okay, after several different attempts over the past few days, I've got file uploads working with what I think is a sane API.
* From the end user's point-of-view (someone who's using the $form object): File uploads are accessed via $form->param() or $form->params() just like any other submitted value. Each file is a subclass of HTML::FormFu::Upload. (The blessed class differs according to whether you're using CGI, CGI::Simple or Catalst). Each file object has the following methods: filename(), headers(), fh(), slurp(). If you have any Inflators or Transformers registered with the file field, then the value returned by param() or params() could be of a different object type. For example, if you use the Imager Inflator, you should expect param() to return an Imager object, not a HTML::FormFu::Upload object. This is the intended behaviour. * From an Inflator / Transformer developer's point-of-view: To provide compatabililty between Catalyst / CGI / CGI::Simple you should always access the uploaded file via $file->fh() or $file->slurp. Inflators and Transformers should return a new value. It's up to the form-user to put Inflators in a sane order, and to use appropriate Transformers for the Inflators used. TODO: provide Catalyst::Request compatible $form->uploads() and $form->upload() methods. Catalyst tests. Carl _______________________________________________ Html-widget mailing list Html-widget@lists.rawmode.org http://lists.rawmode.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/html-widget
