Access checks should be handled by the controller/model- not the view. Depending on your situation (and I haven't used Catalyst), you might be able to move certain restricted actions to specific urls (i.e. /$role/$action) and have an "authentication-controller" catch all unauthorized acces, edit: before referring to the "actual" controller.

I don't recommend binding views to roles directly, since I at least tend to end up using re-using views for different actions, and the actions that take place before showing the view should determine the type of access.

update: also, this makes views simpler, which is a good thing.

Joost.

---

---

• Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
• Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:

  <code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>

• Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
• Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.