[Catalyst] __PACKAGE__->config for components from YAML

[Matt S Trout]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 07:07:05PM -0800, apv wrote:
> So, in a "site.yml" config file I'm doing this:
> 
>  Model::DB:
>    password: ~
>    user: ~
>    server: blahblah
>    port: ~
> 
> And then from MyApp::Model::DB I want to do this:
> 
>  my $SERVER = __PACKAGE__->config->{server} || 'localhost';
> 
> But it doesn't work. Should it? What am I doing wrong?

No, I wouldn't expect that to work. You'll need to interrupt during ->new()
when the component is instantiated with the app instance config. Something
like

sub new {
  my $class = shift;
  my $new = $class->NEXT::new(@_);
  $new->{server} ||= 'localhost';
  return $new;
}

should do the trick (c.f. Model::DBIC instantiating its Loader object during
new)

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