File: controllers/view_controller.js
/*
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
//dependencies
var async = require('async');
module.exports = function ViewControllerModule(pb) {
var util = pb.util;
var BaseController = pb.BaseController;
/**
*
* @class View Controller
* @constructor
* @extends BaseController
*/
function ViewController(){}
util.inherits(ViewController, BaseController);
/**
* Returns the path to the view template. Must be implemented by the
* extending controller prototype.
* @method getView
* @return {String}
*/
ViewController.prototype.getView = function() {
throw new Error('getView must be overriden by the extending controller prototype');
};
/**
* Called before the controller attempts to render the view
* @method beforeTemplateLoad
* @param {Function} cb
*/
ViewController.prototype.beforeTemplateLoad = function(cb) {
cb(/*no-op*/);
};
/**
* Returns the path to the view template. Must be implemented by the
* extending controller prototype.
* @method render
* @param {String} view
*/
ViewController.prototype.render = function(view, cb) {
if (util.isFunction(view)) {
cb = view;
view = null;
}
var self = this;
var tasks = [
//call custom pre-load task
util.wrapTask(this, this.beforeTemplateLoad),
//load the template
function(callback) {
self.loadTemplate(view, callback);
}
];
async.series(tasks, function(err, results) {
//we know the load task will always be last so we retrieve the result for that task
self.onRenderComplete(err, results[tasks.length - 1], cb);
});
};
/**
* Loads the template with the view provided by the extending controller
* prototype implementation.
* @method loadTemplate
* @param {Function} cb
*/
ViewController.prototype.loadTemplate = function(view, cb) {
this.ts.load(view || this.getView(), cb);
};
/**
* Inspects the result of the controller's execution
* prototype implementation.
* @method onRenderComplete
* @param {Error} err
* @param {String} viewContent
* @param {Function} cb
*/
ViewController.prototype.onRenderComplete = function(err, viewContent, cb) {
if (util.isError(err)) {
return this.reqHandler.serveError(err);
}
//all ok send back what we rendered
cb({
content: viewContent
});
};
return ViewController;
};