# Copyright 2001, 2002 Benjamin Trott. This code cannot be redistributed without
# permission from www.movabletype.org.
#
# $Id: Request.pm,v 1.2 2002/02/01 00:36:34 btrott Exp $

package MT::Request;
use strict;

use MT::ErrorHandler;
@MT::Request::ISA = qw( MT::ErrorHandler );

use vars qw( $r );
sub instance {
    return $r if $r;
    $r = __PACKAGE__->new;
}

sub new {
    my $req = bless { __stash => { } }, $_[0];
    $req;
}

sub stash {
    my $req = shift;
    my $key = shift;
    $req->{__stash}->{$key} = shift if @_;
    $req->{__stash}->{$key};
}
*cache = \&stash;

1;
__END__

=head1 NAME

MT::Request - Movable Type request cache

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use MT::Request;
    my $r = MT::Request->instance;
    $r->cache('foo', $foo);

    ## Later and elsewhere...
    my $foo = $r->cache('foo');

=head1 DESCRIPTION

I<MT::Request> is a very simple singleton object which lasts only for one
particular request to the application, and thus can be used for caching data
that you would like to disappear after the application request exists (and not
for the lifetime of the application).

=head1 USAGE

=head2 MT::Request->instance

Returns the I<MT::Request> singleton.

=head2 $r->cache($key [, $value ])

Given a key I<$key>, returns the cached value of the key in the cache held by
the object I<$r>. Given a value I<$value> and a key I<$key>, sets the value of
the key I<$key> in the cache. I<$value> can be a simple scalar, a reference,
an object, etc.

=head1 AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT

Please see the I<MT> manpage for author, copyright, and license information.

=cut