From b69aebb14acc7d8122e7dee1c135ba25493c749f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Gerasimos (Makis) Maropoulos" <kataras2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 22:08:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add a simple example about registering middleware(s) to an
 mvc Application

Former-commit-id: 59da5e241e1488b6b39d2ec0e72c45ad2cc7d901
---
 _examples/README.md                           |  1 +
 _examples/mvc/README.md                       |  1 +
 _examples/mvc/middleware/main.go              | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../{cache => middleware/per-method}/main.go  |  0
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 _examples/mvc/middleware/main.go
 rename _examples/mvc/{cache => middleware/per-method}/main.go (100%)

diff --git a/_examples/README.md b/_examples/README.md
index 647e008d..55c7ad8b 100644
--- a/_examples/README.md
+++ b/_examples/README.md
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ Follow the examples below,
 - [Login showcase - Plus Repository and Service layers](mvc/login) **UPDATED**
 - [Singleton](mvc/singleton) **NEW**
 - [Websocket Controller](mvc/websocket) **NEW**
+- [Register Middleware](middleware) **NEW**
 - [Vue.js Todo MVC](tutorial/vuejs-todo-mvc) **NEW**
 
 ### Subdomains
diff --git a/_examples/mvc/README.md b/_examples/mvc/README.md
index 6f10cbff..68733e39 100644
--- a/_examples/mvc/README.md
+++ b/_examples/mvc/README.md
@@ -141,5 +141,6 @@ If you're new to back-end web development read about the MVC architectural patte
 - [Login showcase - Plus Repository and Service layers](login) **UPDATED**
 - [Singleton](singleton) **NEW**
 - [Websocket Controller](websocket) **NEW**
+- [Register Middleware](middleware) **NEW**
 
 Folder structure guidelines can be found at the [_examples/#structuring](https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/#structuring) section.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_examples/mvc/middleware/main.go b/_examples/mvc/middleware/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43b36c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/mvc/middleware/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Package main shows how you can add middleware to an mvc Application, simply
+// by using its `Router` which is a sub router(an iris.Party) of the main iris app.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kataras/iris"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/cache"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/mvc"
+)
+
+var cacheHandler = cache.Handler(10 * time.Second)
+
+func main() {
+	app := iris.New()
+	mvc.Configure(app, configure)
+
+	// http://localhost:8080
+	// http://localhost:8080/other
+	//
+	// refresh every 10 second and you'll see different time output.
+	app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"))
+}
+
+func configure(m *mvc.Application) {
+	m.Router.Use(cacheHandler)
+	m.Handle(&exampleController{
+		timeFormat: "Mon, Jan 02 2006 15:04:05",
+	})
+}
+
+type exampleController struct {
+	timeFormat string
+}
+
+func (c *exampleController) Get() string {
+	now := time.Now().Format(c.timeFormat)
+	return "last time executed without cache: " + now
+}
+
+func (c *exampleController) GetOther() string {
+	now := time.Now().Format(c.timeFormat)
+	return "/other: " + now
+}
diff --git a/_examples/mvc/cache/main.go b/_examples/mvc/middleware/per-method/main.go
similarity index 100%
rename from _examples/mvc/cache/main.go
rename to _examples/mvc/middleware/per-method/main.go