# Add a record to the join table for this book, mapping to # appropriate author $book->add_to_book_authors({author_id => $author_id}); # Note: Above is a shortcut for this: # $book->create_related('book_authors', {author_id => $author_id}); # Assign the Book object to the stash for display in the view $c->stash->{book} = $book; #### sub list : Local { # Retrieve the usual Perl OO '$self' for this object. $c is the Catalyst # 'Context' that's used to 'glue together' the various components # that make up the application my ($self, $c) = @_; # Retrieve all of the book records as book model objects and store in the # stash where they can be accessed by the TT template $c->stash->{books} = [$c->model('DB::Books')->all]; # Set the TT template to use. You will almost always want to do this # in your action methods (action methods respond to user input in # your controllers). $c->stash->{template} = 'books/list.tt2'; }