[Catalyst] Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema and dbh_maker

[Rafael Kitover]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 07:36:36AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I would like my Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema model class to be able to
> inspect the configuration and modify connect_info.  Specifically, based on a
> flag in the config either pass connect_info unmodified or replace
> dsn/user/password with a dbh_maker sub.
> 
> What seems to work ok is to use "before ' COMPONENT' => sub {}" and simply
> modify the passed in arguments.  I do not have any config in the model class
> that I need to worry about merging with the passed in arguments.
> 
> Is this a reasonable way to do this?

You could also do "before setup => sub { ..." possibly in a trait.