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use Moose;
extends qw(Catalyst::Action);
has chain => (is => 'rw');
has _current_chain_actions => (is=>'rw', init_arg=>undef, predicate=>'_has_current_chain_actions');
has _chain_last_action => (is=>'rw', init_arg=>undef, predicate=>'_has_chain_last_action', clearer=>'_clear_chain_last_action');
has _chain_captures => (is=>'rw', init_arg=>undef);
has _chain_original_args => (is=>'rw', init_arg=>undef, clearer=>'_clear_chain_original_args');
has _chain_next_args => (is=>'rw', init_arg=>undef, predicate=>'_has_chain_next_args', clearer=>'_clear_chain_next_args');
has _context => (is => 'rw', weak_ref => 1);
no Moose;
=head1 NAME
Catalyst::ActionChain - Chain of Catalyst Actions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
See L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for more info about Chained actions.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This class represents a chain of Catalyst Actions. It behaves exactly like
the action at the *end* of the chain except on dispatch it will execute all
the actions in the chain in order.
=cut
sub dispatch {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
my @captures = @{$c->req->captures||[]};
my @chain = @{ $self->chain };
my $last = pop(@chain);
$self->_current_chain_actions(\@chain);
$self->_chain_last_action($last);
$self->_chain_captures(\@captures);
$self->_chain_original_args($c->request->{arguments});
$self->_context($c);
$self->_dispatch_chain_actions($c);
}
sub next {
my ($self, @args) = @_;
my $ctx = $self->_context;
if($self->_has_chain_last_action) {
@args ? $self->_chain_next_args(\@args) : $self->_chain_next_args([]);
$self->_dispatch_chain_actions($ctx);
} else {
$ctx->action->chain->[-1]->next($ctx, @args) if $ctx->action->chain->[-1]->can('next');
}
return $ctx->state;
}
sub _dispatch_chain_actions {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
while( @{$self->_current_chain_actions||[]}) {
$self->_dispatch_chain_action($c);
return if $self->_abort_needed($c);
}
if($self->_has_chain_last_action) {
$c->request->{arguments} = $self->_chain_original_args;
$self->_clear_chain_original_args;
unshift @{$c->request->{arguments}}, @{ $self->_chain_next_args} if $self->_has_chain_next_args;
$self->_clear_chain_next_args;
my $last_action = $self->_chain_last_action;
$self->_clear_chain_last_action;
$last_action->dispatch($c);
}
}
sub _dispatch_chain_action {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
my ($action, @remaining_actions) = @{ $self->_current_chain_actions||[] };
$self->_current_chain_actions(\@remaining_actions);
my @args;
if (my $cap = $action->number_of_captures) {
@args = splice(@{ $self->_chain_captures||[] }, 0, $cap);
}
unshift @args, @{ $self->_chain_next_args} if $self->_has_chain_next_args;
$self->_clear_chain_next_args;
local $c->request->{arguments} = \@args;
$action->dispatch( $c );
}
sub _abort_needed {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
my $abort = defined($c->config->{abort_chain_on_error_fix}) ? $c->config->{abort_chain_on_error_fix} : 1;
return 1 if ($c->has_errors && $abort);
}
sub from_chain {
my ( $self, $actions ) = @_;
my $final = $actions->[-1];
return $self->new({ %$final, chain => $actions });
}
sub number_of_captures {
my ( $self ) = @_;
my $chain = $self->chain;
my $captures = 0;
$captures += $_->number_of_captures for @$chain;
return $captures;
}
sub match_captures {
my ($self, $c, $captures) = @_;
my @captures = @{$captures||[]};
foreach my $link(@{$self->chain}) {
my @local_captures = splice @captures,0,$link->number_of_captures;
return unless $link->match_captures($c, \@local_captures);
}
return 1;
}
sub match_captures_constraints {
my ($self, $c, $captures) = @_;
my @captures = @{$captures||[]};
foreach my $link(@{$self->chain}) {
my @local_captures = splice @captures,0,$link->number_of_captures;
next unless $link->has_captures_constraints;
return unless $link->match_captures_constraints($c, \@local_captures);
}
return 1;
}
# the scheme defined at the end of the chain is the one we use
# but warn if too many.
sub scheme {
my $self = shift;
my @chain = @{ $self->chain };
my ($scheme, @more) = map {
exists $_->attributes->{Scheme} ? $_->attributes->{Scheme}[0] : ();
} reverse @chain;
warn "$self is a chain with two many Scheme attributes (only one is allowed)"
if @more;
return $scheme;
}
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
1;
__END__
=head1 METHODS
=head2 chain
Accessor for the action chain; will be an arrayref of the Catalyst::Action
objects encapsulated by this chain.
=head2 dispatch( $c )
Dispatch this action chain against a context; will dispatch the encapsulated
actions in order.
=head2 from_chain( \@actions )
Takes a list of Catalyst::Action objects and constructs and returns a
Catalyst::ActionChain object representing a chain of these actions
=head2 number_of_captures
Returns the total number of captures for the entire chain of actions.
=head2 match_captures
Match all the captures that this chain encloses, if any.
=head2 scheme
Any defined scheme for the actionchain
=head2 next ( @args)
Dispatches to the next action in the chain immediately, suspending any remaining code in the action.
If there are no more actions in the chain, this is basically a no-op. When the last action in the chain
returns, we will return to the last action that called next and continue processing that action's
code exactly where it was left off. If more than one action in the chain called C<next> then we proceed
back up the chain stack in reverse order of calls after the last action completes.
The return value of C<next> is the return value of the next action in the chain (that is the action that
was called with C<next>) or whatever $c->state is set to.
Please note that since C<state> is a scalar, you cannot return a list of values from an action chain.
If you want to return a list you must return an arrayref or hashref. This limitation is due to
longstanding code in L<Catalyst> that is not easily changed without breaking backwards compatibility.
You can call C<next> in as many actions in a long chain as you want and the chain will correctly
return to the last action that called C<next> based on order of execution. If there are actions inbetween
that didn't call C<next>, those will be skipped when proceeding back up the call stack. When we've completed
walking back up the action call stack the dispatcher will then return to normal processing order (for example
processing any C<end> action present).
Any arguments you pass to C<next> will be passed to the next action in the chain as C<< $c->request->arguments >>.
You can pass more than one argument. All arguments passed via C<next> will be added into the argument list prior
to any CaptureArgs or Args that the action itself defines.
Example:
sub action_a :Chained('/') CaptureArgs(0) {
my ($self, $ctx) = @_;
my $abc = $c->action->next('a'); # $abc = "abc";
}
sub action_b :Chained('action_a') CaptureArgs(0) {
my ($self, $ctx, $a) = @_;
my $abc = $c->action->next("${a}b");
return $abc;
}
sub action_c :Chained('action_b') Args(0) {
my ($self, $ctx, $ab) = @_;
return "${ab}c";
}
=head2 meta
Provided by Moose
=head1 AUTHORS
Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
=head1 COPYRIGHT
This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut