[Catalyst] TT2 list context and DBIx::Class resultsets: solved?

[Michele Beltrame]

Hello!

While investigating the (usual) problem that I always get arrays instead
of ResultSet objects when exploring DBIx::Class related tables in TT2, I
came across the Template::Stash::Context module, which is bundled in TT.
By using a view defined this way:

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package San::View::TT;
use strict;
use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';

use Template::Stash::Context;
my $stash = Template::Stash::Context->new();
__PACKAGE__->config->{STASH} = $stash;
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I'm now able to do things such as this (where songs is a has_many
relation):

[% my_rs = album.songs.scalar %]

and get a ResultSet instead of an array. The downside is that I have to
write ".scalar" everytime I want scalar context, but this seems not too
bad.

Is this a good way to achieve what I'm trying to? Anybody else tried
this? Caveats? ...?

Thanks,
Michele.

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Michele Beltrame
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