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

["Jaldhar H. Vyas" <suppressed>]

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Michael Peters 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.

That's the Representation part of it.  The idea is you can select 
different views (in MVC talk) based on the MIME type the client prefers.

> 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.

Sorry.  I am going to have to look at it again as I am obviously unclear 
about its capabilities.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <suppressed>

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