CGI::Application::Plugin::ActionDispatch - Perl extension

       Regex
           Regex action is used for regular expression matching against PATH_INFO. If capturing parentheses  are
           used; the matched parameters are accesssible using the action_args() method.

             Regex('^blah/foo');

           The Regex action either matches or it doesn't. There are no secrets to it.

           It  is  important  to note Regex action takes priority. It is assumed if a Path and Regex action both
           match. The Regex action will take priority, which may not always be the outcome of least suprise, for
           instance:

           # http://example.com/music/the_clash sub clash : Path('/music/the_clash')  {}  #  This  is  an  exact
           match, BUT.  sub the_class : Regex('/music/the_clash') {} # This takes priority. Beware.

       Path
           The Path action is basically a shortcut for a commonly used Regex action.

             # http://example.com/products/movies/2
             sub show_product : Path('products/') {
               my $self = shift;
               my($category, $id) = $self->action_args();
               ....
             }

           Is basically the same thing as.

             sub show_product : Regex('^/products/(\w+)/(\d+)') {
               my $self = shift;
               my($category, $id) = $self->action_args();
               ...
             }

           For   those   that   care,  the  Path('products/')  will  be  converted  to  the  regular  expression
           "^/products\/?(\/.*)$"; then split('/') is run on the captured value and stored in action_args().

       Runmode
           This action will take the method name and run a match on that.

           # http://example.com/foobar

           sub foobar : Runmode {}

       Default
           The default run mode if no match is found. Essentially the equivalent of the start_mode() method.

           sub default_mode : Default {}

       Jason Yates, <jaywhy@gmail.com>

       Be aware though, this plugin will not likely work with other modules that use attributes.

       This module should work with mod_perl. It however has not be thoroughly tested as such. If you have used
       it with mod_perl please e-mail me with your experience.

       Copyright (C) 2006-2008 by Jason Yates

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the  same  terms  as  Perl
       itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

perl v5.34.0                                       2022-06-09             CGI::Applicatio...:ActionDispatch(3pm)

       CGI::Application::Plugin::ActionDispatch adds attribute based support for parsing the PATH_INFO of the
       incoming request. For those who are familiar with Catalyst. The interface works very similar.

       This plugin is plug and play and shouldn't interrupt the default behavior of CGI::Application.

       In CGI::Application module:

         package WebApp;

         use base 'CGI::Application';
         use CGI::Application::Plugin::ActionDispatch;
         use strict;

         sub setup {
           my $self = shift;
           self->mode_param('test_rm');
           $self->run_modes(
             basic_runmode => 'basic_runmode'
           );
         }

         # Regular runmodes should work.
         sub basic_runmode {
           my $self = shift
         }

       The product() runmode will match anything starting with "/products" in the PATH_INFO.

         # http://example.com/myapp.cgi/products/this/is/optional/and/stored/in/action_args/
         sub product : Path('products/') {
           my $self = shift;
           my($category, $product) = $self->action_args();
         }

       The music() runmode will match anything starting with "/products/music" in the PATH_INFO.  The  product()
       runmode  also matches "/products/music". However since this runmode matches closer it takes priority over
       product().

         # http://example.com/myapp.cgi/products/music/product/
         sub music : Path('products/music/') {
           my $self = shift;
           my $product = $self->action_args();
           ...
         }

       This beatles() runmode will match ONLY "/product/music/beatles" or "/product/music/beatles/". Regex takes
       priority over Path so the previous runmodes which match this PATH_INFO are not run.

         # http://example.com/myapp.cgi/products/music/beatles/
         sub beatles : Regex('^/products/music/beatles\/?')  {
           my $self = shift;
           ...
         }

action_args()
           If  using  capturing  parentheses  in  a  Regex action. The captured values are accessible using this
           method.

             sub addElement : Regex('add/(\d+)/(\d+)') {
               my $self = shift;
               my($column, $row) = $self->action_args();
               ...
             }

           The Path action will store everything after the matched path into the action args.

             # http://example.com/state/pa/philadelphia
             sub find_state_and_city : Path('state/') {
               my $self = shift;
               my($state, $city) = $self->action_args();
                   # $state == pa, $city == philadelphia
               ...
             }

       CGI::Application::Plugin::ActionDispatch - Perl extension

       CGI::Application, CGI::Application::Dispatch

       http://github.com/jaywhy/cgi-application-plugin-actiondispatch

         # In "WebApp.pm"...
         package WebApp;

         use base 'CGI::Application';
         use CGI::Application::Plugin::ActionDispatch;

         sub do_stuff : Path('do/stuff') { ... }
         sub do_more_stuff : Regex('^/do/more/stuff\/?$') { ... }
         sub do_something_else : Regex('do/something/else/(\w+)/(\d+)$') { ... }