added Catalyst::Component->action_for

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d7c06b5..d9f8534 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
 
+        - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
         - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
         - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
         - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm
index cd14a4c..1fe7d94 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Base.pm
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ sub _END : Private {
     return !@{ $c->error };
 }
 
+sub new {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $app = $_[0];
+  my $new = $self->NEXT::new(@_);
+  $new->{application} = $app;
+  return $new;
+}
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 Catalyst::Base - Catalyst Base Class
@@ -77,6 +85,19 @@ dispatch of actions for controllers.
 
 =head1 METHODS
 
+=head2 $self->action_for('name')
+
+Returns the Catalyst::Action object (if any) for a given method name in
+this component.
+
+=cut
+
+sub action_for {
+    my ( $self, $name ) = @_;
+    my $app = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->{application});
+    return $app->dispatcher->get_action($name, $self->action_namespace);
+}
+
 =head2 $self->action_namespace($c)
 
 Returns the private namespace for actions in this component. Defaults to a value
@@ -87,6 +108,9 @@ from the controller name (for e.g. MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar becomes
 
 sub action_namespace {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+    unless ( $c ) {
+        $c = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->{application});
+    }
     my $hash = (ref $self ? $self : $self->config); # hate app-is-class
     return $hash->{namespace} if exists $hash->{namespace};
     return Catalyst::Utils::class2prefix( ref($self) || $self,
@@ -104,6 +128,9 @@ overriden from the "path" config key.
 
 sub path_prefix {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+    unless ( $c ) {
+        $c = ($self->isa('Catalyst') ? $self : $self->{application});
+    }
     my $hash = (ref $self ? $self : $self->config); # hate app-is-class
     return $hash->{path} if exists $hash->{path};
     return shift->action_namespace(@_);

diff --git a/t/unit_core_action_for.t b/t/unit_core_action_for.t
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..71772f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/unit_core_action_for.t
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib";
+
+use Test::More;
+
+plan tests => 3;
+
+use_ok('TestApp');
+
+is(TestApp->action_for('global_action')->code, TestApp->can('global_action'),
+   'action_for on appclass ok');
+
+is(TestApp->controller('Args')->action_for('args')->code,
+   TestApp::Controller::Args->can('args'),
+   'action_for on controller ok');