[Catalyst] running a function once on all requests

[John Napiorkowski]

--- Steve Francia <steve at takkle.com> wrote:

> I have a routine I would like to run once for each
> request.
> 
> After reading through the docs, I think I have found
> a good approach and
> am wondering what others have done.
> 
> I created a base controller which uses base
> 'Catalyst::Controller' .
> Inside the base controller I create a begin
> function:
> 
>     sub begin : Private {
>         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
> 
>         $c->stash->{ controller } = $c->namespace;
>     }
> 
> In all my other controllers I use this base class.
> 
> If I want to add a controller specific begin routine
> to a controller I
> place the following in that controller class:
> 
>     sub begin : Private {
>         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
> 
>         $self->SUPER::begin($c);
>         # CONTROLLER SPECIFIC LOGIC HERE
>     }
> 
> 
> Anyone know of any good reason to do it differently,
> or has anyone used
> other strategies in the past?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Francia


I think begin actions where created for exactly this
reason.  The only thing I do differently is to use
NEXT or C3 instead of SUPER.

--john


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