Re: REST connect to component function?

Majna,

This is very helpful. I will have to re-read a few times, but very
helpful!

With such a RestController, it seems like I could then include the
component in AppController or other controllers for non-REST access.
My goal is to not duplicate simple functions like person and country
lookup/list.

Thanks,

Jim

On Jul 27, 12:13 pm, majna <majna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can't  route to component but you can crate proxy controller
> and use PHP's __call()  to re-route to component method .
> maybe like this:
>
> RestController:
> function rest($method) {
>     $this->{$method}();
>
> }
>
> public function __call($method, $arg) {
>     return call_user_func(array($this->Beer, $method));
>
> }
>
> RestComponent:
> public function test() {
>     debug($this->controller->params);
>
> }
>
> Url:  /rest/test/edit/23
> now you can use passed params in component,
> override controller's params like view, layout...
> and call controller->render
>
> On Jul 27, 6:33 pm, geste <jim.ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am trying to gather some common functions in a component I am
> > calling "Lookup".  This will house basic  functions like
> > "LookupUserLastFirst" (to produce lists of users sorted by last name
> > and first name).
>
> > Part of my purpose in doing this is to make some of these functions
> > available on a read-only basis to our CMS via REST.
>
> > I am looking at the 1.3 documentation for REST including custom REST
> > routing:
>
> >  http://book.cakephp.org/view/1240/Custom-REST-Routing
>
> > Is there a way to use custom routing to connect to functions in a
> > controller?  All of the examples seem to point to "controller/
> > action".  Do I need a stub controller that just includes the component
> > so I can do it that way, or is there a way to build a route like
> > "controller/component/function(action)" to call those directly?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Jim

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