/**
* Returns whether this is the main view.
*
* The main view is the view directly returned to the Application controller. It is important to
* know if a <code>View</code> is a main view so it knows whether it should for example
* implement pagination. In order to determine the main view, we test if we have are in the main
* module by comparing the module name of our controller to the module name of the app's page.
* If we are inside the main module, we use the <code>Controller::getFirstLoadedView()</code>
* method to return the view first loaded for this module. The main view is the first view
* loaded by this controller/module.
*
* @return boolean whether this is the main view
*/
protected function isMain()
{
if ($this->controller->getApp()->getPage()->getModule() === $this->module) {
$main = $this->controller->getFirstLoadedView();
if ($main[0] === $this->format && $main[1] === $this->name) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Returns a view for the format of this task.
*
* @param string $name the name of the view
* @return View the view
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if the view could not be loaded
*/
public function getView($name)
{
return $this->controller->getView($this->format, $name);
}
/**
* Returns another model from the same module by name.
*
* This method calls the controller to load the model.
*
* @param string $name the name of the model
* @return Model the loaded model
*/
protected function getModel($name)
{
return $this->controller->getModel($name);
}
