Document :ChainedParent.

[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / lib / Catalyst / DispatchType / Chained.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm
index 71fec41..df9c1a6 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm
@@ -221,25 +221,7 @@ sub register {
         );
     }
 
-    my $parent = $chained_attr[0];
-
-    if (defined($parent) && length($parent)) {
-        if ($parent eq '.') {
-            $parent = '/'.$action->namespace;
-        } elsif ($parent !~ m/^\//) {
-            if ($action->namespace) {
-                $parent = '/'.join('/', $action->namespace, $parent);
-            } else {
-                $parent = '/'.$parent; # special case namespace '' (root)
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        $parent = '/'
-    }
-
-    $action->attributes->{Chained} = [ $parent ];
-
-    my $children = ($self->{children_of}{$parent} ||= {});
+    my $children = ($self->{children_of}{ $chained_attr[0] } ||= {});
 
     my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
 
@@ -487,13 +469,18 @@ with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
 C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
 effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
 
+=item PathPrefix
+
+Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
+
 =item Chained
 
 Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
-absolute and relative private action paths, with the relatives pointing
-to the current controller, or a single slash C</> to tell Catalyst that
-this is the root of a chain. The attribute C<:Chained> without arguments
-also defaults to the C</> behavior.
+absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
+tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
+C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
+Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
+controllers.
 
 Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
 doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
@@ -516,6 +503,19 @@ with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
 C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
 chain comes out as the end product.
 
+=item ChainedParent
+
+Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
+controller. For Example:
+
+  # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
+  sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
+
+  # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
+  sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
+
+This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
+
 =item CaptureArgs
 
 Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an