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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In reply to How to get the Catalyst Context object by Sewi

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