[Catalyst] simple question ... I think ...

[Matt S Trout]

Joe Landman wrote:
> Ok, being stupid today
> 
> I have a simple controller named directory.  It has a default method.
> So things named
> 
> 	http://localhost:3000/directory
> 
> should go to it.  Now I want to capture
> 
> 	http://localhost:3000/directory/other/things/...
> 
> that is, I want this controller to handle anything past the default
> method.  It does this by default.  My question is, how do I get access
> to the rest of the path after /directory?  This is what I have ...
> 
> sub default : Regex('^(.*)$') {
>     my ( $self, $c, $rest ) = @_;
>     ...
> 
> }

sub base :Path {
...
}

> and I want $rest to be /other/things/...
> 
> This is not working though.  I tried a Path('/directory') that worked,
> as long as I gave it /directory/other.  As soon as I tried
> /directory/other/things, it gave me /directory/other.

sub other :Local :Args(0) { ... }

so /directory/other only is matched by that method

> Hmmm...
> 
> Hints?  Clues?  FAQs?  Pointers?

Catalyst::Manual::Intro has been improved for 5.70 and explains the attrs 
better now.