[Catalyst] Auth::CDBI enhancements

[Michael Reece]

One thing about putting user in req->{user} --

I found that, at least under mod_perl, the user object was being cached by
CDBI because of this reference.

I had to put a call to clear_object_index in my !begin action..

    $self->comp('MyApp::M::CDBI')->clear_object_index();

There may be another way to avoid this problem, but I went with that and it
did the trick ..

On 4/12/05 2:23 PM, "Andy Grundman" <andy at hybridized.org> wrote:

>>> In Cat4, C::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI sets $c->request->{user} to the
>>> username, rather than the user object ( from $user_class->search(..)
>>> ).  I
>>> found that to be ultimately useless, and changed it put the user
>>> object in
>>> there instead, so my templates can make use of the user's preferences and
>>> other bits from their db record.  Anything in the Authentication, such as
>>> that, changing in Cat5?
>> 
>> 
>> Don't take the the plugins i write as the one way to go, Catalyst is a
>> component system, so they are mostly just examples, showing whats possible.
>> Everybody is not just free to subclass and extend them, everybody is
>> encouraged to do so! ;)
> 
> Putting the user object in req->{user} is a good idea, and I also think
> my hashed password support patch is a good idea. ;)  My question to
> everyone is: does it make sense for everyone to release their own
> subclass modules or just improve yours to make it better?  I would bet
> new folks will try out the more "standard" plugins (i.e. the ones with
> your name on them) before trying other people's, so they might miss some
> functionality.  I say we should add these enhancements to your plugin. :)
> 
> --
> Andy Grundman
>