add HandleMany to controller's Before/AfterActivation feature as requested at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1292

Former-commit-id: c021f49522a214ddc3978a1c8f5e8d32f029eb2d

_examples/mvc/basic/main.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func basicMVC(app *mvc.Application) {
 
 	// GET: http://localhost:8080/basic
 	// GET: http://localhost:8080/basic/custom
+	// GET: http://localhost:8080/basic/custom2
 	app.Handle(new(basicController))
 
 	// All dependencies of the parent *mvc.Application
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ type basicController struct {
 }
 
 func (c *basicController) BeforeActivation(b mvc.BeforeActivation) {
-	b.Handle("GET", "/custom", "Custom")
+	b.HandleMany("GET", "/custom /custom2", "Custom")
 }
 
 func (c *basicController) AfterActivation(a mvc.AfterActivation) {

mvc/controller.go

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ type shared interface {
 	Name() string
 	Router() router.Party
 	GetRoute(methodName string) *router.Route
+	GetRoutes(methodName string) []*router.Route
 	Handle(httpMethod, path, funcName string, middleware ...context.Handler) *router.Route
+	HandleMany(httpMethod, path, funcName string, middleware ...context.Handler) []*router.Route
 }
 
 // BeforeActivation is being used as the only one input argument of a
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ type ControllerActivator struct {
 
 	// the already-registered routes, key = the controller's function name.
 	// End-devs can change some properties of the *Route on the `BeforeActivator` by using the
-	// `GetRoute(functionName)`. It's a shield against duplications as well.
-	routes map[string]*router.Route
+	// `GetRoute/GetRoutes(functionName)`.
+	routes map[string][]*router.Route
 
 	// the bindings that comes from the Engine and the controller's filled fields if any.
 	// Can be bind-ed to the the new controller's fields and method that is fired
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ func newControllerActivator(router router.Party, controller interface{}, depende
 	return c
 }
 
-func whatReservedMethods(typ reflect.Type) map[string]*router.Route {
+func whatReservedMethods(typ reflect.Type) map[string][]*router.Route {
 	methods := []string{"BeforeActivation", "AfterActivation"}
 	//  BeforeActivatior/AfterActivation are not routes but they are
 	// reserved names*
@@ -140,9 +142,9 @@ func whatReservedMethods(typ reflect.Type) map[string]*router.Route {
 		methods = append(methods, "BeginRequest", "EndRequest")
 	}
 
-	routes := make(map[string]*router.Route, len(methods))
+	routes := make(map[string][]*router.Route, len(methods))
 	for _, m := range methods {
-		routes[m] = &router.Route{}
+		routes[m] = []*router.Route{}
 	}
 
 	return routes
@@ -199,7 +201,25 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) Router() router.Party {
 	return c.router
 }
 
-// GetRoute returns a registered route based on the controller's method name.
+// GetRoute returns the first registered route based on the controller's method name.
+// It can be used to change the route's name, which is useful for reverse routing
+// inside views. Custom routes can be registered with `Handle`, which returns the *Route.
+// This method exists mostly for the automatic method parsing based on the known patterns
+// inside a controller.
+//
+// A check for `nil` is necessary for unregistered methods.
+//
+// See `GetRoutes` and `Handle` too.
+func (c *ControllerActivator) GetRoute(methodName string) *router.Route {
+	routes := c.GetRoutes(methodName)
+	if len(routes) > 0 {
+		return routes[0]
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetRoutes returns one or more registered route based on the controller's method name.
 // It can be used to change the route's name, which is useful for reverse routing
 // inside views. Custom routes can be registered with `Handle`, which returns the *Route.
 // This method exists mostly for the automatic method parsing based on the known patterns
@@ -208,10 +228,10 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) Router() router.Party {
 // A check for `nil` is necessary for unregistered methods.
 //
 // See `Handle` too.
-func (c *ControllerActivator) GetRoute(methodName string) *router.Route {
-	for name, route := range c.routes {
+func (c *ControllerActivator) GetRoutes(methodName string) []*router.Route {
+	for name, routes := range c.routes {
 		if name == methodName {
-			return route
+			return routes
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -274,10 +294,33 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) parseMethod(m reflect.Method) {
 // 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
+// Just like `Party#Handle`, 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`.
+// programmatically by the `Party#GetReporter`.
 func (c *ControllerActivator) Handle(method, path, funcName string, middleware ...context.Handler) *router.Route {
+	routes := c.HandleMany(method, path, funcName, middleware...)
+	if len(routes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return routes[0]
+}
+
+// HandleMany like `Handle` but can register more than one path and HTTP method routes
+// separated by whitespace on the same controller's method.
+// Keep note that if the controller's method input arguments are path parameters dependencies
+// they should match with each of the given paths.
+//
+// Just like `Party#HandleMany`:, it returns the `[]*router.Routes`.
+// Usage:
+// func (*Controller) BeforeActivation(b mvc.BeforeActivation) {
+// 	b.HandleMany("GET", "/path /path1" /path2", "HandlePath")
+// }
+func (c *ControllerActivator) HandleMany(method, path, funcName string, middleware ...context.Handler) []*router.Route {
+	return c.handleMany(method, path, funcName, true, middleware...)
+}
+
+func (c *ControllerActivator) handleMany(method, path, funcName string, override bool, middleware ...context.Handler) []*router.Route {
 	if method == "" || path == "" || funcName == "" ||
 		c.isReservedMethod(funcName) {
 		// isReservedMethod -> if it's already registered
@@ -313,22 +356,30 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) Handle(method, path, funcName string, middleware .
 	handler := c.handlerOf(m, funcDependencies)
 
 	// register the handler now.
-	route := c.router.Handle(method, path, append(middleware, handler)...)
-	if route == nil {
+	routes := c.router.HandleMany(method, path, append(middleware, handler)...)
+	if routes == nil {
 		c.addErr(fmt.Errorf("MVC: unable to register a route for the path for '%s.%s'", c.fullName, funcName))
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// change the main handler's name in order to respect the controller's and give
-	// a proper debug message.
-	route.MainHandlerName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", c.fullName, funcName)
+	for _, r := range routes {
+		// change the main handler's name in order to respect the controller's and give
+		// a proper debug message.
+		r.MainHandlerName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", c.fullName, funcName)
+	}
 
 	// 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.routes[funcName] = route
+	// be sure that the same route
+	// (method is allowed to be registered more than one on different routes - v11.2).
 
-	return route
+	existingRoutes, exist := c.routes[funcName]
+	if override || !exist {
+		c.routes[funcName] = routes
+	} else {
+		c.routes[funcName] = append(existingRoutes, routes...)
+	}
+
+	return routes
 }
 
 var emptyIn = []reflect.Value{}

websocket/websocket.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/context"
 
 	"github.com/kataras/neffos"
-
 	"github.com/kataras/neffos/gobwas"
 	"github.com/kataras/neffos/gorilla"
 	"github.com/kataras/neffos/stackexchange/redis"