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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) &&
295 $args_attr eq "0"
296 )
297 ){
6b495723 298 $best_action = {
299 actions => [ $action ],
300 captures=> [],
0c78acb6 301 parts => \@parts,
302 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts),
303 };
953c176d 304 }
141459fa 305 }
306 }
307 }
0c78acb6 308 return @$best_action{qw/actions captures parts n_pathparts/} if $best_action;
141459fa 309 return ();
310}
311
312=head2 $self->register( $c, $action )
313
05a90578 314Calls register_path for every Path attribute for the given $action.
141459fa 315
316=cut
317
2e29aec2 318sub _check_args_attr {
319 my ( $self, $action, $name ) = @_;
320
321 return unless exists $action->attributes->{$name};
322
323 if (@{$action->attributes->{$name}} > 1) {
324 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
325 "Multiple $name attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
326 );
327 }
328 my $args = $action->attributes->{$name}->[0];
329 if (defined($args) and not (
330 Scalar::Util::looks_like_number($args) and
2782bef2 331 int($args) == $args and $args >= 0
2e29aec2 332 )) {
333 require Data::Dumper;
334 local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
335 local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0;
336 $args = Data::Dumper::Dumper($args);
337 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
338 "Invalid $name($args) for action " . $action->reverse() .
339 " (use '$name' or '$name(<number>)')"
340 );
341 }
342}
343
141459fa 344sub register {
345 my ( $self, $c, $action ) = @_;
346
1dc8af44 347 my @chained_attr = @{ $action->attributes->{Chained} || [] };
141459fa 348
1dc8af44 349 return 0 unless @chained_attr;
141459fa 350
2f381252 351 if (@chained_attr > 1) {
141459fa 352 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
5882c86e 353 "Multiple Chained attributes not supported registering ${action}"
141459fa 354 );
355 }
13c6b4cc 356 my $chained_to = $chained_attr[0];
141459fa 357
13c6b4cc 358 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
359 "Actions cannot chain to themselves registering /${action}"
360 ) if ($chained_to eq '/' . $action);
361
362 my $children = ($self->_children_of->{ $chained_to } ||= {});
141459fa 363
364 my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
365
09461385 366 my $part = $action->name;
141459fa 367
09461385 368 if (@path_part == 1 && defined $path_part[0]) {
369 $part = $path_part[0];
141459fa 370 } elsif (@path_part > 1) {
371 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 372 "Multiple PathPart attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
141459fa 373 );
374 }
375
8a6a6581 376 if ($part =~ m(^/)) {
377 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 378 "Absolute parameters to PathPart not allowed registering " . $action->reverse()
8a6a6581 379 );
380 }
381
0ca510f0 382 my $encoded_part = URI->new($part)->canonical;
383 $encoded_part =~ s{(?<=[^/])/+\z}{};
792b40ac 384
0ca510f0 385 $action->attributes->{PathPart} = [ $encoded_part ];
386
387 unshift(@{ $children->{$encoded_part} ||= [] }, $action);
141459fa 388
be5cb4e4 389 $self->_actions->{'/'.$action->reverse} = $action;
792b40ac 390
2e29aec2 391 foreach my $name (qw(Args CaptureArgs)) {
392 $self->_check_args_attr($action, $name);
393 }
394
395 if (exists $action->attributes->{Args} and exists $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
396 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
bc71493a 397 "Combining Args and CaptureArgs attributes not supported registering " .
398 $action->reverse()
2e29aec2 399 );
dd97c1ac 400 }
401
1c34f703 402 unless ($action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
be5cb4e4 403 unshift(@{ $self->_endpoints }, $action);
792b40ac 404 }
405
406 return 1;
141459fa 407}
408
409=head2 $self->uri_for_action($action, $captures)
410
05a90578 411Get the URI part for the action, using C<$captures> to fill
412the capturing parts.
141459fa 413
414=cut
415
416sub uri_for_action {
417 my ( $self, $action, $captures ) = @_;
418
5882c86e 419 return undef unless ($action->attributes->{Chained}
8b13f357 420 && !$action->attributes->{CaptureArgs});
792b40ac 421
422 my @parts = ();
423 my @captures = @$captures;
424 my $parent = "DUMMY";
425 my $curr = $action;
426 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 427 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
84ac8ab9 428 return undef unless @captures >= ($cap->[0]||0); # not enough captures
8b13f357 429 if ($cap->[0]) {
f9155483 430 unshift(@parts, splice(@captures, -$cap->[0]));
8b13f357 431 }
792b40ac 432 }
77771155 433 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 434 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
8b13f357 435 if (defined($pp->[0]) && length($pp->[0]));
792b40ac 436 }
5882c86e 437 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 438 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
141459fa 439 }
792b40ac 440
441 return undef unless $parent eq '/'; # fail for dangling action
442
443 return undef if @captures; # fail for too many captures
444
445 return join('/', '', @parts);
59d5a638 446
141459fa 447}
448
ae0e35ee 449=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
450
b0ad47c1 451Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
ae0e35ee 452L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
453use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
454
455=cut
456
52f71256 457sub expand_action {
458 my ($self, $action) = @_;
459
460 return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
461
462 my @chain;
463 my $curr = $action;
464
465 while ($curr) {
466 push @chain, $curr;
467 my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
468 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
469 }
470
471 return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
472}
473
e5ecd5bc 474__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
f4de8c99 4751;
e5ecd5bc 476
05a90578 477=head1 USAGE
478
479=head2 Introduction
480
481The C<Chained> attribute allows you to chain public path parts together
67869327 482by their private names. A chain part's path can be specified with
483C<PathPart> and can be declared to expect an arbitrary number of
484arguments. The endpoint of the chain specifies how many arguments it
485gets through the C<Args> attribute. C<:Args(0)> would be none at all,
486C<:Args> without an integer would be unlimited. The path parts that
487aren't endpoints are using C<CaptureArgs> to specify how many parameters
488they expect to receive. As an example setup:
05a90578 489
490 package MyApp::Controller::Greeting;
491 use base qw/ Catalyst::Controller /;
492
493 # this is the beginning of our chain
494 sub hello : PathPart('hello') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
495 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
496 $c->stash->{ message } = "Hello ";
497 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } = $integer;
498 }
499
500 # this is our endpoint, because it has no :CaptureArgs
501 sub world : PathPart('world') Chained('hello') Args(1) {
502 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
503 $c->stash->{ message } .= "World!";
504 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } += $integer;
505
506 $c->response->body( join "<br/>\n" =>
507 $c->stash->{ message }, $c->stash->{ arg_sum } );
508 }
509
510The debug output provides a separate table for chained actions, showing
67869327 511the whole chain as it would match and the actions it contains. Here's an
512example of the startup output with our actions above:
05a90578 513
514 ...
515 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
516 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
517 | Path Spec | Private |
518 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
519 | /hello/*/world/* | /greeting/hello (1) |
520 | | => /greeting/world |
521 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
522 ...
523
67869327 524As you can see, Catalyst only deals with chains as whole paths and
525builds one for each endpoint, which are the actions with C<:Chained> but
526without C<:CaptureArgs>.
05a90578 527
528Let's assume this application gets a request at the path
67869327 529C</hello/23/world/12>. What happens then? First, Catalyst will dispatch
530to the C<hello> action and pass the value C<23> as an argument to it
531after the context. It does so because we have previously used
532C<:CaptureArgs(1)> to declare that it has one path part after itself as
533its argument. We told Catalyst that this is the beginning of the chain
534by specifying C<:Chained('/')>. Also note that instead of saying
535C<:PathPart('hello')> we could also just have said C<:PathPart>, as it
536defaults to the name of the action.
05a90578 537
538After C<hello> has run, Catalyst goes on to dispatch to the C<world>
67869327 539action. This is the last action to be called: Catalyst knows this is an
540endpoint because we did not specify a C<:CaptureArgs>
541attribute. Nevertheless we specify that this action expects an argument,
542but at this point we're using C<:Args(1)> to do that. We could also have
543said C<:Args> or left it out altogether, which would mean this action
544would get all arguments that are there. This action's C<:Chained>
545attribute says C<hello> and tells Catalyst that the C<hello> action in
546the current controller is its parent.
05a90578 547
548With this we have built a chain consisting of two public path parts.
67869327 549C<hello> captures one part of the path as its argument, and also
550specifies the path root as its parent. So this part is
551C</hello/$arg>. The next part is the endpoint C<world>, expecting one
552argument. It sums up to the path part C<world/$arg>. This leads to a
553complete chain of C</hello/$arg/world/$arg> which is matched against the
554requested paths.
555
556This example application would, if run and called by e.g.
557C</hello/23/world/12>, set the stash value C<message> to "Hello" and the
558value C<arg_sum> to "23". The C<world> action would then append "World!"
559to C<message> and add C<12> to the stash's C<arg_sum> value. For the
560sake of simplicity no view is shown. Instead we just put the values of
561the stash into our body. So the output would look like:
05a90578 562
563 Hello World!
564 35
565
67869327 566And our test server would have given us this debugging output for the
05a90578 567request:
568
569 ...
570 [debug] "GET" request for "hello/23/world/12" from "127.0.0.1"
571 [debug] Path is "/greeting/world"
572 [debug] Arguments are "12"
573 [info] Request took 0.164113s (6.093/s)
574 .------------------------------------------+-----------.
575 | Action | Time |
576 +------------------------------------------+-----------+
577 | /greeting/hello | 0.000029s |
578 | /greeting/world | 0.000024s |
579 '------------------------------------------+-----------'
580 ...
581
67869327 582What would be common uses of this dispatch technique? It gives the
583possibility to split up logic that contains steps that each depend on
584each other. An example would be, for example, a wiki path like
05a90578 585C</wiki/FooBarPage/rev/23/view>. This chain can be easily built with
586these actions:
587
588 sub wiki : PathPart('wiki') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
589 my ( $self, $c, $page_name ) = @_;
590 # load the page named $page_name and put the object
591 # into the stash
592 }
593
594 sub rev : PathPart('rev') Chained('wiki') CaptureArgs(1) {
595 my ( $self, $c, $revision_id ) = @_;
67869327 596 # use the page object in the stash to get at its
05a90578 597 # revision with number $revision_id
598 }
599
600 sub view : PathPart Chained('rev') Args(0) {
601 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
67869327 602 # display the revision in our stash. Another option
05a90578 603 # would be to forward a compatible object to the action
604 # that displays the default wiki pages, unless we want
605 # a different interface here, for example restore
606 # functionality.
607 }
608
67869327 609It would now be possible to add other endpoints, for example C<restore>
610to restore this specific revision as the current state.
05a90578 611
67869327 612You don't have to put all the chained actions in one controller. The
613specification of the parent through C<:Chained> also takes an absolute
614action path as its argument. Just specify it with a leading C</>.
05a90578 615
616If you want, for example, to have actions for the public paths
67869327 617C</foo/12/edit> and C</foo/12>, just specify two actions with
05a90578 618C<:PathPart('foo')> and C<:Chained('/')>. The handler for the former
67869327 619path needs a C<:CaptureArgs(1)> attribute and a endpoint with
05a90578 620C<:PathPart('edit')> and C<:Chained('foo')>. For the latter path give
621the action just a C<:Args(1)> to mark it as endpoint. This sums up to
622this debugging output:
623
624 ...
625 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
626 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
627 | Path Spec | Private |
628 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
629 | /foo/* | /controller/foo_view |
630 | /foo/*/edit | /controller/foo_load (1) |
631 | | => /controller/edit |
632 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
633 ...
634
b0ad47c1 635Here's a more detailed specification of the attributes belonging to
05a90578 636C<:Chained>:
637
638=head2 Attributes
639
640=over 8
641
642=item PathPart
643
644Sets the name of this part of the chain. If it is specified without
645arguments, it takes the name of the action as default. So basically
646C<sub foo :PathPart> and C<sub foo :PathPart('foo')> are identical.
647This can also contain slashes to bind to a deeper level. An action
648with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
649C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
650effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
651
d21a2b27 652=item PathPrefix
653
654Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
655
05a90578 656=item Chained
657
658Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
d21a2b27 659absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
660tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
661C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
662Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
663controllers.
05a90578 664
67869327 665Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
666doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
667design requests it, you can redispatch a chain through any controller or
668namespace you want.
05a90578 669
670Another interesting possibility gives C<:Chained('.')>, which chains
67869327 671itself to an action with the path of the current controller's namespace.
05a90578 672For example:
673
674 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
675 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
676
677 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar
678 sub baz : Chained('.') Args(1) { ... }
679
680This builds up a chain like C</bar/*/baz/*>. The specification of C<.>
67869327 681as the argument to Chained here chains the C<baz> action to an action
682with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
683C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
684chain comes out as the end product.
05a90578 685
d21a2b27 686=item ChainedParent
687
688Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
689controller. For Example:
690
691 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
692 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
693
694 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
695 sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
696
697This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
698
05a90578 699=item CaptureArgs
700
67869327 701Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an
05a90578 702endpoint. With this attribute Catalyst knows how many of the following
67869327 703parts of the path (separated by C</>) this action wants to capture as
704its arguments. If it doesn't expect any, just specify
705C<:CaptureArgs(0)>. The captures get passed to the action's C<@_> right
706after the context, but you can also find them as array references in
05a90578 707C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>captures-E<gt>[$level]>. The C<$level> is the
708level of the action in the chain that captured the parts of the path.
709
67869327 710An action that is part of a chain (that is, one that has a C<:Chained>
711attribute) but has no C<:CaptureArgs> attribute is treated by Catalyst
712as a chain end.
05a90578 713
714=item Args
715
716By default, endpoints receive the rest of the arguments in the path. You
717can tell Catalyst through C<:Args> explicitly how many arguments your
718endpoint expects, just like you can with C<:CaptureArgs>. Note that this
67869327 719also affects whether this chain is invoked on a request. A chain with an
05a90578 720endpoint specifying one argument will only match if exactly one argument
721exists in the path.
722
723You can specify an exact number of arguments like C<:Args(3)>, including
724C<0>. If you just say C<:Args> without any arguments, it is the same as
67869327 725leaving it out altogether: The chain is matched regardless of the number
05a90578 726of path parts after the endpoint.
727
67869327 728Just as with C<:CaptureArgs>, the arguments get passed to the action in
05a90578 729C<@_> after the context object. They can also be reached through
730C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>arguments>.
731
732=back
733
67869327 734=head2 Auto actions, dispatching and forwarding
05a90578 735
736Note that the list of C<auto> actions called depends on the private path
67869327 737of the endpoint of the chain, not on the chained actions way. The
738C<auto> actions will be run before the chain dispatching begins. In
739every other aspect, C<auto> actions behave as documented.
05a90578 740
64111aca 741The C<forward>ing to other actions does just what you would expect. i.e.
e1207438 742only the target action is run. The actions that that action is chained
743to are not run.
744If you C<detach> out of a chain, the rest of the chain will not get
745called after the C<detach>.
05a90578 746
22faeff5 747=head2 match_captures
748
749A method which can optionally be implemented by actions to
750stop chain matching.
751
752See L<Catalyst::Action> for further details.
753
2f381252 754=head1 AUTHORS
141459fa 755
2f381252 756Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
141459fa 757
758=head1 COPYRIGHT
759
536bee89 760This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
141459fa 761the same terms as Perl itself.
762
763=cut
764
7651;