doc pointer from content_type

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

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Response.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Response.pm
index ff46398..8aa9b22 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Response.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Response.pm
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ Shortcut for $res->headers->content_length.
 
 Shortcut for $res->headers->content_type.
 
+This value is typically set by your view or plugin. For example,
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple> will guess the mime type based on the file
+it found, while L<Catalyst::View::TT> defaults to C<text/html>.
+
 =head2 $res->cookies
 
 Returns a reference to a hash containing cookies to be set. The keys of the