[Catalyst] Dispatching not working as expected.

[Ian.Docherty at nomura.com]

Hi
I thought I had a grip on this, but obviously I am missing some nuance.

I wish to match the following URLs to controllers.

  /
  /*
  /*/*
  /pod
  /pod/*

All the above work correctly, with the exception of '/pod/*' which dispatches
as if it were '/*/*'.

My understanding is that the most specific should be chosen first, so '/pod/*' 
should be chosen in preference to '/*/*'?

Currently running Catalyst 5.80030

My Root.pm is as follows.

---------
package myapp::Controller::Root;
use Moose;
use namespace::autoclean;

BEGIN { extends 'Catalyst::Controller' }

__PACKAGE__->config->{namespace} = '';

sub index : Path('/') : Args(0) {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
    $c->response->body( 'index' );
}
sub api : Chained('/') PathPart('') CaptureArgs(1) {
    my ($self, $c, $item) = @_;
    $c->stash->{item} = $item;
}
sub path_without_arg :Chained('api') :PathPart('') :Args(0) {
    my ($self, $c) = @_;
    $c->response->body( "path_without_arg - item ".$c->stash->{item} );
}
sub path_with_arg :Chained('api') :PathPart('') :Args(1) {
    my ($self, $c, $arg) = @_;
    $c->response->body( "path_with_arg - item ".$c->stash->{item}." arg $arg" );
}
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
1;

---------
My Pod.pm is as follows
---------

package myapp::Controller::Pod;
use Moose;
use namespace::autoclean;

BEGIN { extends 'Catalyst::Controller' }

sub pod_index : Path('') : Args(0) {
    my ($self, $c) = @_;
    $c->response->body( "pod_index" );
}
sub pod : Path('/pod') : Args(1) {
    my ($self, $c, $file) = @_;
    $c->response->body( "pod - file = $file" );
}
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
1;
---------

Regards
Ian Docherty




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