And another minor tweak.

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

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Controller.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Controller.pm
index 6d3c85a..9f52b3f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Controller.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Controller.pm
@@ -215,8 +215,12 @@ sub register_action_methods {
     #this is still not correct for some reason.
     my $namespace = $self->action_namespace($c);
 
+    # FIXME - fugly
     if (!blessed($self) && $self eq $c && scalar(@methods)) {
-        $c->log->warn("Action methods found defined in your application class, $self. This is deprecated, please move them into a Root controller.");
+        my @really_bad_methods = grep { ! /^_(DISPATCH|BEGIN|AUTO|ACTION|END)$/ } map { $_->name } @methods;
+        if (scalar(@really_bad_methods)) {
+            $c->log->warn("Action methods (" . join(', ', @really_bad_methods) . ") found defined in your application class, $self. This is deprecated, please move them into a Root controller.");
+        }
     }
 
     foreach my $method (@methods) {
@@ -251,9 +255,15 @@ sub create_action {
     my $class = (exists $args{attributes}{ActionClass}
                     ? $args{attributes}{ActionClass}[0]
                     : $self->_action_class);
-
     Class::MOP::load_class($class);
-    return $class->new( \%args );
+
+    my $action_args = $self->config->{action_args};
+    my %extra_args = (
+        %{ $action_args->{'*'}           || {} },
+        %{ $action_args->{ $args{name} } || {} },
+    );
+
+    return $class->new({ %extra_args, %args });
 }
 
 sub _parse_attrs {
@@ -436,6 +446,26 @@ of setting namespace to '' (the null string).
 
 Sets 'path_prefix', as described below.
 
+=head2 action_args
+
+Allows you to set constructor arguments on your actions. You can set arguments
+globally (for all actions of the controller) and specifically (for a single
+action). This is particularly useful when using C<ActionRole>s
+(L<Catalyst::Controller::ActionRole>) and custom C<ActionClass>es.
+
+    __PACKAGE__->config(
+        action_args => {
+            '*' => { globalarg1 => 'hello', globalarg2 => 'goodbye' },
+            'specific_action' => { customarg => 'arg1' },
+        },
+     );
+
+In the case above the action class associated with C<specific_action> would get
+passed the following arguments, in addition to the normal action constructor
+arguments, when it is instantiated:
+
+  (globalarg1 => 'hello', globalarg2 => 'goodbye', customarg => 'arg1')
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 BUILDARGS ($app, @args)