Catalyst::Controller - Catalyst Controller base class
package MyApp::Controller::Search use base qw/Catalyst::Controller/; sub foo : Local { my ($self,$c,@args) = @_; ... } # Dispatches to /search/foo
Controllers are where the actions in the Catalyst framework reside. Each action is represented by a function with an attribute to identify what kind of action it is. See the Catalyst::Dispatcher for more info about how Catalyst dispatches to actions.
Like any other Catalyst::Component, controllers have a config hash, accessible through $self->config from the controller actions. Some settings are in use by the Catalyst framework:
This specifies the internal namespace the controller should be bound to. By default the controller is bound to the URI version of the controller name. For instance controller 'MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar' will be bound to 'foo/bar'. The default Root controller is an example of setting namespace to '' (the null string).
Sets 'path_prefix', as described below.
From Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute, stashes the application instance as $self->_application.
Returns the Catalyst::Action object (if any) for a given method name in this component.
Returns the private namespace for actions in this component. Defaults to a value from the controller name (for e.g. MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar becomes "foo/bar") or can be overridden from the "namespace" config key.
Returns the default path prefix for :PathPrefix, :Local, :LocalRegex and relative :Path actions in this component. Defaults to the action_namespace or can be overridden from the "path" config key.
Finds all applicable actions for this component, creates Catalyst::Action objects (using $self->create_action) for them and registers them with $c->dispatcher.
Returns a list of Moose::Meta::Method objects, doing the MooseX::MethodAttributes::Role::Meta::Method role, which are the set of action methods for this package.
Creates action objects for a set of action methods using create_action , and registers them with the dispatcher.
create_action
Called with a hash of data to be use for construction of a new Catalyst::Action (or appropriate sub/alternative class) object.
Returns the application instance stored by new()
new()
Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Catalyst::Runtime, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Catalyst::Runtime
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Catalyst::Runtime
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.