package Catalyst::DispatchType::Regex;
use strict;
-use base qw/Catalyst::DispatchType/;
+use base qw/Catalyst::DispatchType::Path/;
sub prepare_action {
my ($self, $c, $path) = @_;
- if ( my $action = $self->{paths}->{$path} ) {
- $c->req->action($path);
- $c->req->match($path);
- $c->action($action);
- $c->namespace($action->prefix);
- return 1;
- }
+ return if $self->SUPER::prepare_action($c, $path);
+ # Check path against plain text first
foreach my $compiled (@{$self->{compiled}||[]}) {
if ( my @snippets = ( $path =~ $compiled->{re} ) ) {
my $attrs = $action->attributes;
my @register = map { @{$_ || []} } @{$attrs}{'Regex', 'Regexp'};
foreach my $r (@register) {
- $self->{paths}{$r} = $action;
- push(@{$self->{compiled}},
+ $self->{paths}{$r} = $action; # Register path for superclass
+ push(@{$self->{compiled}}, # and compiled regex for us
{
re => qr#$r#,
action => $action,