Add tests for new Chained strictures
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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 ();
141459fa 11
be5cb4e4 12has _endpoints => (
13 is => 'rw',
14 isa => 'ArrayRef',
15 required => 1,
16 default => sub{ [] },
17 );
18
19has _actions => (
20 is => 'rw',
21 isa => 'HashRef',
22 required => 1,
23 default => sub{ {} },
24 );
25
26has _children_of => (
27 is => 'rw',
28 isa => 'HashRef',
29 required => 1,
30 default => sub{ {} },
31 );
32
0fc2d522 33no Moose;
34
792b40ac 35# please don't perltidy this. hairy code within.
36
141459fa 37=head1 NAME
38
5882c86e 39Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained - Path Part DispatchType
141459fa 40
41=head1 SYNOPSIS
42
26dc649a 43Path part matching, allowing several actions to sequentially take care of processing a request:
44
05a90578 45 # root action - captures one argument after it
46 sub foo_setup : Chained('/') PathPart('foo') CaptureArgs(1) {
47 my ( $self, $c, $foo_arg ) = @_;
48 ...
49 }
50
51 # child action endpoint - takes one argument
52 sub bar : Chained('foo_setup') Args(1) {
53 my ( $self, $c, $bar_arg ) = @_;
54 ...
55 }
141459fa 56
57=head1 DESCRIPTION
58
26dc649a 59Dispatch type managing default behaviour. For more information on
60dispatch types, see:
61
62=over 4
63
b9b89145 64=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect application authors
26dc649a 65
66=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
67
68=back
05a90578 69
141459fa 70=head1 METHODS
71
72=head2 $self->list($c)
73
74Debug output for Path Part dispatch points
75
141459fa 76=cut
77
792b40ac 78sub list {
79 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
80
be5cb4e4 81 return unless $self->_endpoints;
792b40ac 82
48d435ba 83 my $avail_width = Catalyst::Utils::term_width() - 9;
84 my $col1_width = ($avail_width * .50) < 35 ? 35 : int($avail_width * .50);
85 my $col2_width = $avail_width - $col1_width;
792b40ac 86 my $paths = Text::SimpleTable->new(
48d435ba 87 [ $col1_width, 'Path Spec' ], [ $col2_width, 'Private' ],
39fc2ce1 88 );
792b40ac 89
007a7ca0 90 my $has_unattached_actions;
91 my $unattached_actions = Text::SimpleTable->new(
48d435ba 92 [ $col1_width, 'Private' ], [ $col2_width, 'Missing parent' ],
007a7ca0 93 );
94
792b40ac 95 ENDPOINT: foreach my $endpoint (
96 sort { $a->reverse cmp $b->reverse }
be5cb4e4 97 @{ $self->_endpoints }
792b40ac 98 ) {
ffca3e96 99 my $args = $endpoint->list_extra_info->{Args};
792b40ac 100 my @parts = (defined($args) ? (("*") x $args) : '...');
d34667c3 101 my @parents = ();
792b40ac 102 my $parent = "DUMMY";
ba3f8a81 103 my $extra = $self->_list_extra_http_methods($endpoint);
792b40ac 104 my $curr = $endpoint;
105 while ($curr) {
ffca3e96 106 if (my $cap = $curr->list_extra_info->{CaptureArgs}) {
107 unshift(@parts, (("*") x $cap));
792b40ac 108 }
77771155 109 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 110 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
111 if (defined $pp->[0] && length $pp->[0]);
112 }
5882c86e 113 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 114 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
d34667c3 115 unshift(@parents, $curr) if $curr;
792b40ac 116 }
007a7ca0 117 if ($parent ne '/') {
118 $has_unattached_actions = 1;
59d5a638 119 $unattached_actions->row('/' . ($parents[0] || $endpoint)->reverse, $parent);
007a7ca0 120 next ENDPOINT;
121 }
d34667c3 122 my @rows;
123 foreach my $p (@parents) {
124 my $name = "/${p}";
ba3f8a81 125
126 if (defined(my $extra = $self->_list_extra_http_methods($p))) {
127 $name = "${extra} ${name}";
128 }
ffca3e96 129 if (defined(my $cap = $p->list_extra_info->{CaptureArgs})) {
130 $name .= ' ('.$cap.')';
d34667c3 131 }
132 unless ($p eq $parents[0]) {
133 $name = "-> ${name}";
134 }
135 push(@rows, [ '', $name ]);
136 }
ba3f8a81 137 push(@rows, [ '', (@rows ? "=> " : '').($extra ? "$extra " : '')."/${endpoint}" ]);
f4624073 138 $rows[0][0] = join('/', '', @parts) || '/';
d34667c3 139 $paths->row(@$_) for @rows;
792b40ac 140 }
141
1cf0345b 142 $c->log->debug( "Loaded Chained actions:\n" . $paths->draw . "\n" );
007a7ca0 143 $c->log->debug( "Unattached Chained actions:\n", $unattached_actions->draw . "\n" )
144 if $has_unattached_actions;
792b40ac 145}
141459fa 146
ba3f8a81 147sub _list_extra_http_methods {
148 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
149 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{HTTP_METHODS};
150 return join(', ', @{$action->list_extra_info->{HTTP_METHODS}});
151}
152
141459fa 153=head2 $self->match( $c, $path )
154
05a90578 155Calls C<recurse_match> to see if a chain matches the C<$path>.
141459fa 156
157=cut
158
159sub match {
160 my ( $self, $c, $path ) = @_;
161
e5ecd5bc 162 my $request = $c->request;
163 return 0 if @{$request->args};
141459fa 164
165 my @parts = split('/', $path);
166
6365b527 167 my ($chain, $captures, $parts) = $self->recurse_match($c, '/', \@parts);
634780e0 168
169 if ($parts && @$parts) {
170 for my $arg (@$parts) {
171 $arg =~ s/%([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg;
172 push @{$request->args}, $arg;
173 }
174 }
141459fa 175
176 return 0 unless $chain;
177
178 my $action = Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain($chain);
179
e5ecd5bc 180 $request->action("/${action}");
181 $request->match("/${action}");
182 $request->captures($captures);
141459fa 183 $c->action($action);
184 $c->namespace( $action->namespace );
185
186 return 1;
187}
188
189=head2 $self->recurse_match( $c, $parent, \@path_parts )
190
05a90578 191Recursive search for a matching chain.
141459fa 192
193=cut
194
195sub recurse_match {
196 my ( $self, $c, $parent, $path_parts ) = @_;
be5cb4e4 197 my $children = $self->_children_of->{$parent};
141459fa 198 return () unless $children;
6b495723 199 my $best_action;
141459fa 200 my @captures;
1b04b972 201 TRY: foreach my $try_part (sort { length($b) <=> length($a) }
cdc97b63 202 keys %$children) {
1b04b972 203 # $b then $a to try longest part first
141459fa 204 my @parts = @$path_parts;
205 if (length $try_part) { # test and strip PathPart
206 next TRY unless
207 ($try_part eq join('/', # assemble equal number of parts
208 splice( # and strip them off @parts as well
792b40ac 209 @parts, 0, scalar(@{[split('/', $try_part)]})
210 ))); # @{[]} to avoid split to @_
141459fa 211 }
212 my @try_actions = @{$children->{$try_part}};
213 TRY_ACTION: foreach my $action (@try_actions) {
1c34f703 214 if (my $capture_attr = $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
3f91cb25 215 my $capture_count = $capture_attr->[0] || 0;
f505df49 216
217 # Short-circuit if not enough remaining parts
3f91cb25 218 next TRY_ACTION unless @parts >= $capture_count;
f505df49 219
141459fa 220 my @captures;
221 my @parts = @parts; # localise
7a7ac23c 222
1c34f703 223 # strip CaptureArgs into list
3f91cb25 224 push(@captures, splice(@parts, 0, $capture_count));
7a7ac23c 225
1279064a 226 # check if the action may fit, depending on a given test by the app
227 if ($action->can('match_captures')) { next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match_captures($c, \@captures) }
228
141459fa 229 # try the remaining parts against children of this action
0c78acb6 230 my ($actions, $captures, $action_parts, $n_pathparts) = $self->recurse_match(
141459fa 231 $c, '/'.$action->reverse, \@parts
232 );
2f381252 233 # No best action currently
234 # OR The action has less parts
235 # OR The action has equal parts but less captured data (ergo more defined)
236 if ($actions &&
237 (!$best_action ||
f4dbb497 238 $#$action_parts < $#{$best_action->{parts}} ||
2f381252 239 ($#$action_parts == $#{$best_action->{parts}} &&
0c78acb6 240 $#$captures < $#{$best_action->{captures}} &&
241 $n_pathparts > $best_action->{n_pathparts}))) {
242 my @pathparts = split /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
6b495723 243 $best_action = {
244 actions => [ $action, @$actions ],
245 captures=> [ @captures, @$captures ],
0c78acb6 246 parts => $action_parts,
247 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts) + $n_pathparts,
248 };
6b495723 249 }
250 }
251 else {
7a7ac23c 252 {
253 local $c->req->{arguments} = [ @{$c->req->args}, @parts ];
254 next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match($c);
255 }
5c6d829d 256 my $args_attr = $action->attributes->{Args}->[0];
0c78acb6 257 my @pathparts = split /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
953c176d 258 # No best action currently
259 # OR This one matches with fewer parts left than the current best action,
260 # And therefore is a better match
b0ad47c1 261 # OR No parts and this expects 0
953c176d 262 # The current best action might also be Args(0),
263 # but we couldn't chose between then anyway so we'll take the last seen
264
265 if (!$best_action ||
266 @parts < @{$best_action->{parts}} ||
a53e36d1 267 (!@parts && defined($args_attr) && $args_attr eq "0")){
6b495723 268 $best_action = {
269 actions => [ $action ],
270 captures=> [],
0c78acb6 271 parts => \@parts,
272 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts),
273 };
953c176d 274 }
141459fa 275 }
276 }
277 }
0c78acb6 278 return @$best_action{qw/actions captures parts n_pathparts/} if $best_action;
141459fa 279 return ();
280}
281
282=head2 $self->register( $c, $action )
283
05a90578 284Calls register_path for every Path attribute for the given $action.
141459fa 285
286=cut
287
2e29aec2 288sub _check_args_attr {
289 my ( $self, $action, $name ) = @_;
290
291 return unless exists $action->attributes->{$name};
292
293 if (@{$action->attributes->{$name}} > 1) {
294 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
295 "Multiple $name attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
296 );
297 }
298 my $args = $action->attributes->{$name}->[0];
299 if (defined($args) and not (
300 Scalar::Util::looks_like_number($args) and
301 int($args) == $args
302 )) {
303 require Data::Dumper;
304 local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
305 local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0;
306 $args = Data::Dumper::Dumper($args);
307 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
308 "Invalid $name($args) for action " . $action->reverse() .
309 " (use '$name' or '$name(<number>)')"
310 );
311 }
312}
313
141459fa 314sub register {
315 my ( $self, $c, $action ) = @_;
316
1dc8af44 317 my @chained_attr = @{ $action->attributes->{Chained} || [] };
141459fa 318
1dc8af44 319 return 0 unless @chained_attr;
141459fa 320
2f381252 321 if (@chained_attr > 1) {
141459fa 322 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
5882c86e 323 "Multiple Chained attributes not supported registering ${action}"
141459fa 324 );
325 }
13c6b4cc 326 my $chained_to = $chained_attr[0];
141459fa 327
13c6b4cc 328 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
329 "Actions cannot chain to themselves registering /${action}"
330 ) if ($chained_to eq '/' . $action);
331
332 my $children = ($self->_children_of->{ $chained_to } ||= {});
141459fa 333
334 my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
335
09461385 336 my $part = $action->name;
141459fa 337
09461385 338 if (@path_part == 1 && defined $path_part[0]) {
339 $part = $path_part[0];
141459fa 340 } elsif (@path_part > 1) {
341 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 342 "Multiple PathPart attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
141459fa 343 );
344 }
345
8a6a6581 346 if ($part =~ m(^/)) {
347 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 348 "Absolute parameters to PathPart not allowed registering " . $action->reverse()
8a6a6581 349 );
350 }
351
77771155 352 $action->attributes->{PathPart} = [ $part ];
792b40ac 353
141459fa 354 unshift(@{ $children->{$part} ||= [] }, $action);
355
be5cb4e4 356 $self->_actions->{'/'.$action->reverse} = $action;
792b40ac 357
2e29aec2 358 foreach my $name (qw(Args CaptureArgs)) {
359 $self->_check_args_attr($action, $name);
360 }
361
362 if (exists $action->attributes->{Args} and exists $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
363 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
bc71493a 364 "Combining Args and CaptureArgs attributes not supported registering " .
365 $action->reverse()
2e29aec2 366 );
dd97c1ac 367 }
368
1c34f703 369 unless ($action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
be5cb4e4 370 unshift(@{ $self->_endpoints }, $action);
792b40ac 371 }
372
373 return 1;
141459fa 374}
375
376=head2 $self->uri_for_action($action, $captures)
377
05a90578 378Get the URI part for the action, using C<$captures> to fill
379the capturing parts.
141459fa 380
381=cut
382
383sub uri_for_action {
384 my ( $self, $action, $captures ) = @_;
385
5882c86e 386 return undef unless ($action->attributes->{Chained}
8b13f357 387 && !$action->attributes->{CaptureArgs});
792b40ac 388
389 my @parts = ();
390 my @captures = @$captures;
391 my $parent = "DUMMY";
392 my $curr = $action;
393 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 394 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
84ac8ab9 395 return undef unless @captures >= ($cap->[0]||0); # not enough captures
8b13f357 396 if ($cap->[0]) {
f9155483 397 unshift(@parts, splice(@captures, -$cap->[0]));
8b13f357 398 }
792b40ac 399 }
77771155 400 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 401 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
8b13f357 402 if (defined($pp->[0]) && length($pp->[0]));
792b40ac 403 }
5882c86e 404 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 405 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
141459fa 406 }
792b40ac 407
408 return undef unless $parent eq '/'; # fail for dangling action
409
410 return undef if @captures; # fail for too many captures
411
412 return join('/', '', @parts);
59d5a638 413
141459fa 414}
415
ae0e35ee 416=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
417
b0ad47c1 418Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
ae0e35ee 419L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
420use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
421
422=cut
423
52f71256 424sub expand_action {
425 my ($self, $action) = @_;
426
427 return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
428
429 my @chain;
430 my $curr = $action;
431
432 while ($curr) {
433 push @chain, $curr;
434 my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
435 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
436 }
437
438 return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
439}
440
e5ecd5bc 441__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
f4de8c99 4421;
e5ecd5bc 443
05a90578 444=head1 USAGE
445
446=head2 Introduction
447
448The C<Chained> attribute allows you to chain public path parts together
67869327 449by their private names. A chain part's path can be specified with
450C<PathPart> and can be declared to expect an arbitrary number of
451arguments. The endpoint of the chain specifies how many arguments it
452gets through the C<Args> attribute. C<:Args(0)> would be none at all,
453C<:Args> without an integer would be unlimited. The path parts that
454aren't endpoints are using C<CaptureArgs> to specify how many parameters
455they expect to receive. As an example setup:
05a90578 456
457 package MyApp::Controller::Greeting;
458 use base qw/ Catalyst::Controller /;
459
460 # this is the beginning of our chain
461 sub hello : PathPart('hello') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
462 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
463 $c->stash->{ message } = "Hello ";
464 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } = $integer;
465 }
466
467 # this is our endpoint, because it has no :CaptureArgs
468 sub world : PathPart('world') Chained('hello') Args(1) {
469 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
470 $c->stash->{ message } .= "World!";
471 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } += $integer;
472
473 $c->response->body( join "<br/>\n" =>
474 $c->stash->{ message }, $c->stash->{ arg_sum } );
475 }
476
477The debug output provides a separate table for chained actions, showing
67869327 478the whole chain as it would match and the actions it contains. Here's an
479example of the startup output with our actions above:
05a90578 480
481 ...
482 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
483 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
484 | Path Spec | Private |
485 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
486 | /hello/*/world/* | /greeting/hello (1) |
487 | | => /greeting/world |
488 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
489 ...
490
67869327 491As you can see, Catalyst only deals with chains as whole paths and
492builds one for each endpoint, which are the actions with C<:Chained> but
493without C<:CaptureArgs>.
05a90578 494
495Let's assume this application gets a request at the path
67869327 496C</hello/23/world/12>. What happens then? First, Catalyst will dispatch
497to the C<hello> action and pass the value C<23> as an argument to it
498after the context. It does so because we have previously used
499C<:CaptureArgs(1)> to declare that it has one path part after itself as
500its argument. We told Catalyst that this is the beginning of the chain
501by specifying C<:Chained('/')>. Also note that instead of saying
502C<:PathPart('hello')> we could also just have said C<:PathPart>, as it
503defaults to the name of the action.
05a90578 504
505After C<hello> has run, Catalyst goes on to dispatch to the C<world>
67869327 506action. This is the last action to be called: Catalyst knows this is an
507endpoint because we did not specify a C<:CaptureArgs>
508attribute. Nevertheless we specify that this action expects an argument,
509but at this point we're using C<:Args(1)> to do that. We could also have
510said C<:Args> or left it out altogether, which would mean this action
511would get all arguments that are there. This action's C<:Chained>
512attribute says C<hello> and tells Catalyst that the C<hello> action in
513the current controller is its parent.
05a90578 514
515With this we have built a chain consisting of two public path parts.
67869327 516C<hello> captures one part of the path as its argument, and also
517specifies the path root as its parent. So this part is
518C</hello/$arg>. The next part is the endpoint C<world>, expecting one
519argument. It sums up to the path part C<world/$arg>. This leads to a
520complete chain of C</hello/$arg/world/$arg> which is matched against the
521requested paths.
522
523This example application would, if run and called by e.g.
524C</hello/23/world/12>, set the stash value C<message> to "Hello" and the
525value C<arg_sum> to "23". The C<world> action would then append "World!"
526to C<message> and add C<12> to the stash's C<arg_sum> value. For the
527sake of simplicity no view is shown. Instead we just put the values of
528the stash into our body. So the output would look like:
05a90578 529
530 Hello World!
531 35
532
67869327 533And our test server would have given us this debugging output for the
05a90578 534request:
535
536 ...
537 [debug] "GET" request for "hello/23/world/12" from "127.0.0.1"
538 [debug] Path is "/greeting/world"
539 [debug] Arguments are "12"
540 [info] Request took 0.164113s (6.093/s)
541 .------------------------------------------+-----------.
542 | Action | Time |
543 +------------------------------------------+-----------+
544 | /greeting/hello | 0.000029s |
545 | /greeting/world | 0.000024s |
546 '------------------------------------------+-----------'
547 ...
548
67869327 549What would be common uses of this dispatch technique? It gives the
550possibility to split up logic that contains steps that each depend on
551each other. An example would be, for example, a wiki path like
05a90578 552C</wiki/FooBarPage/rev/23/view>. This chain can be easily built with
553these actions:
554
555 sub wiki : PathPart('wiki') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
556 my ( $self, $c, $page_name ) = @_;
557 # load the page named $page_name and put the object
558 # into the stash
559 }
560
561 sub rev : PathPart('rev') Chained('wiki') CaptureArgs(1) {
562 my ( $self, $c, $revision_id ) = @_;
67869327 563 # use the page object in the stash to get at its
05a90578 564 # revision with number $revision_id
565 }
566
567 sub view : PathPart Chained('rev') Args(0) {
568 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
67869327 569 # display the revision in our stash. Another option
05a90578 570 # would be to forward a compatible object to the action
571 # that displays the default wiki pages, unless we want
572 # a different interface here, for example restore
573 # functionality.
574 }
575
67869327 576It would now be possible to add other endpoints, for example C<restore>
577to restore this specific revision as the current state.
05a90578 578
67869327 579You don't have to put all the chained actions in one controller. The
580specification of the parent through C<:Chained> also takes an absolute
581action path as its argument. Just specify it with a leading C</>.
05a90578 582
583If you want, for example, to have actions for the public paths
67869327 584C</foo/12/edit> and C</foo/12>, just specify two actions with
05a90578 585C<:PathPart('foo')> and C<:Chained('/')>. The handler for the former
67869327 586path needs a C<:CaptureArgs(1)> attribute and a endpoint with
05a90578 587C<:PathPart('edit')> and C<:Chained('foo')>. For the latter path give
588the action just a C<:Args(1)> to mark it as endpoint. This sums up to
589this debugging output:
590
591 ...
592 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
593 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
594 | Path Spec | Private |
595 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
596 | /foo/* | /controller/foo_view |
597 | /foo/*/edit | /controller/foo_load (1) |
598 | | => /controller/edit |
599 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
600 ...
601
b0ad47c1 602Here's a more detailed specification of the attributes belonging to
05a90578 603C<:Chained>:
604
605=head2 Attributes
606
607=over 8
608
609=item PathPart
610
611Sets the name of this part of the chain. If it is specified without
612arguments, it takes the name of the action as default. So basically
613C<sub foo :PathPart> and C<sub foo :PathPart('foo')> are identical.
614This can also contain slashes to bind to a deeper level. An action
615with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
616C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
617effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
618
d21a2b27 619=item PathPrefix
620
621Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
622
05a90578 623=item Chained
624
625Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
d21a2b27 626absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
627tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
628C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
629Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
630controllers.
05a90578 631
67869327 632Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
633doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
634design requests it, you can redispatch a chain through any controller or
635namespace you want.
05a90578 636
637Another interesting possibility gives C<:Chained('.')>, which chains
67869327 638itself to an action with the path of the current controller's namespace.
05a90578 639For example:
640
641 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
642 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
643
644 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar
645 sub baz : Chained('.') Args(1) { ... }
646
647This builds up a chain like C</bar/*/baz/*>. The specification of C<.>
67869327 648as the argument to Chained here chains the C<baz> action to an action
649with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
650C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
651chain comes out as the end product.
05a90578 652
d21a2b27 653=item ChainedParent
654
655Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
656controller. For Example:
657
658 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
659 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
660
661 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
662 sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
663
664This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
665
05a90578 666=item CaptureArgs
667
67869327 668Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an
05a90578 669endpoint. With this attribute Catalyst knows how many of the following
67869327 670parts of the path (separated by C</>) this action wants to capture as
671its arguments. If it doesn't expect any, just specify
672C<:CaptureArgs(0)>. The captures get passed to the action's C<@_> right
673after the context, but you can also find them as array references in
05a90578 674C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>captures-E<gt>[$level]>. The C<$level> is the
675level of the action in the chain that captured the parts of the path.
676
67869327 677An action that is part of a chain (that is, one that has a C<:Chained>
678attribute) but has no C<:CaptureArgs> attribute is treated by Catalyst
679as a chain end.
05a90578 680
681=item Args
682
683By default, endpoints receive the rest of the arguments in the path. You
684can tell Catalyst through C<:Args> explicitly how many arguments your
685endpoint expects, just like you can with C<:CaptureArgs>. Note that this
67869327 686also affects whether this chain is invoked on a request. A chain with an
05a90578 687endpoint specifying one argument will only match if exactly one argument
688exists in the path.
689
690You can specify an exact number of arguments like C<:Args(3)>, including
691C<0>. If you just say C<:Args> without any arguments, it is the same as
67869327 692leaving it out altogether: The chain is matched regardless of the number
05a90578 693of path parts after the endpoint.
694
67869327 695Just as with C<:CaptureArgs>, the arguments get passed to the action in
05a90578 696C<@_> after the context object. They can also be reached through
697C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>arguments>.
698
699=back
700
67869327 701=head2 Auto actions, dispatching and forwarding
05a90578 702
703Note that the list of C<auto> actions called depends on the private path
67869327 704of the endpoint of the chain, not on the chained actions way. The
705C<auto> actions will be run before the chain dispatching begins. In
706every other aspect, C<auto> actions behave as documented.
05a90578 707
64111aca 708The C<forward>ing to other actions does just what you would expect. i.e.
e1207438 709only the target action is run. The actions that that action is chained
710to are not run.
711If you C<detach> out of a chain, the rest of the chain will not get
712called after the C<detach>.
05a90578 713
22faeff5 714=head2 match_captures
715
716A method which can optionally be implemented by actions to
717stop chain matching.
718
719See L<Catalyst::Action> for further details.
720
2f381252 721=head1 AUTHORS
141459fa 722
2f381252 723Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
141459fa 724
725=head1 COPYRIGHT
726
536bee89 727This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
141459fa 728the same terms as Perl itself.
729
730=cut
731
7321;