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https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/HISTORY.md#th-12-october-2017--v852

Former-commit-id: 2501cf6066812c2aac158d8d6cd4e992a2b538f9

HISTORY.md

@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ Developers are not forced to upgrade if they don't really need it. Upgrade whene
 
 **How to upgrade**: Open your command-line and execute this command: `go get -u github.com/kataras/iris`.
 
+# Th, 12 October 2017 | v8.5.2
+
+This version is part of the [releases](https://github.com/kataras/iris/releases).
+
+## MVC
+
+Add `bool` as a supported return value, if false then skips everything else and fires 404 not found.
+
+New example which covers the Service and Repository layers side-by-side with the MVC Architectural pattern, clean and simple: [_examples/mvc/overview](_examples/mvc/overview).
+
+## Websocket
+
+Fix(?) https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/782 by @jerson with PR:  https://github.com/kataras/iris/pull/783.
+
+## Minor
+
+Add some minor comments for the view/django's origin type getters-- as pushed at PR: [#765](https://github.com/kataras/iris/pull/765).
+
+[sessions/sessiondb/badger](sessions/sessiondb/badger) vendored with: https://github.com/kataras/iris/commit/e7517ec79b45673e7cad353e52023ebd7237cf38.
+
 # Tu, 10 October 2017 | v8.5.1
 
 ## MVC

README_NEXT.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <!-- # ![Logo created by @santoshanand](logo_white_35_24.png) Iris -->
 
-## 03, October 2017 | Iris User Experience Report
+# 03, October 2017 | Iris User Experience Report
 
-Be part of the **first** Iris User Experience Report by submitting a simple form, it won't take more than **5 minutes**.
+Be part of the **first** Iris User Experience Report by submitting a simple form, it won't take more than **2 minutes**.
 
 The form contains some questions that you may need to answer in order to learn more about you; learning more about you helps us to serve you with the best possible way!
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ _Psst_, we've produced a small video about your feelings regrating to Iris! You
 ### 📑 Table Of Content
 
 * [Installation](#-installation)
-* [Latest changes](https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/HISTORY.md#tu-10-october-2017--v851)
+* [Latest changes](https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/HISTORY.md#th-12-october-2017--v852)
 * [Learn](#-learn)
     * [Structuring](_examples/#structuring)
     * [HTTP Listening](_examples/#http-listening)

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.5.1:https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/HISTORY.md#tu-10-october-2017--v851
+8.5.2:https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/HISTORY.md#th-12-october-2017--v852

_examples/README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Structuring depends on your own needs. We can't tell you how to design your own
 - [Example 1](mvc/login)
 - [Example 2](structuring/mvc)
 - [Example 3](structuring/handler-based)
-- [Example 4](mvc/using-method-result)
+- [Example 4](mvc/overview)
 
 ### HTTP Listening
 
@@ -204,11 +204,14 @@ If you're new to back-end web development read about the MVC architectural patte
 
 Follow the examples below,
 
+- [Overview - Plus Repository and Service layers](mvc/overview) **NEW**
+
+<!--
 - [Hello world](mvc/hello-world/main.go)
 - [Session Controller](mvc/session-controller/main.go)
 - [A simple but featured Controller with model and views](mvc/controller-with-model-and-view)
-- [Login showcase](mvc/login/main.go) **NEW**
+- [Login showcase](mvc/login/main.go)
-- [Using Method Result (plus Service-oriented design)](mvc/using-method-result)
+-->
 
 ### Subdomains
 

_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Data Model Layer

_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels/movie.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// file: datamodels/movie.go
+
+package datamodels
+
+// Movie is our sample data structure.
+// Keep note that the tags for public-use (for our web app)
+// should be kept in other file like "web/viewmodels/movie.go"
+// which could wrap by embedding the datamodels.Movie or
+// declare new fields instead butwe will use this datamodel
+// as the only one Movie model in our application,
+// for the shake of simplicty.
+type Movie struct {
+	ID     int64  `json:"id"`
+	Name   string `json:"name"`
+	Year   int    `json:"year"`
+	Genre  string `json:"genre"`
+	Poster string `json:"poster"`
+}

_examples/mvc/overview/datasource/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Data Source / Data Store Layer

_examples/mvc/overview/datasource/movies.go

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 package datasource
 
-import "github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/models"
+import "github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels"
 
 // Movies is our imaginary data source.
-var Movies = map[int64]models.Movie{
+var Movies = map[int64]datamodels.Movie{
 	1: {
 		ID:     1,
 		Name:   "Casablanca",

_examples/mvc/overview/main.go

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/controllers"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datasource"
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/datasource"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/repositories"
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/middleware"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/services"
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/services"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/web/controllers"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/web/middleware"
 
 	"github.com/kataras/iris"
 )
@@ -15,17 +16,19 @@ func main() {
 	app := iris.New()
 
 	// Load the template files.
-	app.RegisterView(iris.HTML("./views", ".html"))
+	app.RegisterView(iris.HTML("./web/views", ".html"))
 
 	// Register our controllers.
 	app.Controller("/hello", new(controllers.HelloController))
 
-	// Create our movie service (memory), we will bind it to the movie controller.
+	// Create our movie repository with some (memory) data from the datasource.
-	service := services.NewMovieServiceFromMemory(datasource.Movies)
+	repo := repositories.NewMovieRepository(datasource.Movies)
+	// Create our movie service, we will bind it to the movie controller.
+	movieService := services.NewMovieService(repo)
 
 	app.Controller("/movies", new(controllers.MovieController),
-		// Bind the "service" to the MovieController's Service (interface) field.
+		// Bind the "movieService" to the MovieController's Service (interface) field.
-		service,
+		movieService,
 		// Add the basic authentication(admin:password) middleware
 		// for the /movies based requests.
 		middleware.BasicAuth)
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Start the web server at localhost:8080
 	// http://localhost:8080/hello
 	// http://localhost:8080/hello/iris
+	// http://localhost:8080/movies
 	// http://localhost:8080/movies/1
 	app.Run(
 		iris.Addr("localhost:8080"),

_examples/mvc/overview/models/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Domain Models
+
+There should be the domain/business-level models.
+
+Example:
+
+```go
+import "github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels"
+
+type Movie struct {
+    datamodels.Movie
+}
+
+func (m Movie) Validate() (Movie, error) {
+    /* do some checks and return an error if that Movie is not valid */
+}
+```
+
+However, we will use the "datamodels" as the only one models package because
+Movie structure we don't need any extra functionality or validation inside it.

_examples/mvc/overview/repositories/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Repositories
+
+The package which has direct access to the "datasource" and can manipulate data directly.

_examples/mvc/overview/repositories/movie_repository.go

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// file: repositories/movie_repository.go
+
+package repositories
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels"
+)
+
+// Query represents the visitor and action queries.
+type Query func(datamodels.Movie) bool
+
+// MovieRepository handles the basic operations of a movie entity/model.
+// It's an interface in order to be testable, i.e a memory movie repository or
+// a connected to an sql database.
+type MovieRepository interface {
+	Exec(query Query, action Query, limit int, mode int) (ok bool)
+
+	Select(query Query) (movie datamodels.Movie, found bool)
+	SelectMany(query Query, limit int) (results []datamodels.Movie)
+
+	InsertOrUpdate(movie datamodels.Movie) (updatedMovie datamodels.Movie, err error)
+	Delete(query Query, limit int) (deleted bool)
+}
+
+// NewMovieRepository returns a new movie memory-based repository,
+// the one and only repository type in our example.
+func NewMovieRepository(source map[int64]datamodels.Movie) MovieRepository {
+	return &movieMemoryRepository{source: source}
+}
+
+// movieMemoryRepository is a "MovieRepository"
+// which manages the movies using the memory data source (map).
+type movieMemoryRepository struct {
+	source map[int64]datamodels.Movie
+	mu     sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+const (
+	// ReadOnlyMode will RLock(read) the data .
+	ReadOnlyMode = iota
+	// ReadWriteMode will Lock(read/write) the data.
+	ReadWriteMode
+)
+
+func (r *movieMemoryRepository) Exec(query Query, action Query, actionLimit int, mode int) (ok bool) {
+	loops := 0
+
+	if mode == ReadOnlyMode {
+		r.mu.RLock()
+		defer r.mu.RUnlock()
+	} else {
+		r.mu.Lock()
+		defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	for _, movie := range r.source {
+		ok = query(movie)
+		if ok {
+			if action(movie) {
+				if actionLimit >= loops {
+					break // break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// Select receives a query function
+// which is fired for every single movie model inside
+// our imaginary data source.
+// When that function returns true then it stops the iteration.
+//
+// It returns the query's return last known "found" value
+// and the last known movie model
+// to help callers to reduce the LOC.
+//
+// It's actually a simple but very clever prototype function
+// I'm using everywhere since I firstly think of it,
+// hope you'll find it very useful as well.
+func (r *movieMemoryRepository) Select(query Query) (movie datamodels.Movie, found bool) {
+	found = r.Exec(query, func(m datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		movie = m
+		return true
+	}, 1, ReadOnlyMode)
+
+	// set an empty datamodels.Movie if not found at all.
+	if !found {
+		movie = datamodels.Movie{}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// SelectMany same as Select but returns one or more datamodels.Movie as a slice.
+// If limit <=0 then it returns everything.
+func (r *movieMemoryRepository) SelectMany(query Query, limit int) (results []datamodels.Movie) {
+	r.Exec(query, func(m datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		results = append(results, m)
+		return true
+	}, limit, ReadOnlyMode)
+
+	return
+}
+
+// InsertOrUpdate adds or updates a movie to the (memory) storage.
+//
+// Returns the new movie and an error if any.
+func (r *movieMemoryRepository) InsertOrUpdate(movie datamodels.Movie) (datamodels.Movie, error) {
+	id := movie.ID
+
+	if id == 0 { // Create new action
+		var lastID int64
+		// find the biggest ID in order to not have duplications
+		// in productions apps you can use a third-party
+		// library to generate a UUID as string.
+		r.mu.RLock()
+		for _, item := range r.source {
+			if item.ID > lastID {
+				lastID = item.ID
+			}
+		}
+		r.mu.RUnlock()
+
+		id = lastID + 1
+		movie.ID = id
+
+		// map-specific thing
+		r.mu.Lock()
+		r.source[id] = movie
+		r.mu.Unlock()
+
+		return movie, nil
+	}
+
+	// Update action based on the movie.ID,
+	// here we will allow updating the poster and genre if not empty.
+	// Alternatively we could do pure replace instead:
+	// r.source[id] = movie
+	// and comment the code below;
+	current, exists := r.Select(func(m datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		return m.ID == id
+	})
+
+	if !exists { // ID is not a real one, return an error.
+		return datamodels.Movie{}, errors.New("failed to update a nonexistent movie")
+	}
+
+	// or comment these and r.source[id] = m for pure replace
+	if movie.Poster != "" {
+		current.Poster = movie.Poster
+	}
+
+	if movie.Genre != "" {
+		current.Genre = movie.Genre
+	}
+
+	// map-specific thing
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	r.source[id] = current
+	r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return movie, nil
+}
+
+func (r *movieMemoryRepository) Delete(query Query, limit int) bool {
+	return r.Exec(query, func(m datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		delete(r.source, m.ID)
+		return true
+	}, limit, ReadWriteMode)
+}

_examples/mvc/overview/services/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Service Layer
+
+The package which has access to call functions from the "repositories" and "models" ("datamodels" only in that simple example). It should contain the domain logic.

_examples/mvc/overview/services/movie_service.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// file: services/movie_service.go
+
+package services
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/repositories"
+)
+
+// MovieService handles some of the CRUID operations of the movie datamodel.
+// It depends on a movie repository for its actions.
+// It's here to decouple the data source from the higher level compoments.
+// As a result a different repository type can be used with the same logic without any aditional changes.
+// It's an interface and it's used as interface everywhere
+// because we may need to change or try an experimental different domain logic at the future.
+type MovieService interface {
+	GetAll() []datamodels.Movie
+	GetByID(id int64) (datamodels.Movie, bool)
+	DeleteByID(id int64) bool
+	UpdatePosterAndGenreByID(id int64, poster string, genre string) (datamodels.Movie, error)
+}
+
+// NewMovieService returns the default movie service.
+func NewMovieService(repo repositories.MovieRepository) MovieService {
+	return &movieService{
+		repo: repo,
+	}
+}
+
+type movieService struct {
+	repo repositories.MovieRepository
+}
+
+// GetAll returns all movies.
+func (s *movieService) GetAll() []datamodels.Movie {
+	return s.repo.SelectMany(func(_ datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		return true
+	}, -1)
+}
+
+// GetByID returns a movie based on its id.
+func (s *movieService) GetByID(id int64) (datamodels.Movie, bool) {
+	return s.repo.Select(func(m datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		return m.ID == id
+	})
+}
+
+// UpdatePosterAndGenreByID updates a movie's poster and genre.
+func (s *movieService) UpdatePosterAndGenreByID(id int64, poster string, genre string) (datamodels.Movie, error) {
+	// update the movie and return it.
+	return s.repo.InsertOrUpdate(datamodels.Movie{
+		ID:     id,
+		Poster: poster,
+		Genre:  genre,
+	})
+}
+
+// DeleteByID deletes a movie by its id.
+//
+// Returns true if deleted otherwise false.
+func (s *movieService) DeleteByID(id int64) bool {
+	return s.repo.Delete(func(m datamodels.Movie) bool {
+		return m.ID == id
+	}, 1)
+}

_examples/mvc/overview/web/controllers/hello_controller.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// file: controllers/hello_controller.go
+// file: web/controllers/hello_controller.go
 
 package controllers
 

_examples/mvc/overview/web/controllers/movie_controller.go

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-// file: controllers/movie_controller.go
+// file: web/controllers/movie_controller.go
 
 package controllers
 
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/models"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels"
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/services"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/services"
 
 	"github.com/kataras/iris"
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/mvc"
@@ -28,26 +28,36 @@ type MovieController struct {
 // Get returns list of the movies.
 // Demo:
 // curl -i http://localhost:8080/movies
-func (c *MovieController) Get() []models.Movie {
+//
+// The correct way if you have sensitive data:
+// func (c *MovieController) Get() (results []viewmodels.Movie) {
+// 	data := c.Service.GetAll()
+//
+// 	for _, movie := range data {
+// 		results = append(results, viewmodels.Movie{movie})
+// 	}
+// 	return
+// }
+// otherwise just return the datamodels.
+func (c *MovieController) Get() (results []datamodels.Movie) {
 	return c.Service.GetAll()
 }
 
 // GetBy returns a movie.
 // Demo:
 // curl -i http://localhost:8080/movies/1
-func (c *MovieController) GetBy(id int64) models.Movie {
+func (c *MovieController) GetBy(id int64) (movie datamodels.Movie, found bool) {
-	m, _ := c.Service.GetByID(id)
+	return c.Service.GetByID(id) // it will throw 404 if not found.
-	return m
 }
 
 // PutBy updates a movie.
 // Demo:
 // curl -i -X PUT -F "genre=Thriller" -F "poster=@/Users/kataras/Downloads/out.gif" http://localhost:8080/movies/1
-func (c *MovieController) PutBy(id int64) (models.Movie, error) {
+func (c *MovieController) PutBy(id int64) (datamodels.Movie, error) {
 	// get the request data for poster and genre
 	file, info, err := c.Ctx.FormFile("poster")
 	if err != nil {
-		return models.Movie{}, errors.New("failed due form file 'poster' missing")
+		return datamodels.Movie{}, errors.New("failed due form file 'poster' missing")
 	}
 	// we don't need the file so close it now.
 	file.Close()
@@ -56,12 +66,7 @@ func (c *MovieController) PutBy(id int64) (models.Movie, error) {
 	poster := info.Filename
 	genre := c.Ctx.FormValue("genre")
 
-	// update the movie and return it.
+	return c.Service.UpdatePosterAndGenreByID(id, poster, genre)
-	return c.Service.InsertOrUpdate(models.Movie{
-		ID:     id,
-		Poster: poster,
-		Genre:  genre,
-	})
 }
 
 // DeleteBy deletes a movie.

_examples/mvc/overview/web/middleware/basicauth.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// file: middleware/basicauth.go
+// file: web/middleware/basicauth.go
 
 package middleware
 

_examples/mvc/overview/web/viewmodels/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# View Models
+
+There should be the view models, the structure that the client will be able to see.
+
+Example:
+
+```go
+import (
+    "github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/overview/datamodels"
+
+    "github.com/kataras/iris/context"
+)
+
+type Movie struct {
+    datamodels.Movie
+}
+
+func (m Movie) IsValid() bool {
+    /* do some checks and return true if it's valid... */
+    return m.ID > 0
+}
+```
+
+Iris is able to convert any custom data Structure into an HTTP Response Dispatcher,
+so theoritically, something like the following is permitted if it's really necessary;
+
+```go
+// Dispatch completes the `kataras/iris/mvc#Result` interface.
+// Sends a `Movie` as a controlled http response.
+// If its ID is zero or less then it returns a 404 not found error
+// else it returns its json representation,
+// (just like the controller's functions do for custom types by default).
+//
+// Don't overdo it, the application's logic should not be here.
+// It's just one more step of validation before the response,
+// simple checks can be added here.
+//
+// It's just a showcase,
+// imagine the potentials this feature gives when designing a bigger application.
+//
+// This is called where the return value from a controller's method functions
+// is type of `Movie`.
+// For example the `controllers/movie_controller.go#GetBy`.
+func (m Movie) Dispatch(ctx context.Context) {
+    if !m.IsValid() {
+        ctx.NotFound()
+        return
+    }
+    ctx.JSON(m, context.JSON{Indent: " "})
+}
+```
+
+However, we will use the "datamodels" as the only one models package because
+Movie structure doesn't contain any sensitive data, clients are able to see all of its fields
+and we don't need any extra functionality or validation inside it.

_examples/mvc/overview/web/views/hello/index.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- file: views/hello/index.html -->
+<!-- file: web/views/hello/index.html -->
 <html>
 
 <head>

_examples/mvc/overview/web/views/hello/name.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- file: views/hello/name.html -->
+<!-- file: web/views/hello/name.html -->
 <html>
 
 <head>

_examples/mvc/using-method-result/models/movie.go

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// file: models/movie.go
-
-package models
-
-import "github.com/kataras/iris/context"
-
-// Movie is our sample data structure.
-type Movie struct {
-	ID     int64  `json:"id"`
-	Name   string `json:"name"`
-	Year   int    `json:"year"`
-	Genre  string `json:"genre"`
-	Poster string `json:"poster"`
-}
-
-// Dispatch completes the `kataras/iris/mvc#Result` interface.
-// Sends a `Movie` as a controlled http response.
-// If its ID is zero or less then it returns a 404 not found error
-// else it returns its json representation,
-// (just like the controller's functions do for custom types by default).
-//
-// Don't overdo it, the application's logic should not be here.
-// It's just one more step of validation before the response,
-// simple checks can be added here.
-//
-// It's just a showcase,
-// imagine the potentials this feature gives when designing a bigger application.
-//
-// This is called where the return value from a controller's method functions
-// is type of `Movie`.
-// For example the `controllers/movie_controller.go#GetBy`.
-func (m Movie) Dispatch(ctx context.Context) {
-	if m.ID <= 0 {
-		ctx.NotFound()
-		return
-	}
-	ctx.JSON(m, context.JSON{Indent: " "})
-}
-
-// For those who wonder `iris.Context`(go 1.9 type alias feature) and
-// `context.Context` is the same exact thing.

_examples/mvc/using-method-result/services/movie_service.go

@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-// file: services/movie_service.go
-
-package services
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/models"
-)
-
-// MovieService handles CRUID operations of a movie entity/model.
-// It's here to decouple the data source from the higher level compoments.
-// As a result a different service for a specific datasource (or repository)
-// can be used from the main application without any additional changes.
-type MovieService interface {
-	GetSingle(query func(models.Movie) bool) (movie models.Movie, found bool)
-	GetByID(id int64) (models.Movie, bool)
-
-	InsertOrUpdate(movie models.Movie) (models.Movie, error)
-	DeleteByID(id int64) bool
-
-	GetMany(query func(models.Movie) bool, limit int) (result []models.Movie)
-	GetAll() []models.Movie
-}
-
-// NewMovieServiceFromMemory returns a new memory-based movie service.
-func NewMovieServiceFromMemory(source map[int64]models.Movie) MovieService {
-	return &MovieMemoryService{
-		source: source,
-	}
-}
-
-// A Movie Service can have different data sources:
-// func NewMovieServiceFromDB(db datasource.MySQL) {
-// 	return &MovieDatabaseService{
-// 		db: db,
-// 	}
-// }
-
-// Another pattern is to initialize the database connection
-// or any source here based on a "string" name or an "enum".
-// func NewMovieService(source string) MovieService {
-// 	if source == "memory" {
-// 		return NewMovieServiceFromMemory(datasource.Movies)
-// 	}
-//	if source == "database" {
-//		db = datasource.NewDB("....")
-//		return NewMovieServiceFromDB(db)
-//	}
-// 	[...]
-// 	return nil
-// }
-
-// MovieMemoryService is a "MovieService"
-// which manages the movies using the memory data source (map).
-type MovieMemoryService struct {
-	source map[int64]models.Movie
-	mu     sync.RWMutex
-}
-
-// GetSingle receives a query function
-// which is fired for every single movie model inside
-// our imaginary data source.
-// When that function returns true then it stops the iteration.
-//
-// It returns the query's return last known boolean value
-// and the last known movie model
-// to help callers to reduce the LOC.
-//
-// It's actually a simple but very clever prototype function
-// I'm using everywhere since I firstly think of it,
-// hope you'll find it very useful as well.
-func (s *MovieMemoryService) GetSingle(query func(models.Movie) bool) (movie models.Movie, found bool) {
-	s.mu.RLock()
-	for _, movie = range s.source {
-		found = query(movie)
-		if found {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	s.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	// set an empty models.Movie if not found at all.
-	if !found {
-		movie = models.Movie{}
-	}
-
-	return
-}
-
-// GetByID returns a movie based on its id.
-// Returns true if found, otherwise false, the bool should be always checked
-// because the models.Movie may be filled with the latest element
-// but not the correct one, although it can be used for debugging.
-func (s *MovieMemoryService) GetByID(id int64) (models.Movie, bool) {
-	return s.GetSingle(func(m models.Movie) bool {
-		return m.ID == id
-	})
-}
-
-// InsertOrUpdate adds or updates a movie to the (memory) storage.
-//
-// Returns the new movie and an error if any.
-func (s *MovieMemoryService) InsertOrUpdate(movie models.Movie) (models.Movie, error) {
-	id := movie.ID
-
-	if id == 0 { // Create new action
-		var lastID int64
-		// find the biggest ID in order to not have duplications
-		// in productions apps you can use a third-party
-		// library to generate a UUID as string.
-		s.mu.RLock()
-		for _, item := range s.source {
-			if item.ID > lastID {
-				lastID = item.ID
-			}
-		}
-		s.mu.RUnlock()
-
-		id = lastID + 1
-		movie.ID = id
-
-		// map-specific thing
-		s.mu.Lock()
-		s.source[id] = movie
-		s.mu.Unlock()
-
-		return movie, nil
-	}
-
-	// Update action based on the movie.ID,
-	// here we will allow updating the poster and genre if not empty.
-	// Alternatively we could do pure replace instead:
-	// s.source[id] = movie
-	// and comment the code below;
-	current, exists := s.GetByID(id)
-	if !exists { // ID is not a real one, return an error.
-		return models.Movie{}, errors.New("failed to update a nonexistent movie")
-	}
-
-	// or comment these and s.source[id] = m for pure replace
-	if movie.Poster != "" {
-		current.Poster = movie.Poster
-	}
-
-	if movie.Genre != "" {
-		current.Genre = movie.Genre
-	}
-
-	// map-specific thing
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	s.source[id] = current
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-
-	return movie, nil
-}
-
-// DeleteByID deletes a movie by its id.
-//
-// Returns true if deleted otherwise false.
-func (s *MovieMemoryService) DeleteByID(id int64) bool {
-	if _, exists := s.GetByID(id); !exists {
-		// we could do _, exists := s.source[id] instead
-		// but we don't because you should learn
-		// how you can use that service's functions
-		// with any other source, i.e database.
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// map-specific thing
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	delete(s.source, id)
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-
-	return true
-}
-
-// GetMany same as GetSingle but returns one or more models.Movie as a slice.
-// If limit <=0 then it returns everything.
-func (s *MovieMemoryService) GetMany(query func(models.Movie) bool, limit int) (result []models.Movie) {
-	loops := 0
-
-	s.mu.RLock()
-	for _, movie := range s.source {
-		loops++
-
-		passed := query(movie)
-		if passed {
-			result = append(result, movie)
-		}
-		// we have to return at least one movie if "passed" was true.
-		if limit >= loops {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	s.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	return
-}
-
-// GetAll returns all movies.
-func (s *MovieMemoryService) GetAll() []models.Movie {
-	movies := s.GetMany(func(m models.Movie) bool { return true }, -1)
-	return movies
-}

_examples/tutorial/dropzonejs/README_PART2.md

@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ func (f *uploadedFiles) scan(dir string) {
 
 // add the file's Name and Size to the uploadedFiles memory list
 func (f *uploadedFiles) add(name string, size int64) uploadedFile {
-    f.mu.Lock()
     uf := uploadedFile{
         Name: name,
         Size: size,
     }
+    f.mu.Lock()
     f.items = append(f.items, uf)
     f.mu.Unlock()
 

_examples/tutorial/dropzonejs/src/main.go

@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ func (f *uploadedFiles) scan(dir string) {
 }
 
 func (f *uploadedFiles) add(name string, size int64) uploadedFile {
-	f.mu.Lock()
 	uf := uploadedFile{
 		Name: name,
 		Size: size,
 	}
+
+	f.mu.Lock()
 	f.items = append(f.items, uf)
 	f.mu.Unlock()
 

doc.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Source code and other details for the project are available at GitHub:
 
 Current Version
 
-8.5.1
+8.5.2
 
 Installation
 
@@ -860,18 +860,23 @@ Response via output arguments, optionally, i.e
     func(c *ExampleController) Get() string |
     (string, string) |
     (string, int) |
-    int |
-    (int, string |
     (string, error) |
+    int |
+    (int, string) |
+    (any, int) |
     error |
     (int, error) |
     (customStruct, error) |
+    (any, error) |
+    bool |
+    (any, bool)
     customStruct |
     (customStruct, int) |
     (customStruct, string) |
-    Result or (Result, error)
+    `Result` or (`Result`, error)
 
-where Result is an interface which contains only that function: Dispatch(ctx iris.Context)
+Where `any` means everything, from custom structs to standard language's types-.
+`Result` is an interface which contains only that function: Dispatch(ctx iris.Context)
 and Get where HTTP Method function(Post, Put, Delete...).
 
 
@@ -883,11 +888,13 @@ and it will be sent to the client as expected.
 * if `string` then it's the body.
 * if `string` is the second output argument then it's the content type.
 * if `int` then it's the status code.
+* if `bool` is false then it throws 404 not found http error by skipping everything else.
 * if `error` and not nil then (any type) response will be omitted and error's text with a 400 bad request will be rendered instead.
 * if `(int, error)` and error is not nil then the response result will be the error's text with the status code as `int`.
 * if  `custom struct` or `interface{}` or `slice` or `map` then it will be rendered as json, unless a `string` content type is following.
 * if `mvc.Result` then it executes its `Dispatch` function, so good design patters can be used to split the model's logic where needed.
 
+
 The example below is not intended to be used in production but it's a good showcase of some of the return types we saw before;
 
     package main
@@ -1014,7 +1021,7 @@ The example below is not intended to be used in production but it's a good showc
 
 Another good example with a typical folder structure,
 that many developers are used to work, can be found at:
-https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/mvc/using-method-result.
+https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/mvc/overview.
 
 
 Using Iris MVC for code reuse

iris.go

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version number of the Iris Web Framework.
-	Version = "8.5.1"
+	Version = "8.5.2"
 )
 
 // HTTP status codes as registered with IANA.

mvc/activator/activator.go

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ type (
 
 var (
 	// ErrMissingControllerInstance is a static error which fired from `Controller` when
-	// the passed "c" instnace is not a valid type of `Controller`.
+	// the passed "c" instnace is not a valid type of `Controller` or `C`.
-	ErrMissingControllerInstance = errors.New("controller should have a field of Controller type")
+	ErrMissingControllerInstance = errors.New("controller should have a field of mvc.Controller or mvc.C type")
 	// ErrInvalidControllerType fired when the "Controller" field is not
 	// the correct type.
 	ErrInvalidControllerType = errors.New("controller instance is not a valid implementation")

mvc/activator/methodfunc/func_result_dispatcher.go

@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@ func DispatchErr(ctx context.Context, status int, err error) {
 // DispatchCommon is being used internally to send
 // commonly used data to the response writer with a smart way.
 func DispatchCommon(ctx context.Context,
-	statusCode int, contentType string, content []byte, v interface{}, err error) {
+	statusCode int, contentType string, content []byte, v interface{}, err error, found bool) {
+
+	// if we have a false boolean as a return value
+	// then skip everything and fire a not found,
+	// we even don't care about the given status code or the object or the content.
+	if !found {
+		ctx.NotFound()
+		return
+	}
 
 	status := statusCode
 	if status == 0 {
@@ -99,16 +107,25 @@ func DispatchCommon(ctx context.Context,
 // func(c *ExampleController) Get() string |
 // (string, string) |
 // (string, int) |
+// ...
 // int |
 // (int, string |
 // (string, error) |
+// ...
 // error |
 // (int, error) |
 // (customStruct, error) |
+// ...
+// bool |
+// (int, bool) |
+// (string, bool) |
+// (customStruct, bool) |
+// ...
 // customStruct |
 // (customStruct, int) |
 // (customStruct, string) |
-// Result or (Result, error)
+// Result or (Result, error) and so on...
+//
 // where Get is an HTTP METHOD.
 func DispatchFuncResult(ctx context.Context, values []reflect.Value) {
 	numOut := len(values)
@@ -117,11 +134,27 @@ func DispatchFuncResult(ctx context.Context, values []reflect.Value) {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		statusCode  int
+		// if statusCode > 0 then send this status code.
+		// Except when err != nil then check if status code is < 400 and
+		// if it's set it as DefaultErrStatusCode.
+		// Except when found == false, then the status code is 404.
+		statusCode int
+		// if not empty then use that as content type,
+		// if empty and custom != nil then set it to application/json.
 		contentType string
-		content     []byte
+		// if len > 0 then write that to the response writer as raw bytes,
-		custom      interface{}
+		// except when found == false or err != nil or custom != nil.
-		err         error
+		content []byte
+		// if not nil then check
+		// for content type (or json default) and send the custom data object
+		// except when found == false or err != nil.
+		custom interface{}
+		// if not nil then check for its status code,
+		// if not status code or < 400 then set it as DefaultErrStatusCode
+		// and fire the error's text.
+		err error
+		// if false then skip everything and fire 404.
+		found = true // defaults to true of course, otherwise will break :)
 	)
 
 	for _, v := range values {
@@ -134,6 +167,16 @@ func DispatchFuncResult(ctx context.Context, values []reflect.Value) {
 
 		f := v.Interface()
 
+		if b, ok := f.(bool); ok {
+			found = b
+			if !found {
+				// skip everything, we don't care about other return values,
+				// this boolean is the heighest in order.
+				break
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if i, ok := f.(int); ok {
 			statusCode = i
 			continue
@@ -183,5 +226,5 @@ func DispatchFuncResult(ctx context.Context, values []reflect.Value) {
 
 	}
 
-	DispatchCommon(ctx, statusCode, contentType, content, custom, err)
+	DispatchCommon(ctx, statusCode, contentType, content, custom, err, found)
 }

mvc/controller.go

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 // int |
 // (int, string |
 // (string, error) |
+// bool |
+// (any, bool) |
 // error |
 // (int, error) |
 // (customStruct, error) |
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 //
 // It completes the `activator.BaseController` interface.
 //
-// Example at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/controllers.
+// Example at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/mvc/overview/web/controllers.
 // Example usage at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/mvc/method_result_test.go#L17.
 type C struct {
 	// The Name of the `C` controller.

mvc/method_result.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 // All types that complete this interface
 // can be returned as values from the method functions.
 //
-// Example at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/mvc/using-method-result.
+// Example at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/mvc/overview.
 type Result interface { // NOTE: Should be always compatible with the methodfunc.Result.
 	// Dispatch should sends the response to the context's response writer.
 	Dispatch(ctx context.Context)

mvc/method_result_response.go

@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ func (r Response) Dispatch(ctx context.Context) {
 		r.Content = []byte(s)
 	}
 
-	methodfunc.DispatchCommon(ctx, r.Code, r.ContentType, r.Content, r.Object, r.Err)
+	methodfunc.DispatchCommon(ctx, r.Code, r.ContentType, r.Content, r.Object, r.Err, true)
 }

mvc/method_result_view.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // wraps the template file name, layout, (any) view data, status code and error.
 // It's smart enough to complete the request and send the correct response to the client.
 //
-// Example at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/_examples/mvc/using-method-result/controllers/hello_controller.go.
+// Example at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/_examples/mvc/overview/web/controllers/hello_controller.go.
 type View struct {
 	Name   string
 	Layout string