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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 ) {
99 my $args = $endpoint->attributes->{Args}->[0];
100 my @parts = (defined($args) ? (("*") x $args) : '...');
d34667c3 101 my @parents = ();
792b40ac 102 my $parent = "DUMMY";
103 my $curr = $endpoint;
104 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 105 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
792b40ac 106 unshift(@parts, (("*") x $cap->[0]));
107 }
108 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PartPath}) {
109 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
110 if (defined $pp->[0] && length $pp->[0]);
111 }
5882c86e 112 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 113 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
d34667c3 114 unshift(@parents, $curr) if $curr;
792b40ac 115 }
007a7ca0 116 if ($parent ne '/') {
117 $has_unattached_actions = 1;
59d5a638 118 $unattached_actions->row('/' . ($parents[0] || $endpoint)->reverse, $parent);
007a7ca0 119 next ENDPOINT;
120 }
d34667c3 121 my @rows;
122 foreach my $p (@parents) {
123 my $name = "/${p}";
1c34f703 124 if (my $cap = $p->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
d34667c3 125 $name .= ' ('.$cap->[0].')';
126 }
127 unless ($p eq $parents[0]) {
128 $name = "-> ${name}";
129 }
130 push(@rows, [ '', $name ]);
131 }
132 push(@rows, [ '', (@rows ? "=> " : '')."/${endpoint}" ]);
f4624073 133 $rows[0][0] = join('/', '', @parts) || '/';
d34667c3 134 $paths->row(@$_) for @rows;
792b40ac 135 }
136
1cf0345b 137 $c->log->debug( "Loaded Chained actions:\n" . $paths->draw . "\n" );
007a7ca0 138 $c->log->debug( "Unattached Chained actions:\n", $unattached_actions->draw . "\n" )
139 if $has_unattached_actions;
792b40ac 140}
141459fa 141
142=head2 $self->match( $c, $path )
143
05a90578 144Calls C<recurse_match> to see if a chain matches the C<$path>.
141459fa 145
146=cut
147
148sub match {
149 my ( $self, $c, $path ) = @_;
150
e5ecd5bc 151 my $request = $c->request;
152 return 0 if @{$request->args};
141459fa 153
154 my @parts = split('/', $path);
155
6365b527 156 my ($chain, $captures, $parts) = $self->recurse_match($c, '/', \@parts);
634780e0 157
158 if ($parts && @$parts) {
159 for my $arg (@$parts) {
160 $arg =~ s/%([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg;
161 push @{$request->args}, $arg;
162 }
163 }
141459fa 164
165 return 0 unless $chain;
166
167 my $action = Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain($chain);
168
e5ecd5bc 169 $request->action("/${action}");
170 $request->match("/${action}");
171 $request->captures($captures);
141459fa 172 $c->action($action);
173 $c->namespace( $action->namespace );
174
175 return 1;
176}
177
178=head2 $self->recurse_match( $c, $parent, \@path_parts )
179
05a90578 180Recursive search for a matching chain.
141459fa 181
182=cut
183
184sub recurse_match {
185 my ( $self, $c, $parent, $path_parts ) = @_;
be5cb4e4 186 my $children = $self->_children_of->{$parent};
141459fa 187 return () unless $children;
6b495723 188 my $best_action;
141459fa 189 my @captures;
1b04b972 190 TRY: foreach my $try_part (sort { length($b) <=> length($a) }
cdc97b63 191 keys %$children) {
1b04b972 192 # $b then $a to try longest part first
141459fa 193 my @parts = @$path_parts;
194 if (length $try_part) { # test and strip PathPart
195 next TRY unless
196 ($try_part eq join('/', # assemble equal number of parts
197 splice( # and strip them off @parts as well
792b40ac 198 @parts, 0, scalar(@{[split('/', $try_part)]})
199 ))); # @{[]} to avoid split to @_
141459fa 200 }
201 my @try_actions = @{$children->{$try_part}};
202 TRY_ACTION: foreach my $action (@try_actions) {
1c34f703 203 if (my $capture_attr = $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
f505df49 204
205 # Short-circuit if not enough remaining parts
206 next TRY_ACTION unless @parts >= $capture_attr->[0];
207
141459fa 208 my @captures;
209 my @parts = @parts; # localise
7a7ac23c 210
1c34f703 211 # strip CaptureArgs into list
7a7ac23c 212 push(@captures, splice(@parts, 0, $capture_attr->[0]));
213
141459fa 214 # try the remaining parts against children of this action
6365b527 215 my ($actions, $captures, $action_parts) = $self->recurse_match(
141459fa 216 $c, '/'.$action->reverse, \@parts
217 );
2f381252 218 # No best action currently
219 # OR The action has less parts
220 # OR The action has equal parts but less captured data (ergo more defined)
221 if ($actions &&
222 (!$best_action ||
223 $#$action_parts < $#{$best_action->{parts}} ||
224 ($#$action_parts == $#{$best_action->{parts}} &&
225 $#$captures < $#{$best_action->{captures}}))){
6b495723 226 $best_action = {
227 actions => [ $action, @$actions ],
228 captures=> [ @captures, @$captures ],
229 parts => $action_parts
230 };
231 }
232 }
233 else {
7a7ac23c 234 {
235 local $c->req->{arguments} = [ @{$c->req->args}, @parts ];
236 next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match($c);
237 }
f4fba3d7 238
239 # Default args is blank, not 0, since Args()
46c5cdc8 240 my $args_attr = $action->attributes->{Args}->[0];
241 $args_attr = '' unless defined $args_attr;
953c176d 242
243 # No best action currently
244 # OR This one matches with fewer parts left than the current best action,
245 # And therefore is a better match
b0ad47c1 246 # OR No parts and this expects 0
953c176d 247 # The current best action might also be Args(0),
248 # but we couldn't chose between then anyway so we'll take the last seen
249
250 if (!$best_action ||
251 @parts < @{$best_action->{parts}} ||
a8194217 252 (!@parts && $args_attr eq 0)){
6b495723 253 $best_action = {
254 actions => [ $action ],
255 captures=> [],
256 parts => \@parts
6b495723 257 }
953c176d 258 }
141459fa 259 }
260 }
261 }
953c176d 262 return @$best_action{qw/actions captures parts/} if $best_action;
141459fa 263 return ();
264}
265
266=head2 $self->register( $c, $action )
267
05a90578 268Calls register_path for every Path attribute for the given $action.
141459fa 269
270=cut
271
272sub register {
273 my ( $self, $c, $action ) = @_;
274
1dc8af44 275 my @chained_attr = @{ $action->attributes->{Chained} || [] };
141459fa 276
1dc8af44 277 return 0 unless @chained_attr;
141459fa 278
2f381252 279 if (@chained_attr > 1) {
141459fa 280 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
5882c86e 281 "Multiple Chained attributes not supported registering ${action}"
141459fa 282 );
283 }
13c6b4cc 284 my $chained_to = $chained_attr[0];
141459fa 285
13c6b4cc 286 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
287 "Actions cannot chain to themselves registering /${action}"
288 ) if ($chained_to eq '/' . $action);
289
290 my $children = ($self->_children_of->{ $chained_to } ||= {});
141459fa 291
292 my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
293
09461385 294 my $part = $action->name;
141459fa 295
09461385 296 if (@path_part == 1 && defined $path_part[0]) {
297 $part = $path_part[0];
141459fa 298 } elsif (@path_part > 1) {
299 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 300 "Multiple PathPart attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
141459fa 301 );
302 }
303
8a6a6581 304 if ($part =~ m(^/)) {
305 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 306 "Absolute parameters to PathPart not allowed registering " . $action->reverse()
8a6a6581 307 );
308 }
309
792b40ac 310 $action->attributes->{PartPath} = [ $part ];
311
141459fa 312 unshift(@{ $children->{$part} ||= [] }, $action);
313
be5cb4e4 314 $self->_actions->{'/'.$action->reverse} = $action;
792b40ac 315
dd97c1ac 316 if (exists $action->attributes->{Args}) {
317 my $args = $action->attributes->{Args}->[0];
318 if (defined($args) and not (
319 Scalar::Util::looks_like_number($args) and
320 int($args) == $args
321 )) {
322 require Data::Dumper;
323 local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
324 local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0;
325 $args = Data::Dumper::Dumper($args);
326 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
327 "Invalid Args($args) for action " . $action->reverse() .
328 " (use 'Args' or 'Args(<number>)'"
329 );
330 }
331 }
332
1c34f703 333 unless ($action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
be5cb4e4 334 unshift(@{ $self->_endpoints }, $action);
792b40ac 335 }
336
337 return 1;
141459fa 338}
339
340=head2 $self->uri_for_action($action, $captures)
341
05a90578 342Get the URI part for the action, using C<$captures> to fill
343the capturing parts.
141459fa 344
345=cut
346
347sub uri_for_action {
348 my ( $self, $action, $captures ) = @_;
349
5882c86e 350 return undef unless ($action->attributes->{Chained}
8b13f357 351 && !$action->attributes->{CaptureArgs});
792b40ac 352
353 my @parts = ();
354 my @captures = @$captures;
355 my $parent = "DUMMY";
356 my $curr = $action;
357 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 358 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
792b40ac 359 return undef unless @captures >= $cap->[0]; # not enough captures
8b13f357 360 if ($cap->[0]) {
f9155483 361 unshift(@parts, splice(@captures, -$cap->[0]));
8b13f357 362 }
792b40ac 363 }
364 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PartPath}) {
365 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
8b13f357 366 if (defined($pp->[0]) && length($pp->[0]));
792b40ac 367 }
5882c86e 368 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 369 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
141459fa 370 }
792b40ac 371
372 return undef unless $parent eq '/'; # fail for dangling action
373
374 return undef if @captures; # fail for too many captures
375
376 return join('/', '', @parts);
59d5a638 377
141459fa 378}
379
ae0e35ee 380=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
381
b0ad47c1 382Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
ae0e35ee 383L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
384use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
385
386=cut
387
52f71256 388sub expand_action {
389 my ($self, $action) = @_;
390
391 return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
392
393 my @chain;
394 my $curr = $action;
395
396 while ($curr) {
397 push @chain, $curr;
398 my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
399 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
400 }
401
402 return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
403}
404
e5ecd5bc 405__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
406
05a90578 407=head1 USAGE
408
409=head2 Introduction
410
411The C<Chained> attribute allows you to chain public path parts together
67869327 412by their private names. A chain part's path can be specified with
413C<PathPart> and can be declared to expect an arbitrary number of
414arguments. The endpoint of the chain specifies how many arguments it
415gets through the C<Args> attribute. C<:Args(0)> would be none at all,
416C<:Args> without an integer would be unlimited. The path parts that
417aren't endpoints are using C<CaptureArgs> to specify how many parameters
418they expect to receive. As an example setup:
05a90578 419
420 package MyApp::Controller::Greeting;
421 use base qw/ Catalyst::Controller /;
422
423 # this is the beginning of our chain
424 sub hello : PathPart('hello') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
425 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
426 $c->stash->{ message } = "Hello ";
427 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } = $integer;
428 }
429
430 # this is our endpoint, because it has no :CaptureArgs
431 sub world : PathPart('world') Chained('hello') Args(1) {
432 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
433 $c->stash->{ message } .= "World!";
434 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } += $integer;
435
436 $c->response->body( join "<br/>\n" =>
437 $c->stash->{ message }, $c->stash->{ arg_sum } );
438 }
439
440The debug output provides a separate table for chained actions, showing
67869327 441the whole chain as it would match and the actions it contains. Here's an
442example of the startup output with our actions above:
05a90578 443
444 ...
445 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
446 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
447 | Path Spec | Private |
448 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
449 | /hello/*/world/* | /greeting/hello (1) |
450 | | => /greeting/world |
451 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
452 ...
453
67869327 454As you can see, Catalyst only deals with chains as whole paths and
455builds one for each endpoint, which are the actions with C<:Chained> but
456without C<:CaptureArgs>.
05a90578 457
458Let's assume this application gets a request at the path
67869327 459C</hello/23/world/12>. What happens then? First, Catalyst will dispatch
460to the C<hello> action and pass the value C<23> as an argument to it
461after the context. It does so because we have previously used
462C<:CaptureArgs(1)> to declare that it has one path part after itself as
463its argument. We told Catalyst that this is the beginning of the chain
464by specifying C<:Chained('/')>. Also note that instead of saying
465C<:PathPart('hello')> we could also just have said C<:PathPart>, as it
466defaults to the name of the action.
05a90578 467
468After C<hello> has run, Catalyst goes on to dispatch to the C<world>
67869327 469action. This is the last action to be called: Catalyst knows this is an
470endpoint because we did not specify a C<:CaptureArgs>
471attribute. Nevertheless we specify that this action expects an argument,
472but at this point we're using C<:Args(1)> to do that. We could also have
473said C<:Args> or left it out altogether, which would mean this action
474would get all arguments that are there. This action's C<:Chained>
475attribute says C<hello> and tells Catalyst that the C<hello> action in
476the current controller is its parent.
05a90578 477
478With this we have built a chain consisting of two public path parts.
67869327 479C<hello> captures one part of the path as its argument, and also
480specifies the path root as its parent. So this part is
481C</hello/$arg>. The next part is the endpoint C<world>, expecting one
482argument. It sums up to the path part C<world/$arg>. This leads to a
483complete chain of C</hello/$arg/world/$arg> which is matched against the
484requested paths.
485
486This example application would, if run and called by e.g.
487C</hello/23/world/12>, set the stash value C<message> to "Hello" and the
488value C<arg_sum> to "23". The C<world> action would then append "World!"
489to C<message> and add C<12> to the stash's C<arg_sum> value. For the
490sake of simplicity no view is shown. Instead we just put the values of
491the stash into our body. So the output would look like:
05a90578 492
493 Hello World!
494 35
495
67869327 496And our test server would have given us this debugging output for the
05a90578 497request:
498
499 ...
500 [debug] "GET" request for "hello/23/world/12" from "127.0.0.1"
501 [debug] Path is "/greeting/world"
502 [debug] Arguments are "12"
503 [info] Request took 0.164113s (6.093/s)
504 .------------------------------------------+-----------.
505 | Action | Time |
506 +------------------------------------------+-----------+
507 | /greeting/hello | 0.000029s |
508 | /greeting/world | 0.000024s |
509 '------------------------------------------+-----------'
510 ...
511
67869327 512What would be common uses of this dispatch technique? It gives the
513possibility to split up logic that contains steps that each depend on
514each other. An example would be, for example, a wiki path like
05a90578 515C</wiki/FooBarPage/rev/23/view>. This chain can be easily built with
516these actions:
517
518 sub wiki : PathPart('wiki') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
519 my ( $self, $c, $page_name ) = @_;
520 # load the page named $page_name and put the object
521 # into the stash
522 }
523
524 sub rev : PathPart('rev') Chained('wiki') CaptureArgs(1) {
525 my ( $self, $c, $revision_id ) = @_;
67869327 526 # use the page object in the stash to get at its
05a90578 527 # revision with number $revision_id
528 }
529
530 sub view : PathPart Chained('rev') Args(0) {
531 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
67869327 532 # display the revision in our stash. Another option
05a90578 533 # would be to forward a compatible object to the action
534 # that displays the default wiki pages, unless we want
535 # a different interface here, for example restore
536 # functionality.
537 }
538
67869327 539It would now be possible to add other endpoints, for example C<restore>
540to restore this specific revision as the current state.
05a90578 541
67869327 542You don't have to put all the chained actions in one controller. The
543specification of the parent through C<:Chained> also takes an absolute
544action path as its argument. Just specify it with a leading C</>.
05a90578 545
546If you want, for example, to have actions for the public paths
67869327 547C</foo/12/edit> and C</foo/12>, just specify two actions with
05a90578 548C<:PathPart('foo')> and C<:Chained('/')>. The handler for the former
67869327 549path needs a C<:CaptureArgs(1)> attribute and a endpoint with
05a90578 550C<:PathPart('edit')> and C<:Chained('foo')>. For the latter path give
551the action just a C<:Args(1)> to mark it as endpoint. This sums up to
552this debugging output:
553
554 ...
555 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
556 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
557 | Path Spec | Private |
558 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
559 | /foo/* | /controller/foo_view |
560 | /foo/*/edit | /controller/foo_load (1) |
561 | | => /controller/edit |
562 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
563 ...
564
b0ad47c1 565Here's a more detailed specification of the attributes belonging to
05a90578 566C<:Chained>:
567
568=head2 Attributes
569
570=over 8
571
572=item PathPart
573
574Sets the name of this part of the chain. If it is specified without
575arguments, it takes the name of the action as default. So basically
576C<sub foo :PathPart> and C<sub foo :PathPart('foo')> are identical.
577This can also contain slashes to bind to a deeper level. An action
578with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
579C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
580effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
581
d21a2b27 582=item PathPrefix
583
584Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
585
05a90578 586=item Chained
587
588Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
d21a2b27 589absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
590tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
591C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
592Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
593controllers.
05a90578 594
67869327 595Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
596doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
597design requests it, you can redispatch a chain through any controller or
598namespace you want.
05a90578 599
600Another interesting possibility gives C<:Chained('.')>, which chains
67869327 601itself to an action with the path of the current controller's namespace.
05a90578 602For example:
603
604 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
605 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
606
607 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar
608 sub baz : Chained('.') Args(1) { ... }
609
610This builds up a chain like C</bar/*/baz/*>. The specification of C<.>
67869327 611as the argument to Chained here chains the C<baz> action to an action
612with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
613C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
614chain comes out as the end product.
05a90578 615
d21a2b27 616=item ChainedParent
617
618Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
619controller. For Example:
620
621 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
622 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
623
624 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
625 sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
626
627This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
628
05a90578 629=item CaptureArgs
630
67869327 631Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an
05a90578 632endpoint. With this attribute Catalyst knows how many of the following
67869327 633parts of the path (separated by C</>) this action wants to capture as
634its arguments. If it doesn't expect any, just specify
635C<:CaptureArgs(0)>. The captures get passed to the action's C<@_> right
636after the context, but you can also find them as array references in
05a90578 637C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>captures-E<gt>[$level]>. The C<$level> is the
638level of the action in the chain that captured the parts of the path.
639
67869327 640An action that is part of a chain (that is, one that has a C<:Chained>
641attribute) but has no C<:CaptureArgs> attribute is treated by Catalyst
642as a chain end.
05a90578 643
644=item Args
645
646By default, endpoints receive the rest of the arguments in the path. You
647can tell Catalyst through C<:Args> explicitly how many arguments your
648endpoint expects, just like you can with C<:CaptureArgs>. Note that this
67869327 649also affects whether this chain is invoked on a request. A chain with an
05a90578 650endpoint specifying one argument will only match if exactly one argument
651exists in the path.
652
653You can specify an exact number of arguments like C<:Args(3)>, including
654C<0>. If you just say C<:Args> without any arguments, it is the same as
67869327 655leaving it out altogether: The chain is matched regardless of the number
05a90578 656of path parts after the endpoint.
657
67869327 658Just as with C<:CaptureArgs>, the arguments get passed to the action in
05a90578 659C<@_> after the context object. They can also be reached through
660C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>arguments>.
661
662=back
663
67869327 664=head2 Auto actions, dispatching and forwarding
05a90578 665
666Note that the list of C<auto> actions called depends on the private path
67869327 667of the endpoint of the chain, not on the chained actions way. The
668C<auto> actions will be run before the chain dispatching begins. In
669every other aspect, C<auto> actions behave as documented.
05a90578 670
671The C<forward>ing to other actions does just what you would expect. But if
672you C<detach> out of a chain, the rest of the chain will not get called
67869327 673after the C<detach>.
05a90578 674
2f381252 675=head1 AUTHORS
141459fa 676
2f381252 677Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
141459fa 678
679=head1 COPYRIGHT
680
536bee89 681This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
141459fa 682the same terms as Perl itself.
683
684=cut
685
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