Catalyst Actions

Subroutine Attributes

:Local - Matches a URL beginning with the current controller namespace and action name.
:Global - Matches a URL beginning with the action name.
:Args(N) - Limits the number of path elements that can be present after the matched URL prefix. No :Args implies “varargs”.
:Path(PATH) - Matches a URL beginning with the current controller namespace and PATH. The namespace is ignored if PATH has a leading slash.
:Path - Matches a URL beginning with the current controller namespace.
:Regex(RE) - Matches a URL that matches RE. The controller namespace is not considered! You may want to use ^ with this.
:LocalRegex(RE) - Matches a URL beginning with the current controller namespace and a path that matches RE.
:Chained - Used for building action chains. See http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Catalyst%3A%3ADispatchType%3A%3AChained
:Private - Never used for matching URLs, but you can still use these with $c→forward and friends.

default :Path - Called when no other action matches.
begin :Private - Called before matching actions are called.
end :Private - Called after matching actions are called.
auto :Private - Called after begin actions; multiple auto actions can be defined.