[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / lib / Catalyst / Manual / Internals.pod

=head1 NAME

Catalyst::Manual::Internals - Catalyst Internals

=head1 DESCRIPTION

=head2 Lifecycle

These are the steps of a Catalyst request, every step can be overloaded to
extend Catalyst.

    handler
      prepare
        prepare_request
        prepare_path
        prepare_cookies
        prepare_headers
        prepare_connection
        prepare_action
        prepare_parameters
        prepare_uploads
      process
      finalize
        finalize_headers
        finalize_output

These steps are normally overloaded from engine classes, and extended by
plugins.
Extending means using multiple inheritance with L<NEXT>.

=head1 AUTHOR

Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@oook.de>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
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fc7ec1d9	1	=head1 NAME
	2
	3	Catalyst::Manual::Internals - Catalyst Internals
	4
	5	=head1 DESCRIPTION
	6
	7	=head2 Lifecycle
	8
	9	These are the steps of a Catalyst request, every step can be overloaded to
	10	extend Catalyst.
	11
	12	handler
	13	prepare
	14	prepare_request
	15	prepare_path
	16	prepare_cookies
	17	prepare_headers
585893b9	18	prepare_connection
fc7ec1d9	19	prepare_action
	20	prepare_parameters
	21	prepare_uploads
	22	process
	23	finalize
	24	finalize_headers
	25	finalize_output
	26
	27	These steps are normally overloaded from engine classes, and extended by
	28	plugins.
	29	Extending means using multiple inheritance with L<NEXT>.
	30
	31	=head1 AUTHOR
	32
	33	Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@oook.de>
	34
	35	=head1 COPYRIGHT
	36
	37	This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
	38	the same terms as Perl itself.