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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/View.pm b/lib/Catalyst/View.pm
index 77597a6..4c07562 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/View.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/View.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package Catalyst::View;
 
-use strict;
-use base qw/Catalyst::Component/;
+use Moose;
+extends qw/Catalyst::Component/;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -9,21 +9,55 @@ Catalyst::View - Catalyst View base class
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-See L<Catalyst>.
+    package Catalyst::View::Homebrew;
+
+    use base qw/Catalyst::View/;
+
+    sub process {
+    # template processing goes here.
+    }
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Catalyst View base class.
+This is the Catalyst View base class. It's meant to be used as
+a base class by Catalyst views.
+
+As a convention, views are expected to read template names from
+$c->stash->{template}, and put the output into $c->res->body.
+Some views default to render a template named after the dispatched
+action's private name. (See L<Catalyst::Action>.)
+
+=head1 METHODS
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
+Implements the same methods as other Catalyst components, see
+L<Catalyst::Component>
 
-Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@oook.de>
+=head2 process
+
+gives an error message about direct use.
+
+=cut
+
+sub process {
+
+    Catalyst::Exception->throw( message => ( ref $_[0] || $_[0] ).
+            " directly inherits from Catalyst::View. You need to\n".
+            " inherit from a subclass like Catalyst::View::TT instead.\n" );
+
+}
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 =cut
 
+no Moose;
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable();
+
 1;