Class: Controller

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$children = array()

Array of child controllers

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$defaultName =

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$defaultView = NULL

Default View

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$id =

The name of this controller

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$onActivateListeners = array()

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$onDeActivateListeners = array()

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$parent =

Parent controller

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$viewMappings = array()

A list of view tokens and their corresponding view handles

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constructor Controller

Constructor

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method addChild

Add a child controller

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method addView

Add a single mapping

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method attachToParent

Part of the protocol whereby a controller is added to the tree of controllers

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method dispatchChild

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method dispatchEvents

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method forward

Dispatch execution to the controller identified by the virtualPath

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method getChild

Return an instance of the named child controller.

If the specified name does not exist, the default controller is returned

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method getRealPath

Given a virtual path through the controller heirarchy, return an URL to address that controller.

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method handleRequest

Receive the HTTP Request event and process it.

This involves delegating the handling of the request to the child controllers. The raw request may be passed down to the child controllers, or this method may trigger more fine grained events which handle the request. The child controllers cooporate in handling the event by building a ResponseModel. The ResponseModel is then rendered by a view to produce an HTTP response for the incoming HTTP request.

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method hasChild

Does this controller have an immediate child of the specified name?

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method registerOnActivateListener

register a listener to receive activation events

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method registerOnDeActivateListener

register a listener to receive activation events

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method setDefaultChild

Specify the default child controller by name

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method setDefaultView

Register a View object handle with the Controller

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method start

Begin the process of handling the current PHP request This method may only be called on the root controller of a tree of controllers.

(Page controller or Front controller)

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method triggerEvent

Broadcast an event to listeners

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method _appendDispatchInfo

Utility method used in getRealPath

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method _buildRealPath

Recursive utility method used in getRealPath

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method _getDispatchName

Given a request object, determine the name of the child component to dispatch the request to.