I am working on a CMS project and would like to extend how routing
works, however I have not done such deep magic in the past.
Specifically I would like to map the /*path/ glob to a function that
will return the controller, action and id based on a database lookup.
I have it working now, but I am using render_component to get it to
work.
Any thoughts?
The current routing table:
ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
map.connect '':controller/service.wsdl'', :action =>
''wsdl''
map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
map.connect ''*path'', :controller =>
''application'', :action =>
''parse_path''
end
The current application controller:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
model :domain
attr_writer :root_node
attr_reader :root_node
before_filter { |c| c.root_node = Domain.find_by_name(c.request.host)
if c.root_node.nil? }
def parse_path
# Set the current object to the root node for the current domain
obj = root_node
# Set the default action to index
action = ''render_node''
# Loop through each path element
for path_item in params[:path]
# Find the new path element in the children of the current node
new_obj = obj.children.find_by_name(path_item)
# If the new path element is not found
if new_obj.nil?
# Then set the current path element to the action
action = path_item
# and exit the loop
break
end
# Make the child the current node
obj = new_obj
end
@obj = obj
logger.info( "obj: " + @obj.to_s )
node_controller = obj.class.to_s.underscore
logger.info( "node controller :" + node_controller )
# Render the node and action
render_component :controller => node_controller,
:action => action, :id => obj.id,
:obj => obj, :params => params
end
end
While it is not pretty and I fear will not scale real well, it works.
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On 10/12/06, Jeffrey Hulten <jhulten-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > I am working on a CMS project and would like to extend how routing > works, however I have not done such deep magic in the past. > Specifically I would like to map the /*path/ glob to a function that > will return the controller, action and id based on a database lookup. > I have it working now, but I am using render_component to get it to > work. > > Any thoughts? >I had a look at Radiant CMS recently and was somewhat disappointed about the way they implemented everything. They just had to rewrite most of the parts concerning template and layout rendering. They even have their own "controllers" (which they call behaviours). I think it''s a reasonable solution on its own, but there isn''t much to borrow if you want to build some small and cute CMS. Anyway, take a look at Radiant''s implementation. Maybe you''ll find some interesting points to start from. If you are really about to extend rails routing, take a look at Jamis Buck''s articles on it: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/2/under-the-hood-rails-routing-dsl http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/4/under-the-hood-route-recognition-in-rails --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 10/11/06, Jeffrey Hulten <jhulten-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I am working on a CMS project and would like to extend how routing > works, however I have not done such deep magic in the past. > Specifically I would like to map the /*path/ glob to a function that > will return the controller, action and id based on a database lookup. > I have it working now, but I am using render_component to get it to > work.That''s similar to what I''m doing in Mephisto, without the render_component overhead (I just call a dispatch_* action in the same controller). With page caching, the performance hit doesn''t really matter. -- Rick Olson http://weblog.techno-weenie.net http://mephistoblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---