I have seen a discussion about this a while ago, it looks like having
a baseController from which other's could be derived... Also remind me
the "mini controller" of AD7Six
On Sep 2, 6:13 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure, it does sound a little convoluted... I'll try again!
>
> for example:
>
> class ExampleController extends AppController {
> var $actsAs = array('SomeComponent');
>
> }
>
> class SomeComponent extends Component {
> public function someAction() {
>
> }
>
> }
>
> What I want to be able to do is have the url
> (controller=>ExampleController, action=SomeAction) result in the
> SomeAction member of the component being called as an action. Of
> course I could just write: function someAction() { return
> $this->SomeComponent->someAction()); } lots of times in my controller (for
>
> all the actions), but it would be nice not to have to do all that
> typing.
>
> Essentially I view it working the same way as ModelBehaviours, the way
> you can call $model->functionInBehaviour() directly. The change would
> probably have to go in the dispatcher though, rather than the
> controller.
>
> Right now I am achieving the effect through the rather in-elegant, and
> potentially dangerous:
> class SomeComponent extends Component {
> function startup(&$controller) {
> $action = $controller->params['action'];
> if method_exists($this,$action) {
> $this->$action();
> }
> }
> function someAction() {
> ... do some stuff which results in a $this->controller->redirect,
> renderAction or such like, ie completely fulfills an action ...
> }
>
> }
>
> It's certainly an enhancement, but I think the design might need some
> discussion before it's worth submitting/rejecting as an enhancement.
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