NAME

Catalyst::Model::Handel::Cart - Base class for Handel cart classes

SYNOPSIS

    package MyApp::Model::Cart;
    use strict;
    use warnings;
    
    BEGIN {
        use base qw/Catalyst::Model::Handel::Cart/;
    };
    
    __PACKAGE__->config(
        connection_info => ['dbi:mysql:localhost', 'user', 'pass']
    );
    
    # in your cat constrollers
    my $cart = $c->model('Cart')->create({
        name => 'My Cart'
    });

DESCRIPTION

Catalyst::Model::Handel::Cart is the base class for all Handel cart related models in a Catalyst application. It takes care of loading the specified cart class and configuring it based on any configuration options set in the model class or application config file.

CONFIGURATION

You can configure your model in one of two ways. First, you can set options within your model class itself:

    package MyApp::Model::Cart;
    use strict;
    use warnings;
    
    BEGIN {
        use base qw/Catalyst::Model::Handel::Cart/;
    };
    
    __PACKAGE__->config(
        connection_info => ['dbi:mysql:localhost', 'user', 'pass']
    );

You can also specify configuration on your application config file:

    Model::Cart:
      connection_info:
        - dbi:mysql:localhost
        - user
        - pass

All connection options are passed into the current cart classes storage object. See Handel::Storage and Handel::Storage::DBIC for the available configuration options.

If no cart_class is specified, Handel::Cart will be used by default.

METHODS

Once loaded, all method requests to this model are forwarded to the specified cart class.

COMPONENT

See Catalyst::Component for more information.

new

This is a placeholder to forward calls to new to the cart manager (should it actually have it's own new method) rather than exposing new from Catalyst::Component.

SEE ALSO

Handel::Cart, Handel::Storage, Handel::Storage::DBIC

AUTHOR

    Christopher H. Laco
    CPAN ID: CLACO
    claco@chrislaco.com
    http://today.icantfocus.com/blog/