[TYPO3-mvc] RFC: Extensible Controllers

[Mathias Gisch]

Hi Sebastian,

now I got it ;-) My proposed solution would not work, as it would  
always try to call the action in the ablogextension instead of the new  
editposts-extension.


Best,

	Mathias



> Hi Sebastian,
>
> I am not sure, but would'nt you reach the same result by adding the
> new actions to the TypoScript-Template under tt_content.list.20.
> {$EXTKEY}.switchableControllerActions in your  
> ext_typoscript_setup.txt?
>
>
> Best, Mathias
>
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Currently the controllers define their actions through dedicated
>> functions: indexAction(), showAction(), editAction() etc. Now if you
>> want to add actions from "outside" the only possibility is XCLASSING
>> the
>> controller.
>>
>> It would be great if there was a cleaner way for extending
>> controllers.
>>
>> Here's an example with my proposal:
>> In a blog extension ('ablogextension') there's a controller Post with
>> the actions index and show und compose (therefore it has the  
>> functions
>> indexAction(), showAction() and composeAction() ).
>>
>> Now there's a second extension ('editposts') that wants to add  
>> actions
>> to the Post Controller.
>>
>> In the ext_localconf.php of the new extension:
>>
>> $foreignExtKey = 'ablogextension';
>> Tx_Extbase_Utility_Plugin::addForeignAction(
>> 	$_EXTKEY,
>> 	$foreignExtKey,
>> 	'Post'
>> 	'Tx_Editposts_Controller_Post'
>> )
>>
>> Now if an action is called which is not available in the original  
>> Post
>> controller then Extbase looks up Tx_Editposts_Controller_Post. It
>> could
>> contain an editAction() for example. It also contains the Fluid
>> template
>> for that new action.
>>
>> The advantage to XCLASS is of course that a controller can be  
>> extended
>> multiple times and add different actions every time.
>>
>> I hope you get the point - what do you think?
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