package Catalyst::Component; use Moose; use Class::MOP; use MooseX::Adopt::Class::Accessor::Fast; use Catalyst::Utils; use MRO::Compat; use mro 'c3'; with 'MooseX::Emulate::Class::Accessor::Fast'; with 'Catalyst::ClassData'; =head1 NAME Catalyst::Component - Catalyst Component Base Class =head1 SYNOPSIS # lib/MyApp/Model/Something.pm package MyApp::Model::Something; use base 'Catalyst::Component'; __PACKAGE__->config( foo => 'bar' ); sub test { my $self = shift; return $self->{foo}; } sub forward_to_me { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->response->output( $self->{foo} ); } 1; # Methods can be a request step $c->forward(qw/MyApp::Model::Something forward_to_me/); # Or just methods print $c->comp('MyApp::Model::Something')->test; print $c->comp('MyApp::Model::Something')->{foo}; =head1 DESCRIPTION This is the universal base class for Catalyst components (Model/View/Controller). It provides you with a generic new() for instantiation through Catalyst's component loader with config() support and a process() method placeholder. =cut __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('_plugins'); __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('_config'); sub BUILDARGS { my ($self) = @_; # Temporary fix, some components does not pass context to constructor my $arguments = ( ref( $_[-1] ) eq 'HASH' ) ? $_[-1] : {}; my $args = $self->merge_config_hashes( $self->config, $arguments ); return $args; } sub COMPONENT { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; # Temporary fix, some components does not pass context to constructor my $arguments = ( ref( $_[-1] ) eq 'HASH' ) ? $_[-1] : {}; if( my $next = $self->next::can ){ my $class = blessed $self || $self; my ($next_package) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($next); warn "There is a COMPONENT method resolving after Catalyst::Component in ${next_package}. This behavior is deprecated and will stop working in future releases."; return $next->($self, $arguments); } return $self->new($c, $arguments); } sub config { my $self = shift; my $config = $self->_config || {}; if (@_) { my $newconfig = { %{@_ > 1 ? {@_} : $_[0]} }; $self->_config( $self->merge_config_hashes( $config, $newconfig ) ); } else { # this is a bit of a kludge, required to make # __PACKAGE__->config->{foo} = 'bar'; # work in a subclass. If we don't have the package symbol in the # current class we know we need to copy up to ours, which calling # the setter will do for us. unless ($self->meta->has_package_symbol('$_config')) { $config = $self->merge_config_hashes( $config, {} ); $self->_config( $config ); } } return $config; } sub merge_config_hashes { my ( $self, $lefthash, $righthash ) = @_; return Catalyst::Utils::merge_hashes( $lefthash, $righthash ); } sub process { Catalyst::Exception->throw( message => ( ref $_[0] || $_[0] ) . " did not override Catalyst::Component::process" ); } no Moose; __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable; 1; __END__ =head1 METHODS =head2 new($c, $arguments) Called by COMPONENT to instantiate the component; should return an object to be stored in the application's component hash. =head2 COMPONENT($c, $arguments) If this method is present (as it is on all Catalyst::Component subclasses, it is called by Catalyst during setup_components with the application class as $c and any config entry on the application for this component (for example, in the case of MyApp::Controller::Foo this would be MyApp->config->{'Controller::Foo'}). The arguments are expected to be a hashref and are merged with the __PACKAGE__->config hashref before calling ->new to instantiate the component. =head2 $c->config =head2 $c->config($hashref) =head2 $c->config($key, $value, ...) Accessor for this component's config hash. Config values can be set as key value pair, or you can specify a hashref. In either case the keys will be merged with any existing config settings. Each component in a Catalyst application has it's own config hash. =head2 $c->process() This is the default method called on a Catalyst component in the dispatcher. For instance, Views implement this action to render the response body when you forward to them. The default is an abstract method. =head2 $c->merge_config_hashes( $hashref, $hashref ) Merges two hashes together recursively, giving right-hand precedence. Alias for the method in L. =head1 OPTIONAL METHODS =head2 ACCEPT_CONTEXT($c, @args) Catalyst components are normally initalized during server startup, either as a Class or a Instance. However, some components require information about the current request. To do so, they can implement an ACCEPT_CONTEXT method. If this method is present, it is called during $c->comp/controller/model/view with the current $c and any additional args (e.g. $c->model('Foo', qw/bar baz/) would cause your MyApp::Model::Foo instance's ACCEPT_CONTEXT to be called with ($c, 'bar', 'baz')) and the return value of this method is returned to the calling code in the application rather than the component itself. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L. =head1 AUTHORS Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm =head1 COPYRIGHT This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut