1Catalyst::Helper(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  Catalyst::Helper(3)
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NAME

6       Catalyst::Helper - Bootstrap a Catalyst application
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SYNOPSIS

9         catalyst.pl <myappname>
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DESCRIPTION

12       This module is used by catalyst.pl to create a set of scripts for a new
13       catalyst application. The scripts each contain documentation and will
14       output help on how to use them if called incorrectly or in some cases,
15       with no arguments.
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17       It also provides some useful methods for a Helper module to call when
18       creating a component. See "METHODS".
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SCRIPTS

21   _create.pl
22       Used to create new components for a catalyst application at the
23       development stage.
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25   _server.pl
26       The catalyst test server, starts an HTTPD which outputs debugging to
27       the terminal.
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29   _test.pl
30       A script for running tests from the command-line.
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32   _cgi.pl
33       Run your application as a CGI.
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35   _fastcgi.pl
36       Run the application as a fastcgi app. Either by hand, or call this from
37       FastCgiServer in your http server config.
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HELPERS

40       The "_create.pl" script creates application components using Helper
41       modules. The Catalyst team provides a good number of Helper modules for
42       you to use. You can also add your own.
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44       Helpers are classes that provide two methods.
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46           * mk_compclass - creates the Component class
47           * mk_comptest  - creates the Component test
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49       So when you call "scripts/myapp_create.pl view MyView TT", create will
50       try to execute Catalyst::Helper::View::TT->mk_compclass and
51       Catalyst::Helper::View::TT->mk_comptest.
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53       See Catalyst::Helper::View::TT and
54       Catalyst::Helper::Model::DBIC::Schema for examples.
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56       All helper classes should be under one of the following namespaces.
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58           Catalyst::Helper::Model::
59           Catalyst::Helper::View::
60           Catalyst::Helper::Controller::
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62   COMMON HELPERS
63       ·   Catalyst::Helper::Model::DBIC::Schema - DBIx::Class models
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65       ·   Catalyst::Helper::View::TT - Template Toolkit view
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67       ·   Catalyst::Helper::Model::LDAP
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69       ·   Catalyst::Helper::Model::Adaptor - wrap any class into a Catalyst
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74       The helpers will read author name from /etc/passwd by default.  To
75       override, please export the AUTHOR variable.
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METHODS

78   mk_compclass
79       This method in your Helper module is called with $helper which is a
80       Catalyst::Helper object, and whichever other arguments the user added
81       to the command-line. You can use the $helper to call methods described
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84       If the Helper module does not contain a "mk_compclass" method, it will
85       fall back to calling "render_file", with an argument of "compclass".
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87   mk_comptest
88       This method in your Helper module is called with $helper which is a
89       Catalyst::Helper object, and whichever other arguments the user added
90       to the command-line. You can use the $helper to call methods described
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93       If the Helper module does not contain a "mk_compclass" method, it will
94       fall back to calling "render_file", with an argument of "comptest".
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96   mk_stuff
97       This method is called if the user does not supply any of the usual
98       component types "view", "controller", "model". It is passed the $helper
99       object (an instance of Catalyst::Helper), and any other arguments the
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102       There is no fallback for this method.
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INTERNAL METHODS

105       These are the methods that the Helper classes can call on the <$helper>
106       object passed to them.
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108   render_file ($file, $path, $vars)
109       Render and create a file from a template in DATA using Template
110       Toolkit. $file is the relevent chunk of the __DATA__ section, $path is
111       the path to the file and $vars is the hashref as expected by Template
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114   get_file ($class, $file)
115       Fetch file contents from the DATA section. This is used internally by
116       "render_file".  $class is the name of the class to get the DATA section
117       from.  __PACKAGE__ or ( caller(0) )[0] might be sensible values for
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120   mk_app
121       Create the main application skeleton. This is called by catalyst.pl.
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123   mk_component ($app)
124       This method is called by create.pl to make new components for your
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127   mk_dir ($path)
128       Surprisingly, this function makes a directory.
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130   mk_file ($file, $content)
131       Writes content to a file. Called by "render_file".
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133   next_test ($test_name)
134       Calculates the name of the next numbered test file and returns it.
135       Don't give the number or the .t suffix for the test name.
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137   get_sharedir_file
138       Method for getting a file out of share/
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140   render_file_contents
141       Process a Template::Toolkit template.
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143   render_sharedir_file
144       Render a template/image file from our share directory
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NOTE

147       The helpers will read author name from /etc/passwd by default.  To
148       override, please export the AUTHOR variable.
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SEE ALSO

151       Catalyst::Manual, Catalyst::Test, Catalyst::Request,
152       Catalyst::Response, Catalyst
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AUTHORS

155       Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
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LICENSE

158       This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it
159       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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