[Catalyst] reference lib outside Catalyst web applicationdirectory

[Matt S Trout]

On 13 Dec 2006, at 10:03, Hermida, Leandro wrote:

>
>> From: Matt S Trout [mailto:dbix-class at trout.me.uk]
>> On 12 Dec 2006, at 16:57, Hermida, Leandro wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have the following folder hierarchy for a project which
>> will have a
>>> web component that is driven by Catalyst:
>>>
>>> MyProj/
>>>      lib/
>>>      sql/
>>>      web/  <--- Catalyst application dir created using catalyst.pl
>>>          lib/
>>>          root/
>>>          script/
>>>          t/
>>
>> Why not just make your Catalyst app as MyProj::Web so its
>> files live in
>>
>> MyProj/lib/MyProj/Web.pm
>> MyProj/lib/MyProj/Web/(Controller|Model|View)/...
>
> Hello,
>
> Sorry for not mentioning it in the original email but I did run
> catalyst.pl MyProj::Web to create the Catalyst project (based on your
> and A. Berlin's earlier advice, thank you) so that in the lib  
> directory
> catalyst related stuff has its own namespace and separation.  But it
> doesn't seem to fix the problem (maybe I am not seeing  
> something?).  It
> seems from what you suggest that then all web application stuff has to
> then be in the top-level MyProj folder.  If I start over:
>
> [hermida at dla2 ~]$ catalyst.pl MyProj::Web
> created "MyProj-Web"
> created "MyProj-Web/script"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib"
> created "MyProj-Web/root"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images"
> created "MyProj-Web/t"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib/MyProj/Web"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib/MyProj/Web/Model"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib/MyProj/Web/View"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib/MyProj/Web/Controller"
> created "MyProj-Web/myproj_web.yml"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib/MyProj/Web.pm"
> created "MyProj-Web/lib/MyProj/Web/Controller/Root.pm"
> created "MyProj-Web/README"
> created "MyProj-Web/Changes"
> created "MyProj-Web/t/01app.t"
> created "MyProj-Web/t/02pod.t"
> created "MyProj-Web/t/03podcoverage.t"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/catalyst_logo.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_120x50_built.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_120x50_built_shadow.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_120x50_powered.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_120x50_powered_shadow.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_88x31_built.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_88x31_built_shadow.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_88x31_powered.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/static/images/btn_88x31_powered_shadow.png"
> created "MyProj-Web/root/favicon.ico"
> created "MyProj-Web/Makefile.PL"
> created "MyProj-Web/script/myproj_web_cgi.pl"
> created "MyProj-Web/script/myproj_web_fastcgi.pl"
> created "MyProj-Web/script/myproj_web_server.pl"
> created "MyProj-Web/script/myproj_web_test.pl"
> created "MyProj-Web/script/myproj_web_create.pl"
> [hermida at dla2 ~]$ ll MyProj-Web/
> total 32
> -rw-rw-r--  1 hermida hermida  150 Dec 13 10:44 Changes
> drwxrwxr-x  3 hermida hermida 4096 Dec 13 10:44 lib
> -rw-rw-r--  1 hermida hermida  462 Dec 13 10:44 Makefile.PL
> -rw-rw-r--  1 hermida hermida   22 Dec 13 10:44 myproj_web.yml
> -rw-rw-r--  1 hermida hermida   57 Dec 13 10:44 README
> drwxrwxr-x  3 hermida hermida 4096 Dec 13 10:44 root
> drwxrwxr-x  2 hermida hermida 4096 Dec 13 10:44 script
> drwxrwxr-x  2 hermida hermida 4096 Dec 13 10:44 t
> [hermida at dla2 ~]$
>
> As mentioned this will be a larger project where only a part of it is
> the web application but all the code will need to share libraries.
> Where will I put all of the directories, code and other files that are
> not related at all to the web application but will need to use  
> libraries
> in lib?  It doesn't seem to make sense to have it right in the web
> application folder.  This is why I made a master MyProj folder,  
> renamed
> MyProj-Web to "web" and put it inside of MyProj.  Then there can be a
> nice separation of components and the project can grow.

It's a question of how you look at it -

You're asking why the rest of the app should be in the web  
application directory

I'm asking why the web part can't be in the main app directory :)

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