If you don't have a lot of view only logic (the view is just a dumb 'take this
perl data structure, convert it to a display format using default serialization
rules and send it to the response) then a thin view adaptor with
Catalyst::Model::Adaptor might be the easiest thing. If you are using the most
recent Catalyst you could even avoid the need for a boilerplate proxy class
using component injection.
Then main thing is thinking about how to shuffle data to the view. Most
current art uses the stash, but lately I prefer to avoid that and use either a
dedicated view model, or the default model, so that I can properly constrain my
data and offer the view better view only logic.
In general think 'how can I do something generally useful' over 'what is the
Catalyst way to do this'. Ideally your Catalyst components (models, views,
etc) are the thinnest possible layer to adapt a stand alone model.
jnap
On Friday, March 4, 2016 4:28 AM, Kieren Diment <[email protected]> wrote:
looks to me like you'd want Catalyst::Model::Adaptor + Data::iCal + an
optional very thin view that did something like:
$c->res->content_type($ical_content_type);
$c->res->body($c->stash->{calendar});
in the process method, and not much else.
The reason you don't see views for stuff like this much in catalyst land is
that this kind of thing is usually pretty simple.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chris Welch <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the reply - may I ask what the model would be doing, given that
presumably it would have to go through a view in the end anyway? Because the
data itself already exists in a model, all I'm wanting to do effectively is
extract that and display it in a slightly different format, so I'm surprised
that another model is the way to go - but then I've sort of been learning as I
go with this stuff, so I may well be missing something fundamental!
Thanks
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