add some comments but I just released that we may not need controller's input field and we can bind directly via the targetStruct binder, next step is to implement that behavior

Former-commit-id: e2ed23e7c4f52237cf87148d9a85d01e89d479be

mvc2/controller.go

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/core/router/macro"
 )
 
+// BaseController is the controller interface,
+// which the main request `C` will implement automatically.
+// End-dev doesn't need to have any knowledge of this if she/he doesn't want to implement
+// a new Controller type.
+// Controller looks the whole flow as one handler, so `ctx.Next`
+// inside `BeginRequest` is not be respected.
+// Alternative way to check if a middleware was procceed successfully
+// and called its `ctx.Next` is the `ctx.Proceed(handler) bool`.
+// You have to navigate to the `context/context#Proceed` function's documentation.
 type BaseController interface {
 	BeginRequest(context.Context)
 	EndRequest(context.Context)
@@ -59,8 +68,9 @@ func (c *C) BeginRequest(ctx context.Context) { c.Ctx = ctx }
 // EndRequest does nothing, is here to complete the `BaseController` interface.
 func (c *C) EndRequest(ctx context.Context) {}
 
+// ControllerActivator returns a new controller type info description.
+// Its functionality can be overriden by the end-dev.
 type ControllerActivator struct {
-	Engine *Engine
 	// the router is used on the `Activate` and can be used by end-dev on the `OnActivate`
 	// to register any custom controller's functions as handlers but we will need it here
 	// in order to not create a new type like `ActivationPayload` for the `OnActivate`.
@@ -88,6 +98,14 @@ type ControllerActivator struct {
 }
 
 func newControllerActivator(router router.Party, controller BaseController, bindValues ...reflect.Value) *ControllerActivator {
+	var (
+		val = reflect.ValueOf(controller)
+		typ = val.Type()
+
+		// the full name of the controller, it's its type including the package path.
+		fullName = getNameOf(typ)
+	)
+
 	// the following will make sure that if
 	// the controller's has set-ed pointer struct fields by the end-dev
 	// we will include them to the bindings.
@@ -95,31 +113,37 @@ func newControllerActivator(router router.Party, controller BaseController, bind
 	// the end-developer when declaring the controller,
 	// activate listeners needs them in order to know if something set-ed already or not,
 	// look `BindTypeExists`.
-
+	bindValues = append(lookupNonZeroFieldsValues(val), bindValues...)
-	var (
-		val = reflect.ValueOf(controller)
-		typ = val.Type()
-
-		fullName = getNameOf(typ)
-	)
 
 	c := &ControllerActivator{
+		// give access to the Router to the end-devs if they need it for some reason,
+		// i.e register done handlers.
 		Router:   router,
 		Value:    val,
 		Type:     typ,
 		FullName: fullName,
+		// set some methods that end-dev cann't use accidentally
+		// to register a route via the `Handle`,
+		// all available exported and compatible methods
+		// are being appended to the slice at the `parseMethods`,
+		// if a new method is registered via `Handle` its function name
+		// is also appended to that slice.
 		reservedMethods: []string{
 			"BeginRequest",
 			"EndRequest",
 			"OnActivate",
 		},
-		input: append(lookupNonZeroFieldsValues(val), bindValues...),
+		// set the input as []reflect.Value in order to be able
+		// to check if a bind type is already exists, or even
+		// override the structBindings that are being generated later on.
+		input: bindValues,
 	}
 
 	c.parseMethods()
 	return c
 }
 
+// checks if a method is already registered.
 func (c *ControllerActivator) isReservedMethod(name string) bool {
 	for _, s := range c.reservedMethods {
 		if s == name {
@@ -130,8 +154,9 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) isReservedMethod(name string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// register all available, exported methods to handlers if possible.
 func (c *ControllerActivator) parseMethods() {
-	// register all available, exported methods to handlers if possible.
+
 	n := c.Type.NumMethod()
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		m := c.Type.Method(i)
@@ -184,49 +209,65 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) activate() {
 
 var emptyIn = []reflect.Value{}
 
-func (c *ControllerActivator) Handle(method, path, funcName string, middleware ...context.Handler) error {
+// Handle registers a route based on a http method, the route's path
+// and a function name that belongs to the controller, it accepts
+// a forth, optionally, variadic parameter which is the before handlers.
+//
+// Just like `APIBuilder`, it returns the `*router.Route`, if failed
+// then it logs the errors and it returns nil, you can check the errors
+// programmatically by the `APIBuilder#GetReporter`.
+func (c *ControllerActivator) Handle(method, path, funcName string, middleware ...context.Handler) *router.Route {
 	if method == "" || path == "" || funcName == "" ||
 		c.isReservedMethod(funcName) {
 		// isReservedMethod -> if it's already registered
 		// by a previous Handle or analyze methods internally.
-		return errSkip
+		return nil
 	}
 
+	// get the method from the controller type.
 	m, ok := c.Type.MethodByName(funcName)
 	if !ok {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("MVC: function '%s' doesn't exist inside the '%s' controller",
 			funcName, c.FullName)
 		c.Router.GetReporter().AddErr(err)
-		return err
+		return nil
 	}
 
+	// parse a route template which contains the parameters organised.
 	tmpl, err := macro.Parse(path, c.Router.Macros())
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("MVC: fail to parse the path for '%s.%s': %v", c.FullName, funcName, err)
 		c.Router.GetReporter().AddErr(err)
-		return err
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	// add this as a reserved method name in order to
 	// be sure that the same func will not be registered again, even if a custom .Handle later on.
 	c.reservedMethods = append(c.reservedMethods, funcName)
 
-	// fmt.Printf("===============%s.%s==============\n", c.FullName, funcName)
+	// get the function's input.
-
+	funcIn := getInputArgsFromFunc(m.Type)
-	funcIn := getInputArgsFromFunc(m.Type) // except the receiver, which is the controller pointer itself.
 
+	// get the path parameters bindings from the template,
+	// use the function's input except the receiver which is the
+	// end-dev's controller pointer.
 	pathParams := getPathParamsForInput(tmpl.Params, funcIn[1:]...)
+	// get the function's input arguments' bindings.
 	funcBindings := newTargetFunc(m.Func, pathParams...)
 
-	elemTyp := indirectTyp(c.Type) // the element value, not the pointer.
+	// the element value, not the pointer.
+	elemTyp := indirectTyp(c.Type)
 
+	// we will make use of 'n' to make a slice of reflect.Value
+	// to pass into if the function has input arguments that
+	// are will being filled by the funcBindings.
 	n := len(funcIn)
-
 	handler := func(ctx context.Context) {
 
 		// create a new controller instance of that type(>ptr).
 		ctrl := reflect.New(elemTyp)
-		b := ctrl.Interface().(BaseController) // the Interface(). is faster than MethodByName or pre-selected methods.
+		// the Interface(). is faster than MethodByName or pre-selected methods.
+		b := ctrl.Interface().(BaseController)
 		// init the request.
 		b.BeginRequest(ctx)
 
@@ -268,16 +309,20 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) Handle(method, path, funcName string, middleware .
 
 		}
 
-		// end the request, don't check for stopped because this does the actual writing
+		if ctx.IsStopped() {
-		// if no response written already.
+			return
+		}
+
 		b.EndRequest(ctx)
 	}
 
 	// register the handler now.
-	c.Router.Handle(method, path, append(middleware, handler)...).
+	route := c.Router.Handle(method, path, append(middleware, handler)...)
+	if route != nil {
 		// change the main handler's name in order to respect the controller's and give
 		// a proper debug message.
-		MainHandlerName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", c.FullName, funcName)
+		route.MainHandlerName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", c.FullName, funcName)
+	}
 
-	return nil
+	return route
 }