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Allow modificators to access controller #701

Closed miguelavaqrod closed 5 years ago

miguelavaqrod commented 5 years ago

If available, the controller is passed to the modificator, so you can access its properties or set another ones depending on needs

petersirka commented 5 years ago

It's not good idea because view can be compiled in VIEW() method (outside of controller), etc.. I don't see any sense for it. Why do you need it?

miguelavaqrod commented 5 years ago

Let me indicate an example:

Imagine you want to alter default layout.html file without touching it and, maybe... you need different code based on language.

You create, for example, a module with this code:

/ QUICK AND DIRTY / F.modify(function(type, filename, body, controller){ if(type === 'view' && filename.indexOf(F.config.default_layout + '.html') > -1){ var sample = 'HI'; if(controller && controller.language === 'es') sample = 'HOLA'; return body.replace('', sample + ''); }else{ return body; } });

It is a silly example... I use it to insert javascript code based on parameters like language, user login, ... There is no need to touch layout.html (in this case) so you can create self-contained modules (or similar) that modifies view contents on the fly.

You can always use modificators as usual just ignoring controller parameter on the corresponding function.

Hope it helps!