[Catalyst] RFC $c->uri_to

[Michael Reece]

On Jan 3, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Ash Berlin wrote:

> Michael Reece wrote:
>> $c->uri_for() is great and all, but i usually am more interested  
>> in getting a uri for an action rather than a uri to a template (or  
>> public path).
>> (incidentally, i feel uri_for would be better named uri_to, and  
>> the sub below named uri_for, but i digress.)
>> the following code is what i have come up with.  i present it here  
>> for feedback, comments, etc.
>> ## my $uri = $c->uri_to( $controller_path, @path_args );
>> ## my $uri = $c->uri_to( $controller_path, @path_args, \% 
>> query_args );
>> ## my $uri = $c->uri_to( $controller_path, @path_args,  
>> \@snippets );    # for :Regex() actions
>> #   $controller_path is '/controller/method' (preferred) or  
>> 'method' (in current $c->controller)
>> sub uri_to {
>> [..snip..]
>>     my $action = $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path);
>> [..snip..]
>>     my $uri = $c->dispatcher->uri_for_action($action, @action_args);
>> [..snip..]
>>     $uri = $c->uri_for("$uri", @path_args, @uri_args);    #  
>> "stringify" important here
>>     return $uri;
>> }
>> there is a good chance i am re-inventing a wheel here!
>
> Take a look at uri_for_aciton in http://dev.catalystframework.org/ 
> browser/branches/Catalyst-Runtime-ctx-uri_for_action (see t/ 
> unit_core_uri_for_action.t) and tell me if that does what you  
> wanted or not.
>
> Ash
>

i can't tell from reading the .t source, does that support $c- 
 >uri_to_action('local_method') as well as $c->uri_to_action('/ 
controller/method'), similar to the way $c->forward() works?

reading the source at http://dev.catalystframework.org/browser/ 
branches/Catalyst-Runtime-ctx-uri_for_action/lib/Catalyst.pm, it  
looks like it would except that line 960 is commented out.  or maybe  
that's part of what $dispatcher->contextual_uri_for_action is doing.