[TYPO3-ect] lib/div: some common initialization before any action

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Alexey Boriskin wrote: on 23.03.2007 19:26:

> I am writing an extension based on lib/div framework. It's a pleasure :)
> But I have a feature request.
> I need to create some commonly used objects, for example, object that
> manage user rights which should be accessible in any action of my
> conroller. I cannot extend constuctor of controller because my 'rights'
> object want to use configurations sub-object of a controller, but it is
> not yet created.
> 
> So, my proposal is to define a method of tx_lib_controller, that should
> be called before any action.
> 
> @@ -191,9 +191,17 @@
>          $controller = tx_div::makeInstance($controllerName);
>          $controller->parameters = $parameters;
>          $controller->configurations = $configurations;
> +        $controller->init();
>          return $controller->$action();
>      }

Elmar, the problem with the full "object orientation" is not possible
with "t3lib_div::makeInstance", since you cannot pass the newly created
object any parameters. This is why you sometimes need some kind of
"post-constructor" so that you can process parameters needed for proper
initiation of your new object. Stuff like:

          $controller->parameters = $parameters;
          $controller->configurations = $configurations;

to me are candidates for passing to the constructor.

It would be nice to separate the creation of the object from its later
use (main()). Having a init() after setting every needed stuff seems to
be a pragmatic way of doing that, while keeping the current
makeInstance() usage.

Cheers,
Ernesto