NAME

RPC::ExtDirect::API::Action - Ext.Direct Action object

DESCRIPTION

This package implements an Ext.Direct Action object that holds Action's properties, and a set of Methods. You can subclass this package to change its behavior.

This document does not provide an overview of an Action. For that information, see "ACTIONS AND METHODS" in RPC::ExtDirect::API.

ACTION OBJECT INTERFACE

RPC::ExtDirect::API::Action provides several public methods:

"HOOK_TYPES": Class/instance method. Returns the list of supported hook types. See "HOOKS" in RPC::ExtDirect for more information.
"new": Constructor. Returns a new RPC::ExtDirect::API::Action object. Accepts named arguments in a hash.
Parameters:

"config": A RPC::ExtDirect::Config instance to be used with this Action.
This parameter is mandatory.
"action": The name for this Action.
This parameter is mandatory.
"package": The package this Action represents, and which this Action's Methods belong to.
This parameter is mandatory.
"methods": An arrayref of RPC::ExtDirect::API::Method instances to be added to this Action, or "new" in RPC::ExtDirect::API::Method parameters for the new Methods to be instantiated and added to the Action.
"before|instead|after": A RPC::ExtDirect::API::Hook definitions to be set in the corresponding slot for this Action.

"merge": Instance method. Add Methods from a passed Action instance to this Action object. Accepts one ordered argument, the Action to copy Methods from.
"methods": Instance method. Return the list of names for the Methods in this Action.
"remoting_methods": Instance method. Return the list of names for the remoting Methods in this Action (see Remoting API).
"polling_methods": Instance method. Return the list of names for the polling Methods in this Action (see Polling API).
"remoting_api": Instance method. Return the list of API definitions for this Action's Methods. See "get_api_definition" in RPC::ExtDirect::API::Method.
"has_pollHandlers": Instance method. Return true if this Action has at least one Poll Handler method.
"add_method": Instance method. Add a Method object to this Action, or create a new Method object, and add it. Accepts one ordered argument, an RPC::ExtDirect::API::Method instance or a hashref of "new" in RPC::ExtDirect::API::Method parameters.
"method": Instance method. Return the corresponding Method object by its name. Accepts one ordered argument: Method name.

ACCESSOR METHODS

For RPC::ExtDirect::API::Action, the following accessor methods are provided:

"config": Return the RPC::ExtDirect::Config instance assigned to this Action object.
"name": Return this Action's name.
"package": Return this Action's package.
"before|instead|after": Return the Hook object for the corresponding hook slot assigned to this Action.