How to get the Catalyst Context object

Sewi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear monks,

I need to access the current context object for a catalyst request outside of the controller and without passing it from the controller.

A typical catalyst controller:

    sub index :Path :Args(0) {
        my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
    
        # Hello World
        $c->response->body( $c->welcome_message );
    }
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How to get $c in other modules without explicit passing it?

My current solution is setting a global variable in my root controller...

package MyApp::Controller::Root;

our $C;

sub auto :Private {
        my ($self, $c) = @_;
        $C = $c;
}
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...and accessing it as $MyApp::Controller::Root::C, but I'd prefer to use the "official" way and to be compatible with any Catalyst App without changing it.

Thank you.

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Re: How to get the Catalyst Context object by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Nov 08, 2015 at 02:04 UTC
I agree that it tends to be design smell to need it but sometimes it's just the most natural way to solve a problem. I've done it three times, I think, and ended up taking one back when I realized my design error. This is the current best way to do it: Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute. `# Moose extends etc with "Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute"; sub somesub { my $self = shift; my $ctx = $self->_application; }` [download] It ~~handled~~ handles the weakening properly and with the leading underscore emphasizes the private/dangerous nature of its usage.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to get the Catalyst Context object by Anonymous Monk on Nov 07, 2015 at 07:54 UTC
How to get $c in other modules without explicit passing it? Pass it only controller should have access to the context, that is a design goal if something other than controller depends context, its a design mistake (tight coupling)	[reply]
Re: How to get the Catalyst Context object by Anonymous Monk on Nov 07, 2015 at 07:58 UTC
My current solution is setting a global variable in my root controller... but I'd prefer to use the "official" way and to be compatible with any Catalyst App without changing it. site:catalystframework.org context -> Application-wide access to the context ($c) for the impatient .. stuff $c in a localized global ... Caveats `package MyApp; use Catalyst; our $__ACTIVE_CTX = undef; sub ctx { $__ACTIVE_CTX } around 'dispatch' => sub { my ($orig, $c, @args) = @_; local $__ACTIVE_CTX = $c; $c->$orig(@args) };` [download]	[reply] [d/l]