use actionrole instead of core for the new http method support

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

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm
index 09f81a8..ebedf59 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Action.pm
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ sub match {
     return scalar( @{ $c->req->args } ) == $args;
 }
 
+sub match_captures { 1 }
+
 sub compare {
     my ($a1, $a2) = @_;
 
@@ -138,6 +140,16 @@ context and arguments
 Check Args attribute, and makes sure number of args matches the setting.
 Always returns true if Args is omitted.
 
+=head2 match_captures ($c, $captures)
+
+Can be implemented by action class and action role authors. If the method
+exists, then it will be called with the request context and an array reference
+of the captures for this action.
+
+Returning true from this method causes the chain match to continue, returning
+makes the chain not match (and alternate, less preferred chains will be attempted).
+
+
 =head2 compare
 
 Compares 2 actions based on the value of the C<Args> attribute, with no C<Args>