Hey Balint,
Unless I misunderstand something important,
http://github.com/snusnu/merb_resource_controller/tree/master may well
be an option?
It basically knows how to CRUD under different nesting strategies
(i.e. /recommendations vs. /users/1/recommendations).
It will always load your resource properly scoped (i.e.
Recommendation.all vs. @user.recommendations), without any before
filter abusing.
It will also setup all the instance variables you would expect to find
for use in your views (i.e. @recommendations vs. @user AND
@recommendations)
You would use it like so:
class Application < Merb::Controller
extend Merb::ResourceController::Mixin::ClassMethods
end
class Users < Application
controlling :users
end
class Recommendations < Application
controlling :recommendations do |r|
r.belongs_to :user
end
end
Maybe this helps? Let me know if anything doesn't work the way you
expect, if you try it out. Also don't be afraid to dive into the code,
read it (and the specs), fork it, throw it away, whatever ... It
currently does a nice job for me! Let's make it better by using it
more :-)
That said, I'm all for Justin's suggestions to separate the
controllers when needed! If the only thing is avoiding nasty
conditionals for scoping queries and redirecting though, this may be a
reasonably easy alternative ...
cheers
snusnu
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Justin Reagor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 1:47 PM, baaz wrote:
>
> Clearly, the data I should show in these two cases is different, so
> the controller code should handle this somehow.
> The "create" action in the controller is even messier, redirecting to
> different URLs depending on where we came from, etc. These dual-duty
> controllers will be bloated and not nice.
>
> I think you nailed it on the head yourself, sounds like two different
> resources to me. Regardless of what the data model looks like on the back
> end, the exposed resources through the public API are probably going to need
> separate controllers.
> Unless I'm misinterpreting what your trying to achieve here.
> :: Justin Reagor
> :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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