Catalyst::Upgrading - Instructions for upgrading to the latest Catalyst
-=head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.90
+=head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.9
The major change is that L<Plack> now replaces most of the subclasses of
L<Catalyst::Engine>. If you are using one of the standard subclasses of
L<Catalyst::Engine> this should be a straightforward upgrade for you. It was
a design goal for this release to be as backwardly compatible as possible.
-However since L<Plack> is different from L<Catalyst::Engine> it would be
-possible that edge case differences would exist. Therefore we recommend care
-be taken with this upgrade and that testing should be greater than would be
-the case with a minor point update.
+However since L<Plack> is different from L<Catalyst::Engine> it is possible
+that edge case differences exist. Therefore we recommend care be taken with
+this upgrade and that testing should be greater than would be the case with a
+minor point update.
-It is highly recommended that you become familar with the L<Plack> ecosystem
-and documentation. Being able to take advantage of L<Plack> development and
-middleware is a major bonus to this upgrade.
+It is highly recommended that you become familiar with the L<Plack> ecosystem
+and documentation. Being able to take advantage of L<Plack> development and
+middleware is a major bonus to this upgrade. Documentation about how to
+take advantage of L<Plack::Middleware> by writing your own C<< .psgi >> file
+is contained in L<Catalyst::PSGI>.
If you have created a custom subclass of L<Catalyst:Engine> you will need to
convert it to be a subclass of L<Plack::Handler>.
If you are using the L<Plack> engine, L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI>, this new
-release supercedes that code.
+release supersedes that code.
If you are using a subclass of L<Catalyst::Engine> that is aimed at nonstandard
or internal / testing uses, such as L<Catalyst::Engine::Embeddable> you should
The engines that are build upon the various iterations of mod_perl,
L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache::MP13> and
-L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP20> should be seemless upgrades and will
+L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP20> should be seamless upgrades and will
work using using L<Plack::Handler::Apache1> or L<Plack::Handler::Apache2>
as required.
L<Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP19>, is however no longer supported, as Plack
-does not support mod_perl version 1.99??? FIXME - is this true?
+does not support mod_perl version 1.99
=head2 Upgrading the HTTP Engine
If you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork> then L<Starman>
is automatically loaded.
-XXX FIXME - note how to run Starman with different options.
+If you were customising your server script to pass options to the prefork engine,
+then this is no longer supported. The recommended route to implement this functionality
+is to write a simple .psgi file for your application, then use the L<plackup> utility.
=head2 Upgrading the PSGI Engine
-If you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> this new release supercedes this
+If you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> this new release supersedes this
engine in supporting L<Plack>. By default the Engine is now always L<Plack>.
As a result, you can stop depending on L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> in your
-C<Makefile.PL>. Additionally, if you have an C<app.psgi> script you no longer
+C<Makefile.PL>.
+
+Applications that were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI>
+previously should entirely continue to work in this release with no changes.
+
+However, if you have an C<app.psgi> script, then you no longer
need to specify the PSGI engine. Instead, the L<Catalyst> application class
-now has a new method C<psgi_app> which returns a L<Plack> compatible coderef.
+now has a new method C<psgi_app> which returns a L<PSGI> compatible coderef
+which you can wrap in middleware of your choice.
+
+Catalyst will use the .psgi for your application if it is located in the C<home>
+directory of the application
-For example, if you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> in the past, you may
-have written an C<app.psgi> file similar to this one:
+For example, if you were using L<Catalyst::Engine::PSGI> in the past, you will
+have written (or generated) a C<script/myapp.psgi> file similar to this one:
use Plack::Builder;
use MyCatalytApp;
sub { MyCatalystApp->run(@_) };
};
-Instead, you now just do
+Instead, you now say:
use Plack::Builder;
use MyCatalystApp;
MyCatalystApp->psgi_app;
};
+In the simplest case:
+
+ MyCatalystApp->setup_engine('PSGI');
+ my $app = sub { MyCatalystApp->run(@_) }
+
+becomes
+
+ MyCatalystApp->setup_engine('PSGI');
+ my $app = MyCatalystApp->psgi_app(@_);
+
+B<NOT>:
+
+ my $app = sub { MyCatalystApp->psgi_app(@_) };
+ # If you make ^^ this mistake, your app won't work, and will confuse the hell out of you!
+
+You can now move C<< script/myapp.psgi >> to C<< myapp.psgi >> and the built-in
+Catalyst scripts and your test suite will start using your .psgi file.
+
+B<NOTE:> If you rename your .psgi file without these modifications, then any tests run via
+L<Catalyst::Test> will not be compatible with the new release, and will result in
+the development server starting, rather than the expected test running.
+
+=head2 Engines which are known broken
+
+The following engines B<DO NOT> work as of Catalyst version 5.9. The core
+team is extremely happy to work with the developers and/or users of these
+engines to help them port to the new Plack/Engine system, however applications
+which are currently using these engines B<WILL NOT> run without modification
+to the engine code.
+
+=over
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::Wx
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::Zeus
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::JobQueue::POE
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::XMPP2
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::SCGI
+
+=back
+
=head2 Engines with unknown status
The following engines have untested or unknown compatibility. Reports are
highly welcomed:
- Catalyst::Engine::Embeddable - needs testing, should work?
- Catalyst::Engine::XMPP2
- Catalyst::Engine::SCGI
- Catalyst::Engine::Mojo
- Catalyst::Engine::Zeus - broken for ages
- Catalyst::Engine::JobQueue::POE - broken for ages
- Catalyst::Engine::Wx
- Catalyst::Engine::Stomp - fixed
- Catalyst::Engine::Server (Marked as Deprecated)
- Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::POE (Marked as Deprecated)
+=over
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::Mojo
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::Server (Marked as Deprecated)
+
+=item Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::POE (Marked as Deprecated)
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Specifying the engine in the call to ->setup
+
+XXX FIXME
+
+=head2 Plack functionality
+
+See L<Catalyst::PSGI>.
-=head2 Using middleware
+=head2 Tests in 5.9
-XXX Should this be here or elsewhere?
+Tests should generally work the same in Catalyst 5.9, however there are some differences.
-=head2 Making an app.psgi file
+Previously, if using L<Catalyst::Test> and doing local requests (against a local server),
+if the application threw an exception then this exception propagated into the test.
-=head2 Running with plackup?
+This behavior has been removed, and now a 500 response will be returned to the test.
+This change unifies behavior, to make local test requests behave similarly to remote
+requests.
=head1 Upgrading to Catalyst 5.80
Most issues found with pre-existing components have been easy to
solve. This document provides a complete description of behavior changes
which may cause compatibility issues, and of new Catalyst warnings which
-be unclear.
+might be unclear.
If you think you have found an upgrade-related issue which is not covered in
this document, please email the Catalyst list to discuss the problem.
You can only apply method modifiers after the application's C<< ->setup >>
method has been called. This means that modifiers will not work with methods
-which run during the call to C<< ->setup >>.
+run during the call to C<< ->setup >>.
See L<Catalyst::Manual::ExtendingCatalyst> for more information about using
L<Moose> in your applications.
To be able to generate a linear @ISA, the list of superclasses for each
class must be resolvable using the C3 algorithm. Unfortunately, when
superclasses are being used as mixins (to add functionality used in your class),
-and with multiple inheritence, it is easy to get this wrong.
+and with multiple inheritance, it is easy to get this wrong.
Most common is the case of:
The first time one of these methods is called, a warning will be emitted:
Class $class is calling the deprecated method Catalyst::Dispatcher::$public_method_name,
- this will be removed in Catalyst 5.9X
+ this will be removed in Catalyst 5.9
You should B<NEVER> be calling any of these methods from application code.
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