab9 432 return undef unless @captures >= ($cap->[0]||0); # not enough captures
8b13f357 433 if ($cap->[0]) {
f9155483 434 unshift(@parts, splice(@captures, -$cap->[0]));
8b13f357 435 }
792b40ac 436 }
77771155 437 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 438 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
8b13f357 439 if (defined($pp->[0]) && length($pp->[0]));
792b40ac 440 }
5882c86e 441 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 442 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
141459fa 443 }
792b40ac 444
445 return undef unless $parent eq '/'; # fail for dangling action
446
447 return undef if @captures; # fail for too many captures
448
449 return join('/', '', @parts);
59d5a638 450
141459fa 451}
452
ae0e35ee 453=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
454
b0ad47c1 455Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
ae0e35ee 456L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
457use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
458
459=cut
460
52f71256 461sub expand_action {
462 my ($self, $action) = @_;
463
464 return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
465
466 my @chain;
467 my $curr = $action;
468
469 while ($curr) {
470 push @chain, $curr;
471 my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
472 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
473 }
474
475 return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
476}
477
e5ecd5bc 478__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
f4de8c99 4791;
e5ecd5bc 480
05a90578 481=head1 USAGE
482
483=head2 Introduction
484
485The C<Chained> attribute allows you to chain public path parts together
67869327 486by their private names. A chain part's path can be specified with
487C<PathPart> and can be declared to expect an arbitrary number of
488arguments. The endpoint of the chain specifies how many arguments it
489gets through the C<Args> attribute. C<:Args(0)> would be none at all,
490C<:Args> without an integer would be unlimited. The path parts that
491aren't endpoints are using C<CaptureArgs> to specify how many parameters
492they expect to receive. As an example setup:
05a90578 493
494 package MyApp::Controller::Greeting;
495 use base qw/ Catalyst::Controller /;
496
497 # this is the beginning of our chain
498 sub hello : PathPart('hello') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
499 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
500 $c->stash->{ message } = "Hello ";
501 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } = $integer;
502 }
503
504 # this is our endpoint, because it has no :CaptureArgs
505 sub world : PathPart('world') Chained('hello') Args(1) {
506 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
507 $c->stash->{ message } .= "World!";
508 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } += $integer;
509
510 $c->response->body( join "<br/>\n" =>
511 $c->stash->{ message }, $c->stash->{ arg_sum } );
512 }
513
514The debug output provides a separate table for chained actions, showing
67869327 515the whole chain as it would match and the actions it contains. Here's an
516example of the startup output with our actions above:
05a90578 517
518 ...
519 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
520 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
521 | Path Spec | Private |
522 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
523 | /hello/*/world/* | /greeting/hello (1) |
524 | | => /greeting/world |
525 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
526 ...
527
67869327 528As you can see, Catalyst only deals with chains as whole paths and
529builds one for each endpoint, which are the actions with C<:Chained> but
530without C<:CaptureArgs>.
05a90578 531
532Let's assume this application gets a request at the path
67869327 533C</hello/23/world/12>. What happens then? First, Catalyst will dispatch
534to the C<hello> action and pass the value C<23> as an argument to it
535after the context. It does so because we have previously used
536C<:CaptureArgs(1)> to declare that it has one path part after itself as
537its argument. We told Catalyst that this is the beginning of the chain
538by specifying C<:Chained('/')>. Also note that instead of saying
539C<:PathPart('hello')> we could also just have said C<:PathPart>, as it
540defaults to the name of the action.
05a90578 541
542After C<hello> has run, Catalyst goes on to dispatch to the C<world>
67869327 543action. This is the last action to be called: Catalyst knows this is an
544endpoint because we did not specify a C<:CaptureArgs>
545attribute. Nevertheless we specify that this action expects an argument,
546but at this point we're using C<:Args(1)> to do that. We could also have
547said C<:Args> or left it out altogether, which would mean this action
548would get all arguments that are there. This action's C<:Chained>
549attribute says C<hello> and tells Catalyst that the C<hello> action in
550the current controller is its parent.
05a90578 551
552With this we have built a chain consisting of two public path parts.
67869327 553C<hello> captures one part of the path as its argument, and also
554specifies the path root as its parent. So this part is
555C</hello/$arg>. The next part is the endpoint C<world>, expecting one
556argument. It sums up to the path part C<world/$arg>. This leads to a
557complete chain of C</hello/$arg/world/$arg> which is matched against the
558requested paths.
559
560This example application would, if run and called by e.g.
561C</hello/23/world/12>, set the stash value C<message> to "Hello" and the
562value C<arg_sum> to "23". The C<world> action would then append "World!"
563to C<message> and add C<12> to the stash's C<arg_sum> value. For the
564sake of simplicity no view is shown. Instead we just put the values of
565the stash into our body. So the output would look like:
05a90578 566
567 Hello World!
568 35
569
67869327 570And our test server would have given us this debugging output for the
05a90578 571request:
572
573 ...
574 [debug] "GET" request for "hello/23/world/12" from "127.0.0.1"
575 [debug] Path is "/greeting/world"
576 [debug] Arguments are "12"
577 [info] Request took 0.164113s (6.093/s)
578 .------------------------------------------+-----------.
579 | Action | Time |
580 +------------------------------------------+-----------+
581 | /greeting/hello | 0.000029s |
582 | /greeting/world | 0.000024s |
583 '------------------------------------------+-----------'
584 ...
585
67869327 586What would be common uses of this dispatch technique? It gives the
587possibility to split up logic that contains steps that each depend on
588each other. An example would be, for example, a wiki path like
05a90578 589C</wiki/FooBarPage/rev/23/view>. This chain can be easily built with
590these actions:
591
592 sub wiki : PathPart('wiki') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
593 my ( $self, $c, $page_name ) = @_;
594 # load the page named $page_name and put the object
595 # into the stash
596 }
597
598 sub rev : PathPart('rev') Chained('wiki') CaptureArgs(1) {
599 my ( $self, $c, $revision_id ) = @_;
67869327 600 # use the page object in the stash to get at its
05a90578 601 # revision with number $revision_id
602 }
603
604 sub view : PathPart Chained('rev') Args(0) {
605 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
67869327 606 # display the revision in our stash. Another option
05a90578 607 # would be to forward a compatible object to the action
608 # that displays the default wiki pages, unless we want
609 # a different interface here, for example restore
610 # functionality.
611 }
612
67869327 613It would now be possible to add other endpoints, for example C<restore>
614to restore this specific revision as the current state.
05a90578 615
67869327 616You don't have to put all the chained actions in one controller. The
617specification of the parent through C<:Chained> also takes an absolute
618action path as its argument. Just specify it with a leading C</>.
05a90578 619
620If you want, for example, to have actions for the public paths
67869327 621C</foo/12/edit> and C</foo/12>, just specify two actions with
05a90578 622C<:PathPart('foo')> and C<:Chained('/')>. The handler for the former
67869327 623path needs a C<:CaptureArgs(1)> attribute and a endpoint with
05a90578 624C<:PathPart('edit')> and C<:Chained('foo')>. For the latter path give
625the action just a C<:Args(1)> to mark it as endpoint. This sums up to
626this debugging output:
627
628 ...
629 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
630 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
631 | Path Spec | Private |
632 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
633 | /foo/* | /controller/foo_view |
634 | /foo/*/edit | /controller/foo_load (1) |
635 | | => /controller/edit |
636 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
637 ...
638
b0ad47c1 639Here's a more detailed specification of the attributes belonging to
05a90578 640C<:Chained>:
641
642=head2 Attributes
643
644=over 8
645
646=item PathPart
647
648Sets the name of this part of the chain. If it is specified without
649arguments, it takes the name of the action as default. So basically
650C<sub foo :PathPart> and C<sub foo :PathPart('foo')> are identical.
651This can also contain slashes to bind to a deeper level. An action
652with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
653C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
654effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
655
d21a2b27 656=item PathPrefix
657
658Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
659
05a90578 660=item Chained
661
662Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
d21a2b27 663absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
664tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
665C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
666Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
667controllers.
05a90578 668
67869327 669Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
670doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
671design requests it, you can redispatch a chain through any controller or
672namespace you want.
05a90578 673
674Another interesting possibility gives C<:Chained('.')>, which chains
67869327 675itself to an action with the path of the current controller's namespace.
05a90578 676For example:
677
678 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
679 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
680
681 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar
682 sub baz : Chained('.') Args(1) { ... }
683
684This builds up a chain like C</bar/*/baz/*>. The specification of C<.>
67869327 685as the argument to Chained here chains the C<baz> action to an action
686with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
687C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
688chain comes out as the end product.
05a90578 689
d21a2b27 690=item ChainedParent
691
692Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
693controller. For Example:
694
695 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
696 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
697
698 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
699 sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
700
701This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
702
05a90578 703=item CaptureArgs
704
67869327 705Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an
05a90578 706endpoint. With this attribute Catalyst knows how many of the following
67869327 707parts of the path (separated by C</>) this action wants to capture as
708its arguments. If it doesn't expect any, just specify
709C<:CaptureArgs(0)>. The captures get passed to the action's C<@_> right
710after the context, but you can also find them as array references in
05a90578 711C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>captures-E<gt>[$level]>. The C<$level> is the
712level of the action in the chain that captured the parts of the path.
713
67869327 714An action that is part of a chain (that is, one that has a C<:Chained>
715attribute) but has no C<:CaptureArgs> attribute is treated by Catalyst
716as a chain end.
05a90578 717
718=item Args
719
720By default, endpoints receive the rest of the arguments in the path. You
721can tell Catalyst through C<:Args> explicitly how many arguments your
722endpoint expects, just like you can with C<:CaptureArgs>. Note that this
67869327 723also affects whether this chain is invoked on a request. A chain with an
05a90578 724endpoint specifying one argument will only match if exactly one argument
725exists in the path.
726
727You can specify an exact number of arguments like C<:Args(3)>, including
728C<0>. If you just say C<:Args> without any arguments, it is the same as
67869327 729leaving it out altogether: The chain is matched regardless of the number
05a90578 730of path parts after the endpoint.
731
67869327 732Just as with C<:CaptureArgs>, the arguments get passed to the action in
05a90578 733C<@_> after the context object. They can also be reached through
734C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>arguments>.
735
736=back
737
67869327 738=head2 Auto actions, dispatching and forwarding
05a90578 739
740Note that the list of C<auto> actions called depends on the private path
67869327 741of the endpoint of the chain, not on the chained actions way. The
742C<auto> actions will be run before the chain dispatching begins. In
743every other aspect, C<auto> actions behave as documented.
05a90578 744
64111aca 745The C<forward>ing to other actions does just what you would expect. i.e.
e1207438 746only the target action is run. The actions that that action is chained
747to are not run.
748If you C<detach> out of a chain, the rest of the chain will not get
749called after the C<detach>.
05a90578 750
22faeff5 751=head2 match_captures
752
753A method which can optionally be implemented by actions to
754stop chain matching.
755
756See L<Catalyst::Action> for further details.
757
2f381252 758=head1 AUTHORS
141459fa 759
2f381252 760Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
141459fa 761
762=head1 COPYRIGHT
763
536bee89 764This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
141459fa 765the same terms as Perl itself.
766
767=cut
768
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