On 2/27/06, John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/27/06, Rob Kinyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 2/27/06, John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Yeah, that's what I planned. Although the APIs will have "cgi" in
> >> their names, all that will be requires is a param() method that works
> >> like CGI's.
> >
> > You should probably elaborate here. CGI.pm has a TON of dwimmery that
> > isn't immediately obvious.
> >
> > What exactly is the behavior that Rose expects from a CGI.pm-like
> > param() method? Are there any other expectations, such as a new()
> > method or an expected set of DESTROY semantics?
>
> Yeah, I'll spell it out in the docs. Basically, all I need to for
> consumption by Rose::HTML::Form is build is a structure like this:
>
> {
> name => 'John', # param with single value
> color => [ 'red', 'green' ], # param with multiple values
> ...
> }
>
> I think all I need is:
>
> * $o->param() in list context returns a list of param names
> * $o->param('foo') in list context returns a list of values
>
> for any object $o. CGI.pm fits the bill, as do most other modules
> that imitate CGI.pm's param() method, even minimally.
It's absolutely critical to note that you view param() as a readonly
method. That's what I meant about the dwimmery - CGI.pm's param() is
also a mutator and it mutates according to which part of the HTTP
request the parameter originated (GET vs. POST vs. whatever). If you
needed that functionality, then I'd doubt the ability of anyone other
than maybe a handful of programmers to get it right.
Rob
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