package Catalyst::Plugin::Form::Processor; $Catalyst::Plugin::Form::Processor::VERSION = '1.140270'; use Moose::Role; use Class::Load 0.20; use HTML::FillInForm; use Module::Find; use Scalar::Util; # ABSTRACT: Use Form::Processor with Catalyst sub form { my ( $c, $args_ref, $form_name ) = @_; # Determine the form package name my $package; if ( defined $form_name ) { $package = $form_name =~ s/^\+// ? $form_name : ref( $c ) . '::Form::' . $form_name; } else { $package = $c->action->class; $package =~ s/::C(?:ontroller)?::/::Form::/; $package .= '::' . ucfirst( $c->action->name ); } Class::Load::load_class( $package ); # Single argument to Form::Processor->new means it's an item id or object. # Hash references must be turned into lists. my %args; if ( defined $args_ref ) { if ( ref $args_ref eq 'HASH' ) { %args = %{$args_ref}; } elsif ( Scalar::Util::blessed( $args_ref ) ) { %args = ( item => $args_ref, item_id => $args_ref->id, ); } else { %args = ( item_id => $args_ref ); } } # Set schema name -- mostly for DBIC if ( $package->can( 'schema' ) ) { unless ( exists $args{schema} ) { my $schema_name = $c->config->{form}{model_name} || $c->stash->{model_name}; $args{schema} = $c->model( $schema_name )->schema if defined $schema_name; } } $args{user_data}{context} = $c; # Since $c holds a reference to the form and the form holds # a reference to the context must weaken. Scalar::Util::weaken( $args{user_data}{context} ); return $c->stash->{form} = $package->new( %args ); } ## end sub form sub validate_form { my ( $c, @rest ) = @_; my $form = $c->form( @rest ); return $c->form_posted && $form->validate( $c->req->parameters ); } sub update_from_form { my ( $c, @rest ) = @_; my $form = $c->form( @rest ) || return; return $c->form_posted && $form->update_from_form( $c->req->parameters ); } sub form_posted { my $c = shift; return $c->req->method eq 'POST' || $c->req->method eq 'PUT'; } # Used to override finalize, but that's not called in a redirect. # TODO: add support for multiple forms on a page (and multiple forms # in the stash). # # And better, simply remove this. before 'finalize' => sub { my $c = shift; my $form = $c->stash->{form} || return; # Disabled in configuration return if $c->config->{form}{no_fillin}; return if $c->res->status != 200; my $params = $form->fif; return unless ref $params && %{$params}; return unless defined $c->response->{body}; $c->log->debug( 'Filling in form with HTML::FillInForm' ) if $c->debug; # Run FillInForm $c->response->output( HTML::FillInForm->new->fill( scalarref => \$c->response->{body}, fdat => $params, ) ); return; }; after 'setup_finalize' => sub { my $c = shift; my $config = $c->config->{form} || {}; return unless $config->{pre_load_forms}; my $debug = $config->{debug}; my $name_space = $c->config->{form_name_space} || $c->config->{name} . '::Form'; my @namespace = ref $name_space eq 'ARRAY' ? @{$name_space} : ( $name_space ); for my $ns ( @namespace ) { warn "Searching for forms in the [$ns] namespace\n" if $debug; for my $form ( Module::Find::findallmod( $ns ) ) { warn "Loading form module [$form]\n" if $debug; Class::Load::load_class( $form ); # Should we pre-load the form's fields by attempting # to init the form? May fail if the profile method # assumes it is running per request instead of at load time. next unless $config->{pre_load_fields}; eval { $form->load_form; 1 } || die "Failed load_module for form module [$form]: $@"; } } return; }; no Moose::Role; 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Catalyst::Plugin::Form::Processor - Use Form::Processor with Catalyst =head1 VERSION version 1.140270 =head1 SYNOPSIS In the Catalyst application base class: use Catalyst; with 'Catalyst::Plugin::Form::Processor'; __PACKAGE__->config->{form} = { no_fillin => 1, # Don't auto-fill forms with HTML::FillInForm pre_load_forms => 1, # Try and load forms at setup time form_name_space => 'My::Forms', debug => 1, # Show forms pre-loaded. schema_class => 'MyApp::DB', }; Then in a controller: package App::Controller::User; use strict; use warnings; use base 'Catalyst::Controller'; # Create or edit sub edit : Local { my ( $self, $c, $user_id ) = @_; # Validate and insert/update database return unless $c->update_from_form( $user_id ); # Form validated. $c->stash->{first_name} = $c->stash->{form}->value( 'first_name' ); } # Form that doesn't update database sub profile : Local { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; # Redisplay form return unless $c->validate_form; # Form validated. $c->stash->{first_name} = $c->stash->{form}->value( 'first_name' ); } # Use HTML::FillInForm to populate a form: $c->stash->{fillinform} = $c->req->parameters; =head1 DESCRIPTION "This distribution should not exist" - https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=40733 This plugin adds methods to make L<Form::Processor> easy to use with Catalyst. The plugin uses the current action name to find the form module, creates the form object and stuffs it into the stash, and passes the Catalyst request parameters to the form for validation. The method C<< $c->update_from_form >> is used when the form inherits from a Form::Processor model class (e.g. L<Form::Processor::Model::CDBI>) which will load a form's current values from a database and update/create rows in the database from a posted form. C<< $c->validate_form >> simply validates the form and you must then decide what to do with the validated data. This is useful when the posted data will be used for something other than updating a row in a database. The C<< $c->form >> method will create an instance of your form class. Both C<< $c->update_from_form >> and C<< $c->validate_form >> call this method to load the form for you. So, you generally don't need to call this directly. Forms are assumed to be in the $App::Form name space. But, that's just the default. This can be overridden with the C<form_name_space> option. The form object is stored in the stash as C<< $c->stash->{form} >>. Templates can use this to access for form. In addition, this Plugin use HTML-FillInForm to populate the form. Typically, this data will come automatically form the current values in the form object, but can be overridden by populating the stash with a hash reference: $c->stash->{fillinform} = $c->req->parameters; Note that this can also be used to populate forms not managed by Form::Processor. Currently, only one form per page is supported. =head1 METHODS =head2 form ( $item_or_args_ref, $form_name ); $form = $c->form; $form = $c->form( $user_id ); $form = $c->form( $args_ref ); $form = $c->form( $args_ref, $form_name ); Generates a form object, populates the stash "form" and returns the form object. This method is typically not used. Use L<update_from_form> or L<validate_form> instead. The form will be require()ed at run time so the form does not need to be explicitly loaded by your application. The form is expected to be in the App::Form name space, but that can be overridden. But, it might be worth loading the modules at compile time if you have a lot of modules to save on memory (e.g. under mod_perl). See L</pre_load_forms> below. The Catalyst context (C<$c>) is made available to the form via the form's user data attribute. In the form you may do: my $c = $form->user_data->{context}; Pass: $item_or_args_ref. This can be scalar: it will be assumed to be the id of the row to edit hash ref: assumed to be a list of options and will be passed as a list to Form::Processor->new. object: and will be set as the item and item_id is set by calling the "id" method on this object. If id is not the correct method then pass a hash reference instead. If $form_name is not provided then will use the current controller class and the action for the form name. If $form_name is defined then it is appended to C<$App::Form::>. A plus sign can be included to avoid prefixing the form name. package MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar sub edit : Local { # MyAPP::Form::Foo::Bar::Edit->new # Note the upper case -- ucfirst is used my $form = $c->form; # MyAPP::Form::Login::User->new my $form = $c->form( $args_ref, 'Login::User' ); # External form Other::Form->new my $form = $c->form( $args_ref, '+Other::Form' ); Returns: Sets $c->{form} by calling new on the form object. That value is also returned. =head2 validate_form return unless $c->validate_form; This method passes the request parameters to the form's C<validate> method and returns true if all fields validate. This is the method to use if you are not using a Form::Processor::Model class to automatically update or insert a row into the database. =head2 update_from_form This combines common actions on CRUD tables. It replaces, say: my $form = $c->form( $item ); return unless $c->form_posted && $form->update_from_form( $c->req->parameters ); with $c->update_from_form( $item ) For this to work your form should inherit from a Form::Processor::Model class (e.g. see L<Form::Processor::Model::CDBI>), or your form must have an C<update_from_form()> method (which calls validate). =head2 form_posted This returns true if the request was a post request. This could be replace with a method that does more extensive checking, such as validating a form token to prevent double-posting of forms. =head2 finalize Automatically fills in a form if $form variable is found. This can be disabled by setting $c->config->{form}{no_fillin}; =head2 setup If the C<pre_load_forms> configuration options is set will search for forms in the name space provided by the C<form_name_space> configuration list or by default the application name space with the suffix ::Form appended (e.g. MyApp::Form). =head1 EXTENDED METHODS =head1 CONFIGURATION Configuration is specified within C<< MyApp->config->{form}} >>. The following options are available: =over 4 =item no_fillin Don't use use L<HTML::FillInForm> to populate the form data. =item pre_load_forms It this is true then will pre-load all modules in the MyApp::Form name space during setup. This works by requiring the form module and loading associated form fields. The form is not initialized so any fields dynamically loaded may not be included. This is useful in a persistent environments like mod_perl or FastCGI. =item form_name_space This is a list of name spaces where to look for forms to pre load. It defaults to the application name with the ::Form suffix (e.g. MyApp::Form). Note, this DOES NOT currently change where C<< $c->form >> looks for form modules. Not quite sure why that's not implemented yet. =item model_name Defines the default model class. To play nicely with L<Form::Processor::Model::DBIC> will set "schema" option when creating a new Form if this value is set. Basically does: $schema = $c->model( $model_name )->schema; Can be overridden by a stash element of the same name. =item debug If true will write brief debugging information when running setup. =back =head1 See also L<Form::Processor> L<Form::Processor::Model::CDBI> =head1 AUTHOR Bill Moseley <mods@hank.org> =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by iParadigms, LLC.. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut