DispatchTypes' POD refers to Catalyst::Manual::Intro, nominated as the best location...

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType.pm
index 6ac653d..fb4d0af 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ See L<Catalyst>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This is an abstract base class for Dispatch Types. 
+This is an abstract base class for Dispatch Types.
+
+From a code perspective, dispatch types are used to find which actions
+to call for a given request URL.  Website authors will typically work
+with them via subroutine names attributes; a description of dispatch
+at the attribute/URL level is given in L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro>.
 
 =head1 METHODS
 

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm
index 95d6559..602894c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Chained.pm
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained - Path Part DispatchType
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+Path part matching, allowing several actions to sequentially take care of processing a request:
+
   #   root action - captures one argument after it
   sub foo_setup : Chained('/') PathPart('foo') CaptureArgs(1) {
       my ( $self, $c, $foo_arg ) = @_;
@@ -53,7 +55,16 @@ Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained - Path Part DispatchType
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-See L</USAGE>.
+Dispatch type managing default behaviour.  For more information on
+dispatch types, see:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect website authors
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
+
+=back
 
 =head1 METHODS
 

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Default.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Default.pm
index 2fc3bc9..e12816f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Default.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Default.pm
@@ -11,10 +11,21 @@ Catalyst::DispatchType::Default - Default DispatchType
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-See L<Catalyst>.
+See L<Catalyst::DispatchType>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+Dispatch type managing default behaviour.  For more information on
+dispatch types, see:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect website authors
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 $self->match( $c, $path )

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Index.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Index.pm
index 610e0a4..8f0707e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Index.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Index.pm
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@ Catalyst::DispatchType::Index - Index DispatchType
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-See L<Catalyst>.
+See L<Catalyst::DispatchType>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+Dispatch type managing behaviour for index pages.  For more information on
+dispatch types, see:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect website authors
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 $self->match( $c, $path )

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Path.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Path.pm
index d58f1fd..f792fc5 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Path.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Path.pm
@@ -22,10 +22,21 @@ Catalyst::DispatchType::Path - Path DispatchType
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-See L<Catalyst>.
+See L<Catalyst::DispatchType>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+Dispatch type managing full path matching behaviour.  For more information on
+dispatch types, see:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect website authors
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 $self->list($c)

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Regex.pm b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Regex.pm
index 1ffa932..4c6bf4c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Regex.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/DispatchType/Regex.pm
@@ -22,10 +22,21 @@ Catalyst::DispatchType::Regex - Regex DispatchType
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-See L<Catalyst>.
+See L<Catalyst::DispatchType>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+Dispatch type managing path-matching behaviour using regexes.  For
+more information on dispatch types, see:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect website authors
+
+=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 $self->list($c)