Re: [cgiapp] RFC: CGI::Application::Plugin::REST

[Michael Peters <suppressed>]

Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:

> As I said to him when we had our IRC conversation that day, the main bit
> that is missing is dispatch based on MIME types.

Well, it lacks being able to dispatch on HTTP request method too. I'm confused
about the MIME types bit though. I don't seem to remember how they are
associated with REST.

> Do you think I should not continue with my module?  Although it is not
> as featureful as C::A::Dispatch it is more lightweight and the features
> are "good enough" for many applications I should think.  Also mine is a
> plugin while C::A::Dispatch can only be used as a base class right?

C::A::Dispatch is neither a plugin nor an application base class. It's a wrapper
that sits outside of your C::A modules and acts as a gatekeeper. You can
subclass it to further refine the behavior though.

>> I like the way Catalyst::Action::REST implements its REST
>> functionality personally.
> 
> You mean with attributes?  Rhesa suggested this also.  My only concern
> is that it would slow things down a bit.  I am going to try and
> implement this just to see if the performance hit is noticable or not.

For me it's not a performance issue. I prefer to have all my dispatching code in
one place. That way if there's some problem, I only have 1 place to look, rather
then looking over every module and every run mode.

-- 
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP


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