X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=5e3c68e4339e3ae8d7fc76401f13e33250366d48;hp=1425968f1d9f981377e4b9bc156bed49b65d931f;hb=gsoc_breadboard;hpb=0863d22d65db844e16f7cd416dc5505ef2332251 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 1425968..5e3c68e 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -24,33 +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 -## PSGI - -### Blockers - - * properly pass along server arguments - * Add some tests for Catalyst::Test::local_request - -### Nice to have - - * throw out Catalyst::Test's remote_request in favour of - Plack::Test::ExternalServer - * make sure we're running under a server that support psgi.streaming - maybe - just load the BufferedWrite middleware, although that might break things - relying on ->write doing an unbuffered write - * throw away the restarter and allow using the restarters Plack provides - * remove per-request state from the engine instance - * be smarter about how we use PSGI - not every response needs to be delayed +## be smarter about how we use PSGI - not every response needs to be delayed and streaming -## The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it: +# 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 @@ -73,3 +57,148 @@ http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree - Profit! (Things like changing the complete app config per vhost, i.e. writing a config loader / app class role which dispatches per vhost to differently configured apps is piss easy) + +## GSOC + +### 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 + + 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. + + 9) there is a call in Catalyst::Controller to catalyst_component_name class + accessor (which doesn't exist anymore). + + 10) make ACCEPT_CONTEXT and COMPONENT optional in Catalyst::IOC::BlockInjection and Catalyst::IOC::ConstructorInjection + - Create COMPONENTSingleton life cycle + + 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). + + 12) root service has a very ambiguous name - maybe root_dir? + + 13) should _get_component_type_name (in Catalyst::IOC::Container) exist? + + 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. + + 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 + + 16) _build_(request|response)_constructor_args need replicating in + this branch. + +### Next steps + + - Push the config built in the container back up onto the app + + - Find a better way to make path_to work. Current fix is in + Catalyst::IOC::Container, subs build_home_service, build_root_service. + + - Improve validation on the 'component' methods in Catalyst::IOC + (check the type of the component, etc) + + - 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 + + +#### 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;