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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}) {
a82c96cf 239 my $capture_count = $action->number_of_captures|| 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
a82c96cf 251 next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match_captures($c, \@captures);
1279064a 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 /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
953c176d 282 # No best action currently
283 # OR This one matches with fewer parts left than the current best action,
284 # And therefore is a better match
b0ad47c1 285 # OR No parts and this expects 0
953c176d 286 # The current best action might also be Args(0),
287 # but we couldn't chose between then anyway so we'll take the last seen
288
289 if (!$best_action ||
290 @parts < @{$best_action->{parts}} ||
a53e36d1 291 (!@parts && defined($args_attr) && $args_attr eq "0")){
6b495723 292 $best_action = {
293 actions => [ $action ],
294 captures=> [],
0c78acb6 295 parts => \@parts,
296 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts),
297 };
953c176d 298 }
141459fa 299 }
300 }
301 }
0c78acb6 302 return @$best_action{qw/actions captures parts n_pathparts/} if $best_action;
141459fa 303 return ();
304}
305
306=head2 $self->register( $c, $action )
307
05a90578 308Calls register_path for every Path attribute for the given $action.
141459fa 309
310=cut
311
312sub register {
313 my ( $self, $c, $action ) = @_;
314
1dc8af44 315 my @chained_attr = @{ $action->attributes->{Chained} || [] };
141459fa 316
1dc8af44 317 return 0 unless @chained_attr;
141459fa 318
2f381252 319 if (@chained_attr > 1) {
141459fa 320 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
5882c86e 321 "Multiple Chained attributes not supported registering ${action}"
141459fa 322 );
323 }
13c6b4cc 324 my $chained_to = $chained_attr[0];
141459fa 325
13c6b4cc 326 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
327 "Actions cannot chain to themselves registering /${action}"
328 ) if ($chained_to eq '/' . $action);
329
330 my $children = ($self->_children_of->{ $chained_to } ||= {});
141459fa 331
332 my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
333
09461385 334 my $part = $action->name;
141459fa 335
09461385 336 if (@path_part == 1 && defined $path_part[0]) {
337 $part = $path_part[0];
141459fa 338 } elsif (@path_part > 1) {
339 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 340 "Multiple PathPart attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
141459fa 341 );
342 }
343
8a6a6581 344 if ($part =~ m(^/)) {
345 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 346 "Absolute parameters to PathPart not allowed registering " . $action->reverse()
8a6a6581 347 );
348 }
349
0ca510f0 350 my $encoded_part = URI->new($part)->canonical;
351 $encoded_part =~ s{(?<=[^/])/+\z}{};
792b40ac 352
0ca510f0 353 $action->attributes->{PathPart} = [ $encoded_part ];
354
355 unshift(@{ $children->{$encoded_part} ||= [] }, $action);
141459fa 356
be5cb4e4 357 $self->_actions->{'/'.$action->reverse} = $action;
792b40ac 358
2e29aec2 359 if (exists $action->attributes->{Args} and exists $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
360 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
bc71493a 361 "Combining Args and CaptureArgs attributes not supported registering " .
362 $action->reverse()
2e29aec2 363 );
dd97c1ac 364 }
365
1c34f703 366 unless ($action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
be5cb4e4 367 unshift(@{ $self->_endpoints }, $action);
792b40ac 368 }
369
370 return 1;
141459fa 371}
372
373=head2 $self->uri_for_action($action, $captures)
374
05a90578 375Get the URI part for the action, using C<$captures> to fill
376the capturing parts.
141459fa 377
378=cut
379
380sub uri_for_action {
381 my ( $self, $action, $captures ) = @_;
382
5882c86e 383 return undef unless ($action->attributes->{Chained}
8b13f357 384 && !$action->attributes->{CaptureArgs});
792b40ac 385
386 my @parts = ();
387 my @captures = @$captures;
388 my $parent = "DUMMY";
389 my $curr = $action;
390 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 391 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
84ac8ab9 392 return undef unless @captures >= ($cap->[0]||0); # not enough captures
8b13f357 393 if ($cap->[0]) {
f9155483 394 unshift(@parts, splice(@captures, -$cap->[0]));
8b13f357 395 }
792b40ac 396 }
77771155 397 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 398 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
8b13f357 399 if (defined($pp->[0]) && length($pp->[0]));
792b40ac 400 }
5882c86e 401 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 402 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
141459fa 403 }
792b40ac 404
405 return undef unless $parent eq '/'; # fail for dangling action
406
407 return undef if @captures; # fail for too many captures
408
409 return join('/', '', @parts);
59d5a638 410
141459fa 411}
412
ae0e35ee 413=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
414
b0ad47c1 415Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
ae0e35ee 416L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
417use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
418
419=cut
420
52f71256 421sub expand_action {
422 my ($self, $action) = @_;
423
424 return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
425
426 my @chain;
427 my $curr = $action;
428
429 while ($curr) {
430 push @chain, $curr;
431 my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
432 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
433 }
434
435 return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
436}
437
e5ecd5bc 438__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
f4de8c99 4391;
e5ecd5bc 440
05a90578 441=head1 USAGE
442
443=head2 Introduction
444
445The C<Chained> attribute allows you to chain public path parts together
67869327 446by their private names. A chain part's path can be specified with
447C<PathPart> and can be declared to expect an arbitrary number of
448arguments. The endpoint of the chain specifies how many arguments it
449gets through the C<Args> attribute. C<:Args(0)> would be none at all,
450C<:Args> without an integer would be unlimited. The path parts that
451aren't endpoints are using C<CaptureArgs> to specify how many parameters
452they expect to receive. As an example setup:
05a90578 453
454 package MyApp::Controller::Greeting;
455 use base qw/ Catalyst::Controller /;
456
457 # this is the beginning of our chain
458 sub hello : PathPart('hello') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
459 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
460 $c->stash->{ message } = "Hello ";
461 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } = $integer;
462 }
463
464 # this is our endpoint, because it has no :CaptureArgs
465 sub world : PathPart('world') Chained('hello') Args(1) {
466 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
467 $c->stash->{ message } .= "World!";
468 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } += $integer;
469
470 $c->response->body( join "<br/>\n" =>
471 $c->stash->{ message }, $c->stash->{ arg_sum } );
472 }
473
474The debug output provides a separate table for chained actions, showing
67869327 475the whole chain as it would match and the actions it contains. Here's an
476example of the startup output with our actions above:
05a90578 477
478 ...
479 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
480 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
481 | Path Spec | Private |
482 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
483 | /hello/*/world/* | /greeting/hello (1) |
484 | | => /greeting/world |
485 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
486 ...
487
67869327 488As you can see, Catalyst only deals with chains as whole paths and
489builds one for each endpoint, which are the actions with C<:Chained> but
490without C<:CaptureArgs>.
05a90578 491
492Let's assume this application gets a request at the path
67869327 493C</hello/23/world/12>. What happens then? First, Catalyst will dispatch
494to the C<hello> action and pass the value C<23> as an argument to it
495after the context. It does so because we have previously used
496C<:CaptureArgs(1)> to declare that it has one path part after itself as
497its argument. We told Catalyst that this is the beginning of the chain
498by specifying C<:Chained('/')>. Also note that instead of saying
499C<:PathPart('hello')> we could also just have said C<:PathPart>, as it
500defaults to the name of the action.
05a90578 501
502After C<hello> has run, Catalyst goes on to dispatch to the C<world>
67869327 503action. This is the last action to be called: Catalyst knows this is an
504endpoint because we did not specify a C<:CaptureArgs>
505attribute. Nevertheless we specify that this action expects an argument,
506but at this point we're using C<:Args(1)> to do that. We could also have
507said C<:Args> or left it out altogether, which would mean this action
508would get all arguments that are there. This action's C<:Chained>
509attribute says C<hello> and tells Catalyst that the C<hello> action in
510the current controller is its parent.
05a90578 511
512With this we have built a chain consisting of two public path parts.
67869327 513C<hello> captures one part of the path as its argument, and also
514specifies the path root as its parent. So this part is
515C</hello/$arg>. The next part is the endpoint C<world>, expecting one
516argument. It sums up to the path part C<world/$arg>. This leads to a
517complete chain of C</hello/$arg/world/$arg> which is matched against the
518requested paths.
519
520This example application would, if run and called by e.g.
521C</hello/23/world/12>, set the stash value C<message> to "Hello" and the
522value C<arg_sum> to "23". The C<world> action would then append "World!"
523to C<message> and add C<12> to the stash's C<arg_sum> value. For the
524sake of simplicity no view is shown. Instead we just put the values of
525the stash into our body. So the output would look like:
05a90578 526
527 Hello World!
528 35
529
67869327 530And our test server would have given us this debugging output for the
05a90578 531request:
532
533 ...
534 [debug] "GET" request for "hello/23/world/12" from "127.0.0.1"
535 [debug] Path is "/greeting/world"
536 [debug] Arguments are "12"
537 [info] Request took 0.164113s (6.093/s)
538 .------------------------------------------+-----------.
539 | Action | Time |
540 +------------------------------------------+-----------+
541 | /greeting/hello | 0.000029s |
542 | /greeting/world | 0.000024s |
543 '------------------------------------------+-----------'
544 ...
545
67869327 546What would be common uses of this dispatch technique? It gives the
547possibility to split up logic that contains steps that each depend on
548each other. An example would be, for example, a wiki path like
05a90578 549C</wiki/FooBarPage/rev/23/view>. This chain can be easily built with
550these actions:
551
552 sub wiki : PathPart('wiki') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
553 my ( $self, $c, $page_name ) = @_;
554 # load the page named $page_name and put the object
555 # into the stash
556 }
557
558 sub rev : PathPart('rev') Chained('wiki') CaptureArgs(1) {
559 my ( $self, $c, $revision_id ) = @_;
67869327 560 # use the page object in the stash to get at its
05a90578 561 # revision with number $revision_id
562 }
563
564 sub view : PathPart Chained('rev') Args(0) {
565 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
67869327 566 # display the revision in our stash. Another option
05a90578 567 # would be to forward a compatible object to the action
568 # that displays the default wiki pages, unless we want
569 # a different interface here, for example restore
570 # functionality.
571 }
572
67869327 573It would now be possible to add other endpoints, for example C<restore>
574to restore this specific revision as the current state.
05a90578 575
67869327 576You don't have to put all the chained actions in one controller. The
577specification of the parent through C<:Chained> also takes an absolute
578action path as its argument. Just specify it with a leading C</>.
05a90578 579
580If you want, for example, to have actions for the public paths
67869327 581C</foo/12/edit> and C</foo/12>, just specify two actions with
05a90578 582C<:PathPart('foo')> and C<:Chained('/')>. The handler for the former
67869327 583path needs a C<:CaptureArgs(1)> attribute and a endpoint with
05a90578 584C<:PathPart('edit')> and C<:Chained('foo')>. For the latter path give
585the action just a C<:Args(1)> to mark it as endpoint. This sums up to
586this debugging output:
587
588 ...
589 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
590 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
591 | Path Spec | Private |
592 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
593 | /foo/* | /controller/foo_view |
594 | /foo/*/edit | /controller/foo_load (1) |
595 | | => /controller/edit |
596 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
597 ...
598
b0ad47c1 599Here's a more detailed specification of the attributes belonging to
05a90578 600C<:Chained>:
601
602=head2 Attributes
603
604=over 8
605
606=item PathPart
607
608Sets the name of this part of the chain. If it is specified without
609arguments, it takes the name of the action as default. So basically
610C<sub foo :PathPart> and C<sub foo :PathPart('foo')> are identical.
611This can also contain slashes to bind to a deeper level. An action
612with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
613C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
614effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
615
d21a2b27 616=item PathPrefix
617
618Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
619
05a90578 620=item Chained
621
622Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
d21a2b27 623absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
624tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
625C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
626Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
627controllers.
05a90578 628
67869327 629Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
630doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
631design requests it, you can redispatch a chain through any controller or
632namespace you want.
05a90578 633
634Another interesting possibility gives C<:Chained('.')>, which chains
67869327 635itself to an action with the path of the current controller's namespace.
05a90578 636For example:
637
638 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
639 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
640
641 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar
642 sub baz : Chained('.') Args(1) { ... }
643
644This builds up a chain like C</bar/*/baz/*>. The specification of C<.>
67869327 645as the argument to Chained here chains the C<baz> action to an action
646with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
647C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
648chain comes out as the end product.
05a90578 649
d21a2b27 650=item ChainedParent
651
652Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
653controller. For Example:
654
655 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
656 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
657
658 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
659 sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
660
661This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
662
05a90578 663=item CaptureArgs
664
67869327 665Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an
05a90578 666endpoint. With this attribute Catalyst knows how many of the following
67869327 667parts of the path (separated by C</>) this action wants to capture as
668its arguments. If it doesn't expect any, just specify
669C<:CaptureArgs(0)>. The captures get passed to the action's C<@_> right
670after the context, but you can also find them as array references in
05a90578 671C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>captures-E<gt>[$level]>. The C<$level> is the
672level of the action in the chain that captured the parts of the path.
673
67869327 674An action that is part of a chain (that is, one that has a C<:Chained>
675attribute) but has no C<:CaptureArgs> attribute is treated by Catalyst
676as a chain end.
05a90578 677
480d94b5 678Allowed values for CaptureArgs is a single integer (CaptureArgs(2), meaning two
679allowed) or you can declare a L<Moose>, L<MooseX::Types> or L<Type::Tiny>
680named constraint such as CaptureArgs(Int,Str) would require two args with
681the first being a Integer and the second a string. You may declare your own
682custom type constraints and import them into the controller namespace:
683
684 package MyApp::Controller::Root;
685
686 use Moose;
687 use MooseX::MethodAttributes;
688 use MyApp::Types qw/Int/;
689
690 extends 'Catalyst::Controller';
691
692 sub chain_base :Chained(/) CaptureArgs(1) { }
693
694 sub any_priority_chain :Chained(chain_base) PathPart('') Args(1) { }
695
696 sub int_priority_chain :Chained(chain_base) PathPart('') Args(Int) { }
697
698See L<Catalyst::RouteMatching> for more.
699
05a90578 700=item Args
701
702By default, endpoints receive the rest of the arguments in the path. You
703can tell Catalyst through C<:Args> explicitly how many arguments your
704endpoint expects, just like you can with C<:CaptureArgs>. Note that this
67869327 705also affects whether this chain is invoked on a request. A chain with an
05a90578 706endpoint specifying one argument will only match if exactly one argument
707exists in the path.
708
709You can specify an exact number of arguments like C<:Args(3)>, including
710C<0>. If you just say C<:Args> without any arguments, it is the same as
67869327 711leaving it out altogether: The chain is matched regardless of the number
05a90578 712of path parts after the endpoint.
713
67869327 714Just as with C<:CaptureArgs>, the arguments get passed to the action in
05a90578 715C<@_> after the context object. They can also be reached through
716C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>arguments>.
717
718=back
719
67869327 720=head2 Auto actions, dispatching and forwarding
05a90578 721
722Note that the list of C<auto> actions called depends on the private path
67869327 723of the endpoint of the chain, not on the chained actions way. The
724C<auto> actions will be run before the chain dispatching begins. In
725every other aspect, C<auto> actions behave as documented.
05a90578 726
64111aca 727The C<forward>ing to other actions does just what you would expect. i.e.
e1207438 728only the target action is run. The actions that that action is chained
729to are not run.
730If you C<detach> out of a chain, the rest of the chain will not get
731called after the C<detach>.
05a90578 732
22faeff5 733=head2 match_captures
734
735A method which can optionally be implemented by actions to
736stop chain matching.
737
738See L<Catalyst::Action> for further details.
739
2f381252 740=head1 AUTHORS
141459fa 741
2f381252 742Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
141459fa 743
744=head1 COPYRIGHT
745
536bee89 746This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
141459fa 747the same terms as Perl itself.
748
749=cut
750
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