VERSION
    Version 0.05

NAME
    Catalyst::Helper::Controller::DBIC::API::REST

SYNOPSIS
        $ catalyst.pl myapp
        $ cd myapp
        $ script/myapp_create.pl controller API::REST DBIC::API::REST myapp

        ...

        package myapp::Controller::API::REST::Producer;

        use strict;
        use warnings;
        use base qw/myapp::ControllerBase::REST/;
        use JSON::Syck;

        __PACKAGE__->config(
            action                  =>  { setup => { PathPart => 'producer', Chained => '/api/rest/rest_base' } },
                                        # define parent chain action and partpath
            class                   =>  'DB::Producer', # DBIC result class
            create_requires         =>  [qw/name/], # columns required to create
            create_allows           =>  [qw//], # additional non-required columns that create allows
            update_allows           =>  [qw/name/], # columns that update allows
            list_returns            =>  [qw/producerid name/], # columns that list returns


            list_prefetch_allows    =>  [ # every possible prefetch param allowed
                [qw/cd_to_producer/], {  'cd_to_producer' => [qw//] },
                [qw/tags/], {  'tags' => [qw//] },
                [qw/tracks/], {  'tracks' => [qw//] },
            
            ],

            list_ordered_by         => [qw/producerid/], # order of generated list
            list_search_exposes     => [
                qw/producerid name/,
            
            ], # columns that can be searched on via list
        );

DESCRIPTION
      This creates REST controllers according to the specifications at L<Catalyst::Controller::DBIC::API>
      and L<Catalyst::Controller::DBIC::API::REST> for all the classes in your Catalyst app. Your
      application must access your model at myapp::Model::DB.

      It creates the following files:
    
        myapp/lib/myapp/Controller/API.pm
        myapp/lib/myapp/Controller/API/REST.pm
        myapp/lib/myapp/Controller/API/REST/*   (this is where the individual class controllers are located)
        myapp/lib/myapp/ControllerBase/REST.pm

  CONFIGURATION
        The idea is to make configuration as painless and as automatic as possible, so most
        of the work has been done for you.
    
        There are 8 __PACKAGE__->config(...) options for L<Catalyst::Controller::DBIC::API/CONFIGURATION>.
        Here are the defaults.

  create_requires
        All non-nullable columns that are (1) not autoincrementing, (2) don't have a default value,
        are neither (3) nextvals, (4) sequences, nor (5) timestamps.

  create_allows
        All nullable columns that are (1) not autoincrementing, (2) don't have a default value,
        are neither (3) nextvals, (4) sequences, nor (5) timestamps.

  update_allows
        The union of create_requires and create_allows.

  list_returns
        Every column in the class.

  list_prefetch
        Nothing is prefetched by default.

  list_prefetch_allows
        (1) An arrayref consisting of the name of each of the class's has_many relationships, accompanied
        by (2) a hashref keyed on the name of that relationship, whose values are the names of its
        has_many's, e.g., in the "Producer" controller above, a Producer has many cd_to_producers,
        many tags, and many tracks. None of those classes have any has_many's:

        list_prefetch_allows    =>  [
            [qw/cd_to_producer/], {  'cd_to_producer' => [qw//] },
            [qw/tags/], {  'tags' => [qw//] },
            [qw/tracks/], {  'tracks' => [qw//] },
        ],

  list_ordered_by
        The primary key.

  list_search_exposes
        (1) An arrayref consisting of the name of each column in the class, and (2) a hashref keyed
        on the name of each of the class's has many relationships, the values of which are all the
        columns in the corresponding class, e.g., 

        list_search_exposes     => [
            qw/cdid artist title year/,
            { 'cd_to_producer' => [qw/cd producer/] },
            { 'tags' => [qw/tagid cd tag/] },
            { 'tracks' => [qw/trackid cd position title last_updated_on/] },
        ], # columns that can be searched on via list

CONTROLLERBASE
        Following the advice in L<Catalyst::Controller::DBIC::API/EXTENDING>, this module creates an
        intermediate class between your controllers and L<Catalyst::Controller::DBIC::API::REST>.
        It contains one method, create, which serializes object information and stores it in the stash,
        which is not the default behavior.

METHODS
  mk_compclass
    This is the meat of the helper. It writes the directory structure if it
    is not in place, API.pm, REST.pm, the controllerbase, and the result
    class controllers. It replaces $helper->{} values as it goes through,
    rendering the files for each.

AUTHOR
    Amiri Barksdale <amiri@metalabel.com>

SEE ALSO
LICENSE
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

