[Catalyst] Catalyst::Action::REST

[Christopher H. Laco]

Matt S Trout wrote:
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> On 20 Nov 2006, at 13:47, Christopher H. Laco wrote:
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>> Adam Jacob wrote:
>>> After much discussion, I've unleased Catalyst::Action::REST upon an
>>> unsuspecting CPAN.  It's an attempt at making RESTful web applications
>>> in Catalyst easier (they were already pretty easy.) The basics:
>>>
>>> 1) Uses an Action class to extend Catalyst's dispatch mechanism to allow
>>> for different methods based on the HTTP Method.  For example:
>>>
>>> sub foo :Local :ActionClass('REST') {}
>>>
>>> sub foo_GET {}
>>>
>>> sub foo_POST {}
>>>
>>> sub foo_DELETE {}
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>> Eek. Is this related to this in any way?
>> http://marcusramberg.livejournal.com/37104.html
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>>
>> Hopefully this module will change when that becomes reality.
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> No, I don't believe it will - or at least I hope it won't.
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> The syntax marcus proposes is likely to be in core as a convenience for
> lightweight HTTP method restricting as of 5.80.
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> Catalyst::Action::REST is designed to be a full REST handler, and as
> such needs the slightly more wordy syntax in order to fulfill its rather
> more extensive function.
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Can't the two get along? Having to do _GET seems silly if/when the core
actually has a Method('POST') attribute...

-=3DChris

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