On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:08 , Jeff Surgeson wrote:
>>> Typo also exists in make-vendor add & search files under
>>> Vendor_Controller_Model_View
>>
>> Fixed & committed. I grepped the rest of the codebase, too, and
>> found
>> nothing else. Thanks for the report, and sorry for the trouble.
>
> No trouble at all :D
>
> If you have the time please explain the logic and or necessity
> behind having a
> Solar_Controller_Page and Solar_Controller_Model which extends _Page
Sure thing. :-)
First of all, Vendor_Controller_Page extends Solar_Controller_Page so
you have an interception point for your own base layouts, views, and
common action methods. It used to be that a Vendor_App would extend
Solar_App_Base, but it makes more sense for a Vendor_App to extend its
own Vendor_Controller_Page as a base.
Next is Vendor_Controller_Model. It used to be that `make-app --
model` would make a new class for you with all the necessary code
inside that class. However, when you make multiple apps that all
contain the same code, you end up with a lot of duplication. It makes
more sense, then, to create a base class for model-based apps to
descend from, and extend it instead, overriding whatever methods need
customizing. That's what Vendor_Controller_Model is: a page-
controller with all the necessary baseline action methods and views
for a Vendor to customize as needed, reducing duplication of code.
Hope that all makes sense; please let me know if it helps or not.
--
Paul M. Jones
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