public function dispatch(__IRequest &$request, __IResponse &$response)
{
//set the current request and response:
$this->_request =& $request;
$this->_response =& $response;
//dispatch the request:
if ($request->hasFilterChain()) {
$filter_chain = $request->getFilterChain();
$filter_chain->reset();
$filter_chain->setFrontControllerCallback($this, 'processRequest');
$filter_chain->execute($request, $response);
} else {
$this->processRequest($request, $response);
}
}
