[Catalyst] CDBI => Web (opposite of Class::DBI::FromForm)

[Roland Moriz]

Hi Everybody,

I like it very much to use ::FormValidator, ::FillInForm and ::FromForm 
to create html forms, validate the input and put the valid data into the 
DBI then.

But I'm missing a feature - maybe someone already has created it?

When I display a page where the user should be able to edit data I have 
to get it out of the Model/CDBI and then fill the corresponding 
form-fields within the template manually.

I think this is not DRY and can be done by ::FillInForm object filled 
with a retrieved CDBI object - just the inverse way that 
Class::DBI::FromForm goes from a ::FormValidator object...

Should be possible, shouldn't it?
Do we have such a functionality already available?

A small hack for text-fields seems to be:

sub load_form : Path('lalala/view') {
     my ($self, $c) = @_;
     $c->stash->{template} = 'user/register.tt';
     my $user = App::Model::CDBI::User->search( id => "114" )->first;
     %{$c->stash->{fnf}} = map { $_ => $user->$_ } $user->columns();
}

sub end {
     $c->forward('App::View::TT') unless $c->response->body;

     if (defined($c->stash->{fnf})) {
         $c->fillform($c->stash->{fnf});
     }
}

But what about the other <input> and types?
Dropdowns, checkboxes, radioboxes?


Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
with best regards,

Roland Moriz