X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=5e3c68e4339e3ae8d7fc76401f13e33250366d48;hp=01bcb847114adcabb1dc6166bec4ee202566a159;hb=gsoc_breadboard;hpb=334eb9fb95e4355aa50632b0bd3584eeaf2b09f7 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 01bcb84..5e3c68e 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ subclass of Catalyst::Log, no ::Plugin:: needed. See also: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Dispatch and http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree -# REFACTORING +## throw away the restarter and allow using the restarters Plack provides -## The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it: +## be smarter about how we use PSGI - not every response needs to be delayed + and streaming + +# The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it: * Have a look at the Devel::REPL BEFORE_PLUGIN stuff I wonder if what we need is that combined with plugins-as-roles -## App / ctx split: +# App / ctx split: NOTE - these are notes that t0m thought up after doing back compat for catalyst_component_class, may be inaccurate, wrong or missing things @@ -57,48 +60,145 @@ http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree ## GSOC -### Next large steps: +### Final steps for GSOC + +##### Things that work: + + - the default container loads all components, calls ACCEPT_CONTEXT() when appropriate, and COMPONENT() when appropriate, behaving like current Catalyst does + + - its possible to create a custom container, and override the components you want. Lifecycle, class, dependencies, all overridable. + + - config files are loaded without Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader + + - per request life cycle somewhat works + + - external modules are loaded just using a custom container, much like Catalyst::Model::Adaptor + +##### Things that don't work: + + - expand_component_module + + - Some back compat + - wrappers around setup_component, setup_components in Catalyst.pm + - $instance->expand_modules + - search_extra + - Crazy tests for things such as: + sub COMPONENT { + ... + *${appclass}::Model::TopLevel::GENERATED::ACCEPT_CONTEXT = sub { ... }; + ... + } + +##### Items for discussion and planning +# (in no particular order, just numbered to be more easily refered to) + + 1) per request life cycle + + 2) sugar syntax + + 3) when / when not COMPONENT should be called + + 4) problems when get_all_components() is called when there is no 'context' yet + + 5) Back compat problems: + - expand_component_module + - $instance->expand_modules + - search_extra + - what to do when a user overrides the locate_components method? + + 6) locate_components service vs setup_components method + - can we be more lazy? + - should setup_components be a service that things like the ->component lookup + can depend on? + + 7) $class->log->warn is being used to give warnings, but maybe there is a + better way to do it - - Moving setup_components etc into the container + 8) the ConstructorInjection depends on the application_name, which probably + makes app/ctx split harder. We need a way to get the application instance + passed properly. - - This is so that you can just load the container and get models etc from it, - without loading Catalyst. + 9) there is a call in Catalyst::Controller to catalyst_component_name class + accessor (which doesn't exist anymore). - - Finish moving setup_component - - $component->COMPONENT() is still called by setup_component - (should there be a Service::WithCOMPONENT to solve this?) - - make it a method, not function + 10) make ACCEPT_CONTEXT and COMPONENT optional in Catalyst::IOC::BlockInjection and Catalyst::IOC::ConstructorInjection + - Create COMPONENTSingleton life cycle - - Break $instance->expand_modules() in setup_components and figure - out later how to bring it back + 11) we build the service too early, causing the COMPONENT method to be + called early, breaking components which build other components (e.g. + Model::DBIC::Schema). - - Move expand_component_module + 12) root service has a very ambiguous name - maybe root_dir? - - Move locate_components + 13) should _get_component_type_name (in Catalyst::IOC::Container) exist? - - Move contents of setup_components + 14) Test cases for extending the container in an application. + - Using the sugar added in the previous item + - Test when Model::Foo depends_on Model::Bar + - Test for component Foo => ( lifecycle => 'Singleton', class => 'My::External::Class', dependencies => { config => depends_on("config") } ) + - Fix ^^ so that you can get your component's namespaced config nicely. - - Finished documentation for ::IOC parts. + 15) Tests for using the container outside of Catalyst + - Custom container which adds some (very simple) services which are initialized from + the application config file (note plain services, not components) + - Depend on (and test) these inside Catalyst + - Test loading container outside Catalyst, and these services working + - Test Catalyst / MyApp is not loaded - - Creating service()-like sugar for component + 16) _build_(request|response)_constructor_args need replicating in + this branch. - - Test cases for extending the container in an application. - - Using the sugar added in the previous item - - Test when Model::Foo depends_on Model::Bar +### Next steps - - Allowing people to change component lifecycles + - Push the config built in the container back up onto the app - - This is done by being able to use an alternate Service class.. + - Find a better way to make path_to work. Current fix is in + Catalyst::IOC::Container, subs build_home_service, build_root_service. - I.E. We currently force everything to do Catalyst/IOC/Service/WithAcceptContext.pm, but - things without an ACCEPT_CONTEXT could just not bother, and it would be nice to have - one that cached the object in request scope (i.e. Catalyst::Component::InstancePerContext) - etc. + - Improve validation on the 'component' methods in Catalyst::IOC + (check the type of the component, etc) - However we need to work out an interface for people to setup / configure this. + - Thigs to test: + - Imports getting the importing package in Catalyst::IOC + - Back compat for Catalyst.pm moved methods (locate_components) + - Custom container + - writing some tests which verify that the models you think should be + there are there, and that they received their dependencies as arguments + - i.e. Model::Bar should get params { foo => $model_foo } when being + constructed, etc + - Need to test that if you have a standard component Frotz + and a customized component Fnar, and Fnar depends on Frotz + - And yeah, some tests that the customised components actually work via + $c->model('Foo'), and that COMPONENT is called (or not called) + as appropiate and that ACCEPT_CONTEXT is called (or not) as appropriate -### To polish off - - Document current methods - - + $class->container->get_sub_container('model')->make_single_default; -+ $class->container->get_sub_container('view')->make_single_default; +#### Extending my app, notes + +Basically try to implement something like this (starting out without the sugar!), and see how it breaks +and what needs to be done to fix it! + +##### Eventual syntax + +package MyApp::Container; +use Catalyst::IOC; + + container $self, as { + container model => as { + component Foo => (); # As per default! + component Bar => (dependencies => ['/model/Foo']); # Magic! + component Baz => ( lifecycle => 'InstancePerContext ); + component Quux => ( lifecycle => 'Singleton' ); # ACCEPT_CONTEXT not called + # Catalyst::Model::Adaptor example + component Fnar => ( lifecycle => 'Singleton', class => 'My::External::Class', dependencies => { config => depends_on('config')} ); + # ^^ FIXME - gets whole config, not Model::Foo + # There should be a 'nice' way to get the 'standard' config + }; + # Note - implementation of BB may need to be changed to support making sure existing + # services actually get overridden. not sure how the default container behaves when doing that + # above code would build the constructor injection as it currently does, + # defaulting to the class name in the right namespace as declared by the surrounding container + # as well as adding using the catalyst-specific service class + }; + +1;