sub uri_for {
    my ( $c, $path, @args ) = @_;
    my $base     = $c->request->base->clone;
    my $basepath = $base->path;
    $basepath =~ s/\/$//;
    $basepath .= '/';
    my $namespace = $c->namespace || '';

    if ( Scalar::Util::blessed($path) ) { # action object
        my $captures = ( scalar @args && ref $args[0] eq 'ARRAY'
                         ? shift(@args)
                         : [] );
        $path = $c->dispatcher->uri_for_action($path, $captures);
        return undef unless defined($path);
        $path = '/' if $path eq '';
    }

    # massage namespace, empty if absolute path
    $namespace =~ s/^\/// if $namespace;
    $namespace .= '/' if $namespace;
    $path ||= '';
    $namespace = '' if $path =~ /^\//;
    $path =~ s/^\///;

    my $params =
      ( scalar @args && ref $args[$#args] eq 'HASH' ? pop @args : {} );

    for my $value ( values %$params ) {
        next unless defined $value;
        for ( ref $value eq 'ARRAY' ? @$value : $value ) {
            $_ = "$_";
            utf8::encode( $_ );
        }
    };
    
    # join args with '/', or a blank string
    my $args = ( scalar @args ? '/' . join( '/', @args ) : '' );
    $args =~ s/^\/// unless $path;
    my $res =
      URI->new_abs( URI->new_abs( "$path$args", "$basepath$namespace" ), $base )
      ->canonical;
    $res->query_form(%$params);
    $res;
}