[html-formfu] RFC: Catalyst::Model::FormFu

[Daisuke Maki]

Except I can't spell for the life of me. That should have been:

   http://svn.endeworks.jp/svn/Catalyst-Model-FormFu/trunk

Trac is here, btw:

   http://trac.endeworks.jp/trac/perl/browser/Catalyst-Model-FormFu

--d

Daisuke Maki さんは書きました:
> I whipped something up.
> 
>    http://svn.endeworks.jp/svn/Catalyst-Mode-FormFu/trunk
> 
> Anybody care for a test drive?
> 
> --d
> 
> Brian Kirkbride さんは書きました:
>> Daisuke Maki wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've been using FormFu on my Catalyst projects, but instead of using
>>> Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu, I've implemented a model class and
>>> was wondering if people are interested in seeing it as
>>> Catalyst::Model::FormFu
>>>
>>>  sub foo : Local
>>>  {
>>>     my ($self, $c) = @_;
>>>     my $form = $c->model('FormFu')->load_form('path/to/file.yml');
>>>
>>>     ...
>>>  }
>>>
>>> I've also implemented form caching and dynamic value insertion using
>>> Data::Visitor. For caching, each form is cached after creation so the
>>> same form doesn't need to be created more than once (this has proven to
>>> be a very large performance booster for me).
>>>
>>> Dynamic values are, for example, those select lists whose values you
>>> want to pull from the database. I've implemented this by allowing this
>>> kind of construct in your config file:
>>>
>>>   - type: select
>>>     options: __dynamic(get_data_from_database)__
>>>
>>> The value __dynamic(get_data_from_database)__ is replaced by the result
>>> of calling $model->get_data_from_database.
>>>
>>> This particular code is still integrated very tightly with my app, but
>>> I'm thinking if I refactor it as Catalyst::Model::FormFu, it might be a
>>> good addition to the formfu toolkit.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> --d
>>
>> This looks very promising!  I was thinking along these lines already, as the
>> Form fits very nicely in the Model part of most apps.
>>
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