[Catalyst] Serving static content

[Chisel Wright]

I'm a tad confused about some different behaviour between ap_server.pl
and app_test.pl.

I have a tiny app with a comtroller Static.pm, containing a default
method and a begin method:

sub default : Private {
  my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
  unless ($c->serve_static) {
    $c->res->output('static content not found');
  }
}

sub begin : Private {
  my ($self, $c) =  @_;
  # do nothing - this just stops us hitting Cycling->begin()
}

If I do:
 ./script/app_test.pl http://ferrari:3000/static/bikelogo.jpg

I get an action tree like:


I get an action tree like:
.=-------------------
| Action            
|=-----------------
| /static/begin   
| /static/default 
| /end               
'=------------------


However, if I run:
 ./script/app_server.pl
and point my browser at http://ferrari:3000/static/bikelogo.jpg I get an
action tree like:

:
 ./script/app_server.pl
and point my browser at http://ferrari:3000/static/bikelogo.jpg I get an
action tree like:

.=------------------------------------------
| Action                                   
|=----------------------------------------
| /static/begin                          
| /static/default                       
| -> /statistic/list_statistics        
| -> /statistic/list                  
| -> Cycling::V::TT->process         
| /end                              
'=---------------------------------


Can anyone suggest a reason why the server would want to call
/statistic/list_statistics and /statistic/list and
Cycling::V::TT->process while the test script doesn't?


It might be relevant, my App.pm has the following end() function,
although I don't quite understand why the two methods behave
differently.

sub end : Private {
  my ($self, $c) = @_;

  unless ($c->stash->{'template'} || $c->res->output) {
    $c->forward('/statistic/list');
  }
  unless ($c->res->body) {
    $c->forward('Cycling::V::TT');
  }

  # fill in any forms
  $c->fillform( $c->stash->{'form_values'} )
    if (exists $c->stash->{'form_values'});

  # sometimes suicide is requested
  die if $c->req->params->{'die'};
}



Chisel
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