In Mojolicious, you would probably want to pass that object around with a helper without creating a Mojolicious::Controller
out of it:
In your main class:
sub startup {
my $app = shift;
# ...
my $thing = Thing->new(foo => 42);
$app->helper(thing => sub {$thing});
}
In your controller:
sub cool_action {
my $c = shift;
# ...
my $foo = $c->thing->gimmeh_foo('bar');
# ...
}
However, if you would like to prepare something (e.g. databases) for some actions, maybe under is helpful for you:
To share code with multiple nested routes you can [...]
PS: This feature of Mojolicious was previously named Bridges. Answer updated accordingly.