Xicheng Jia wrote: > On 11/30/07, Sherrard Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i may have overlooked this in the documentation, but is there a >> $m->comp() equivalent to attr_if_exists()? obviously it's not critical, >> but it would be nice to be able to shortcut logic like this: >> >> % if ( $m->comp_exists( '/path/to/possible/component' ) ) { >> % $m->comp( '/path/to/possible/component' ); >> % } >> >> to >> >> % $m->comp_if_exists( '/path/to/possible/component' ); > > what if write your own: > > sub HTML::Mason::Request::comp_if_exists > { > my ($self, $path, %args) = @_; > return $self->fetch_comp($path) ? $self->comp($path, %args) : ''; > } > > and then call it the way you wanted..
thanks. i thought about that, but then i'd have to remember to make sure that method continued to work across mason upgrades. i was really hoping that it was already there in some form or another and i just missed it. i can remember a time before attr_if_exists() existed, then eventually stumbling upon it when not necessarily looking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users