Routing

Routing

Decision

The routers along the lines suggested by Niels and Hannes (with possible additions from the Framework’s router) are used as a base. The menu system is used to generate custom route patterns for specific sites. The route must still run through JComponentHelper. For REST we can support “best practice” URLs using the same router.

Reason

The approach provides ability for auto­generating route patterns, but allow for customization. Best practice RESTful URLs come out of the box. A router.php will no longer be needed in components.

As there are going to be multiple MVC systems used within 3rd party components the routing must be independent of the MVC layer. JComponentHelper is therefore used to “dispatch” components in the CMS and therefore all routing should call the component helper.

References

• Router PoC
• Hannes' router
• Framework router