>>>>> "Steve" == Steve <st...@matsch.com> writes:
Steve> Hi all,
Steve> I have a question regarding controller refactoring, and whether
subclassing
Steve> (or adding a Moose role) would be a good idea for a particular
application.
Steve> The application creates 6 different types of invoices, each
representing a
Steve> particular type of service. Currently, I have a controller for each
that
Steve> handles the various steps that must be taken to produce and
ultimately send
Steve> these invoices. ALL OF THESE CONTROLLERS HAVE THE SAME ACTIONS, and
most of
Steve> the same logic, which to me says I should refactor these
controllers...I
Steve> just don't know how, and also whether the benefit is worth the work.
Almost
Steve> certainly it would not be worth it in and of itself, however I might
want to
Steve> write another application someday where knowing this would certainly
be
Steve> useful :)
Steve> So IF this seems reasonable, and my controllers are 'FOOcontrol',
Steve> BARcontrol', 'BAZcontrol', and my actions are 'initialize',
'upload_data',
Steve> process', 'generate_invoices'...etc., what is a good way to stay
DRY? In
Steve> particular I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around how the
URI's
Steve> would be handled.
If the actions aren't private, you want to create a base controller to
preserve the URI paths and keep them consistent across the several
inheriting controllers. If not, move the methods into a model and use
delegation.
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