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Class ControllerTestDispatcher

ControllerTestDispatcher class

Dispatcher
Extended by ControllerTestDispatcher
Package: Cake\TestSuite
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php

Properties summary

  • $loadRoutes public
    boolean
    Use custom routes during tests
  • $testController public
    Controller
    The controller to use in the dispatch process

Method Summary

  • _getController() public
    Returns the test controller
  • _loadRoutes() protected
    Loads routes and resets if the test case dictates it should

Method Detail

_getController() public ¶

_getController( CakeRequest $request , CakeResponse $response )

Returns the test controller

Parameters
CakeRequest $request
Request object
CakeResponse $response
Response for the controller.
Returns
Controller
Overrides
Dispatcher::_getController()

_loadRoutes() protected ¶

_loadRoutes( )

Loads routes and resets if the test case dictates it should

Overrides
Dispatcher::_loadRoutes()

Methods inherited from Dispatcher

__construct() public ¶

__construct( string $base = false )

Constructor.

Parameters
string $base optional false
The base directory for the application. Writes App.base to Configure.

_deliverAsset() protected ¶

_deliverAsset( CakeResponse $response , string $assetFile , string $ext )

Sends an asset file to the client

Parameters
CakeResponse $response
The response object to use.
string $assetFile
Path to the asset file in the file system
string $ext
The extension of the file to determine its mime type

_invoke() protected ¶

_invoke( Controller $controller , CakeRequest $request , CakeResponse $response )

Initializes the components and models a controller will be using. Triggers the controller action, and invokes the rendering if Controller::$autoRender is true and echo's the output. Otherwise the return value of the controller action are returned.

Parameters
Controller $controller
Controller to invoke
CakeRequest $request
The request object to invoke the controller for.
CakeResponse $response
The response object to receive the output

_loadController() protected ¶

_loadController( CakeRequest $request )

Load controller and return controller classname

Parameters
CakeRequest $request
Returns
string|boolean
Name of controller class name

asset() public ¶

asset( string $url , CakeResponse $response )

Checks if a requested asset exists and sends it to the browser

Parameters
string $url
Requested URL
CakeResponse $response
The response object to put the file contents in.
Returns
boolean
True on success if the asset file was found and sent

cached() public ¶

cached( string $path )

Outputs cached dispatch view cache

Parameters
string $path
Requested URL path with any query string parameters
Returns
string|boolean
False if is not cached or output

dispatch() public ¶

dispatch( CakeRequest $request , CakeResponse $response , array $additionalParams = array() )

Dispatches and invokes given Request, handing over control to the involved controller. If the controller is set to autoRender, via Controller::$autoRender, then Dispatcher will render the view.

Actions in CakePHP can be any public method on a controller, that is not declared in Controller. If you want controller methods to be public and in-accessible by URL, then prefix them with a _. For example public function _loadPosts() { } would not be accessible via URL. Private and protected methods are also not accessible via URL.

If no controller of given name can be found, invoke() will throw an exception. If the controller is found, and the action is not found an exception will be thrown.

Parameters
CakeRequest $request
Request object to dispatch.
CakeResponse $response
Response object to put the results of the dispatch into.
array $additionalParams optional array()
Settings array ("bare", "return") which is melded with the GET and POST params
Returns
boolean
Success
Throws
MissingControllerException,

MissingActionException, PrivateActionException if any of those error states are encountered.


parseParams() public ¶

parseParams( CakeRequest $request , array $additionalParams = array() )

Applies Routing and additionalParameters to the request to be dispatched. If Routes have not been loaded they will be loaded, and app/Config/routes.php will be run.

Parameters
CakeRequest $request
CakeRequest object to mine for parameter information.
array $additionalParams optional array()

An array of additional parameters to set to the request. Useful when Object::requestAction() is involved

Returns
CakeRequest
The request object with routing params set.

Properties detail

$loadRoutes ¶

public boolean

Use custom routes during tests

true

$testController ¶

public Controller

The controller to use in the dispatch process

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