1 =head1 Deltachanges from 5.7 to 5.8
3 - Add the Catalyst::Dispatcher->dispatch_type method (ash)
4 - Change the $c->visit and $c->go methods to optionally take
5 CaptureArgs, making them useful to call ActionChains with (t0m)
6 - Added Catalyst::Test::ctx_request to be able to inspect
7 the context object after a request is made (Jos Boumans)
8 - Add a warning for the old ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme (t0m)
9 - Non-naive implementation of making mutable on restart using
10 B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange if installed (t0m)
11 For a restart the immutable Moose-objects need to turn back to mutable.
12 With L<B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange> installed this will be done.
14 - Add $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp)
15 A private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for.
16 This is a shortcut for calling C<< $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path) >>
17 and passing the resulting C<$action> and the remaining arguments to
20 - Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action
21 attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP,
22 allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl)
23 - Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with
24 and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace
25 subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate
27 - Disallow writing to config after setup and
28 disallow calling setup more than once (rafl)
29 - Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into
30 Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other
31 components (Florian Ragwitz)
32 - Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup
33 method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their
34 own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m)
35 - Make log levels additive, and add documentation and tests
36 for the setup_log method, which previously had none.
37 Sewn together by t0m from two patches provided by David E. Wheeler
38 - Switch an around 'new' in Catalyst::Controller to a BUILDARGS
39 method as it's much neater and more obvious what is going on (t0m)
40 - Use a predicate to avoid recursion in cases where the uri
41 method is overridden by a plugin, and calls the base method,
42 for example Catalyst::Plugin::SmartURI (t0m)
43 - Use Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT (rafl)
44 Catalyst 5.80 uses L<Algorithm::C3> method dispatch order. This is built into
45 perl 5.10 (new pragma mro), and comes via L<Class::C3> for perl 5.8. This
46 replaces L<NEXT> with L<Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT>, forcing all components to
47 resolve methods using C3, rather than the unpredictable dispatch order of
48 L<NEXT>. Please "use MRO::Compat" in both perl 5.8 and perl 5.10 to activate
51 - Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover).
52 - Change Catalyst::Test to use Sub::Exporter (Florian Ragwitz).
54 - Add Catalyst::Response->print() method (ilmari)
55 Prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,. This lets you pass
56 the response object to functions that want to write to an L<IO::Handle>.
58 - Add visit, a returning ->go
59 In effect, visit allows you to "wrap" another action, just as it
60 would have been called by dispatching from a URL, while the analogous
61 go allows you to transfer control to another action as if it had
62 been reached directly from a URL.
63 C<< $c->stash >> is kept unchanged.