1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perllib/Open311/Endpoint.pm b/perllib/Open311/Endpoint.pm
index 8a440e4ae..0abb52aab 100644
--- a/perllib/Open311/Endpoint.pm
+++ b/perllib/Open311/Endpoint.pm
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ and provide the necessary methods.
 
 =head1 SUBCLASSING
 
-See also t/open311/endpoint/Endpoint1.pm as an example.
+    package My::Open311::Endpoint;
+    use Web::Simple;
+    extends 'Open311::Endpoint';
+
+See also t/open311/endpoint/Endpoint1.pm and Endpoint2.pm as examples.
 
 =head2 methods to override
 
@@ -202,6 +206,11 @@ has schema => (
     },
 );
 
+sub learn_additional_types {
+    # my ($self, $rx) = @_;
+    ## no-op, but override in ::Role or implementation!
+}
+
 has spark => (
     is => 'lazy',
     default => sub {
@@ -232,6 +241,12 @@ has w3_dt => (
     default => sub { DateTime::Format::W3CDTF->new },
 );
 
+sub maybe_inflate_datetime {
+    my ($self, $dt) = @_;
+    return unless $dt;
+    return $self->w3_dt->parse_datetime($dt);
+}
+
 =head2 Dispatching
 
 The method dispatch_request returns a list of all the dispatcher routines