/**
* Call a given route and return the route's response.
*
* @return Response
*/
public function call()
{
// Since "before" filters can halt the request cycle, we will return
// any response from the before filters. Allowing filters to halt the
// request cycle makes tasks like authorization convenient.
//
// The route is responsible for running the global filters, and any
// filters defined on the route itself. Since all incoming requests
// come through a route (either defined or ad-hoc), it makes sense
// to let the route handle the global filters. If the route uses
// a controller, the controller will only call its own filters.
$before = array_merge(array('before'), $this->filters('before'));
$response = Filter::run($before, array(), true);
if (is_null($response) and !is_null($response = $this->response())) {
if ($response instanceof Delegate) {
$response = Controller::call($response->destination, $this->parameters);
}
}
if (!$response instanceof Response) {
$response = new Response($response);
}
// Stringify the response. We need to force the response to be
// stringed before closing the session, since the developer may
// be using the session within their views, so we cannot age
// the session data until the view is rendered.
$response->content = $response->render();
$filters = array_merge($this->filters('after'), array('after'));
Filter::run($filters, array($response));
return $response;
}
/**
* Execute a controller method with the given parameters.
*
* @param string $method
* @param array $parameters
* @return Response
*/
public function execute($method, $parameters = array())
{
// Again, as was the case with route closures, if the controller
// "before" filters return a response, it will be considered the
// response to the request and the controller method will not be
// used to handle the request to the application.
$response = Filter::run($this->filters('before', $method), array(), true);
if (is_null($response)) {
// The developer may mark the controller as being "RESTful" which
// indicates that the controller actions are prefixed with the
// HTTP verb they respond to rather than the word "action".
if ($this->restful) {
$action = strtolower(Request::method()) . '_' . $method;
} else {
$action = "action_{$method}";
}
$response = call_user_func_array(array($this, $action), $parameters);
// If the controller has specified a layout view. The response
// returned by the controller method will be bound to that view
// and the layout will be considered the response.
if (is_null($response) and !is_null($this->layout)) {
$response = $this->layout;
}
}
if (!$response instanceof Response) {
$response = new Response($response);
}
// Stringify the response. We need to force the response to be
// stringed before closing the session, since the developer may
// be using the session within their views, so we cannot age
// the session data until the view is rendered.
$response->content = $response->render();
Filter::run($this->filters('after', $method), array($response));
return $response;
}
