[Catalyst] Virtual file system

[Hermida, Leandro]

> From: vti [mailto:mbit at ukr.net] 
> Subject: [Catalyst] Virtual file system
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I was wondering if there is an elegant way to make 
> web-navihation looks like your hard drive. For example I have 
> materials that could be organazied that way. 
> 
> \ root
>  -> personal
>     -> story1
>     -> story2
>  -> public
>     -> ...
>        -> ..
> 
> Where material belongs_to material, and has_many materials.
> 
> And to have example.com/materials/...
> 
> So i made up with:
> 
> sub root : Chained('/') PathPart('materials') CaptureArgs(0) { }
> 
> sub path : Chained('root') PathPart('') {
>     my ( $s, $c, @path ) = @_;
> # here is checking through all the path like foreach ( @path 
> ) if it # exists in database
> 
> And if we come up with the right path we just show it.
> 
> When i start web server, i get "/materials/..." in "[debug] 
> Loaded Chained actions: section".
> 
> Everything seems like great, but how to organize basic CRUD? 
> For example i want to add material in some 'folder':
> 
> /materials/personal/.../add
> 
> But if i understand how Chains work there is no way of doing 
> that. And i have to make somethins like:
> 
> sud add: Regex('add$')
> 
> And it doesn't work for, because I am using language chain, 
> and i don't want to mix up with Chains and regulat paths.
> 
> Appreciate your help
> 
> Thanks for the great framework.
> 
> --
> vti -- Viacheslav Tikhanovskii

This brings to mind a related question, is there a module in CPAN which
automatically generates a nice collapsable/uncollapsable hierarchical
tree view inside a web page automatically from an XML or YAML file?  

Leandro