=head1 NAME Reaction::Manual::ActionPrototypes - Changes to the Action Prototype Mechanism =head1 DESCRIPTION After Reaction 0.001001 the API used to create links for different actions in the L changed significantly. The aim of the changes was to create a simpler API that was more concise, flexible, and didn't tie unneccessary controller logic in the ViewPort layer. =head1 Major Changes =head2 Controller Layer =head3 L =over 4 =item The default display class for the C action is now L. =item Addition of the C and C =item Addition of the C<_build_member_action_prototype> and C<_build_collection_action_prototype> methods. These are used by C<_build_action_viewport_args> to create prototypes for collection and member actions. =back =head3 L By default, enable C, C, C, C, actions. =head2 ViewPort Layer =head3 L =over 4 =item Add the C attribute. It allows the controller to know how many actions to expect to lay out the UI properly. =item Default to member-class L =back =head2 L Completely revamped the action-prototypes, added ordering support and moved to using the new C. Most notably C is now a HASH ref. =head1 Migration In most cases, you shouldn't need to change much for migration, but if you had custom actions in your controllers that were linked to by the CRUD system, or you had excluded certain classes, you'll need to create some minor updates. =head2 A custom collection action in your controller. #old code sub custom_action { ... } sub _build_action_viewport_map { my $map = shift->next::method(@_); $map->{custom_action} = 'Reaction::UI::ViewPort::Action'; return $map; } sub _build_action_viewport_args { my $args = shift->next::method(@_); my $custom_proto = { label => 'Create', action => sub { [ '', 'create', $_[1]->req->captures ] } }; my $protos = $args->{list}->{action_prototypes}; push(@$protos, $custom_proto); return $args; } #new code: sub custom_action { ... } sub _build_action_viewport_map { my $map = shift->next::method(@_); $map->{custom_action} = 'Reaction::UI::ViewPort::Action'; return $map; } sub _build_default_collection_actions { [ @{shift->next::method(@_)}, 'custom_action']; } =head2 A custom member action in your controller. #old code sub custom_action { ... } sub _build_action_viewport_map { my $map = shift->next::method(@_); $map->{custom_action} = 'Reaction::UI::ViewPort::Action'; return $map; } sub _build_action_viewport_args { my $args = shift->next::method(@_); my $custom_proto = { label => 'Create', action => sub { [ '', 'create', $_[1]->req->captures ] } }; my $protos = $args->{list}->{Member}->{action_prototypes}; push(@$protos, $custom_proto); return $args; } #new code: sub custom_action { ... } sub _build_action_viewport_map { my $map = shift->next::method(@_); $map->{custom_action} = 'Reaction::UI::ViewPort::Action'; return $map; } sub _build_default_member_actions { [ @{shift->next::method(@_)}, 'custom_action']; } =head2 Disabling a default collection action #old code sub delete_all {} sub _build_action_viewport_args { my $args = shift->next::method(@_); #remove the delete all action my $protos = $args->{list}->{action_prototypes}; @$protos = grep { $_->{label} !~ /Delete all/i } @$protos; return $args; } #new code sub delete_all {} sub _build_default_collection_actions { [ grep {$_ ne 'delete_all'} @{ shift->next::method(@_) } ]; } #or ... sub delete_all {} sub _build_action_viewport_args { my $args = shift->next::method(@_); my $protos = $args->{list}->{action_prototypes}; delete $protos->{delete_all}; return $args; } =head2 Changing the label of a collection action #old code sub _build_action_viewport_args { my $args = shift->next::method(@_); my $protos = $args->{list}->{action_prototypes}; $proto = grep { $_->{label} eq 'Delete all' } @$protos; $proto->{label} = 'New Label'; return $args; } #new code sub delete_all {} sub _build_action_viewport_args { my $args = shift->next::method(@_); my $protos = $args->{list}->{action_prototypes}; $proto->{delete_all}->{label} = 'New Label'; return $args; } #or ... __PACKAGE__->config(action => { list => { ViewPort => { action_prototypes => { delete_all => {label => 'New Label'} } }, ); =cut