[Catalyst] Why is $c undefined?

[will trillich]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Craig Chant
<craig at homeloanpartnership.com>wrote:

>  sub begin :Private {
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>     my ( $self, $c ) =3D @_;
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>     # Authenticate
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>     $self->AuthenticateUser();
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*Note, you don't pass $c to AuthenticateUser here!*



>      return 1;
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> }
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> I then have...
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> sub AuthenticateUser {
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>     my ( $self, $c ) =3D @_;
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>     $c->session;
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>     if(!$c->model('Members')->LogCheck($c)){
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>         $c->uri_for_action('/login/login');
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>     }
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> }
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> However, $c is undefined and errors, it only works if I pass it $c from
> 'begin'..
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>     $self->AuthenticateUser($c);
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> I was under the impression that $c was the context (Catalyst) default
> variable and was always passed to every method / subroutine.
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> is this not the case?
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*Right, that's not the case. It only passes to the :Chained or :Args or
:CaptureArgs methods. This leaves you free to create your own internal
methods that don't get extra $c args interfering with your logic.*
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