private_path method for actions that returns a string suitable for use in forward...

[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / lib / Catalyst / Action.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm
index e2e78b6..e9c9363 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Catalyst::Action - Catalyst Action
 
     <form action="[%c.uri_for(c.action)%]">
 
+    $c->forward( $action->private_path );
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This class represents a Catalyst Action. You can access the object for the
@@ -18,8 +20,9 @@ L<Catalyst::Controller> subclasses.
 =cut
 
 use Moose;
-
+use Scalar::Util 'looks_like_number';
 with 'MooseX::Emulate::Class::Accessor::Fast';
+use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
 
 has class => (is => 'rw');
 has namespace => (is => 'rw');
@@ -27,8 +30,13 @@ has 'reverse' => (is => 'rw');
 has attributes => (is => 'rw');
 has name => (is => 'rw');
 has code => (is => 'rw');
-
-no Moose;
+has private_path => (
+  reader => 'private_path',
+  isa => 'Str',
+  lazy => 1,
+  required => 1,
+  default => sub { '/'.shift->reverse },
+);
 
 use overload (
 
@@ -70,6 +78,18 @@ sub match {
     return scalar( @{ $c->req->args } ) == $args;
 }
 
+sub compare {
+    my ($a1, $a2) = @_;
+
+    my ($a1_args) = @{ $a1->attributes->{Args} || [] };
+    my ($a2_args) = @{ $a2->attributes->{Args} || [] };
+
+    $_ = looks_like_number($_) ? $_ : ~0 
+        for $a1_args, $a2_args;
+
+    return $a1_args <=> $a2_args;
+}
+
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 
 1;
@@ -105,6 +125,11 @@ context and arguments
 Check Args attribute, and makes sure number of args matches the setting.
 Always returns true if Args is omitted.
 
+=head2 compare
+
+Compares 2 actions based on the value of the C<Args> attribute, with no C<Args>
+having the highest precedence.
+
 =head2 namespace
 
 Returns the private namespace this action lives in.
@@ -113,6 +138,11 @@ Returns the private namespace this action lives in.
 
 Returns the private path for this action.
 
+=head2 private_path
+
+Returns absolute private path for this action. Unlike C<reverse>, the
+C<private_path> of an action is always suitable for passing to C<forward>.
+
 =head2 name
 
 returns the sub name of this action.