[CONTROLLER] Add Controller base class, which handles rendering templates if requested HTML or json, accordingly

src/Controller/AdminConfigController.php

@@ -30,21 +30,19 @@
 
 namespace App\Controller;
 
-// use App\Core\Event;
+use App\Core\Controller;
-// use App\Util\Common;
 use App\Core\DB\DB;
 use App\Core\DB\DefaultSettings;
 use App\Core\Form;
 use function App\Core\I18n\_m;
-use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\ChoiceType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\SubmitType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
-class AdminConfigController extends AbstractController
+class AdminConfigController extends Controller
 {
-    public function __invoke(Request $request)
+    public function handle(Request $request)
     {
         $defaults = DefaultSettings::$defaults;
         $options  = [];
@@ -78,12 +76,13 @@ class AdminConfigController extends AbstractController
                     'default'   => $default,
                 ]);
             } else {
-                // Display error
+                // TODO Display error
             }
         }
 
-        return $this->render('config/admin.html.twig', [
+        return [
+            '_template' => 'config/admin.html.twig',
             'form'      => $form->createView(),
-        ]);
+        ];
     }
 }

src/Controller/NetworkPublic.php

@@ -30,18 +30,23 @@
 
 namespace App\Controller;
 
+use App\Core\Controller;
 use App\Core\Event;
 use App\Util\Common;
-use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
 
-class NetworkPublic extends AbstractController
+class NetworkPublic extends Controller
 {
-    public function __invoke()
+    public function onPost()
+    {
+        return ['_template' => 'network/public.html.twig'];
+    }
+
+    public function handle()
     {
         Event::handle('Test', ['foobar']);
 
         Common::config('url', 'shortener');
 
-        return $this->render('network/public.html.twig', []);
+        return ['_template' => 'network/public.html.twig'];
     }
 }

src/Controller/UserAdminPanel.php

@@ -31,18 +31,16 @@
 
 namespace App\Controller;
 
-// use App\Core\Event;
+use App\Core\Controller;
-// use App\Util\Common;
 use App\Core\Form;
 use function App\Core\I18n\_m;
-use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\SubmitType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
-class UserAdminPanel extends AbstractController
+class UserAdminPanel extends Controller
 {
-    public function __invoke(Request $request)
+    public function handle(Request $request)
     {
         $prof = Form::create([
             [_m('Nickname'),   TextType::class],
@@ -50,12 +48,14 @@ class UserAdminPanel extends AbstractController
             [_m('Homepage'),   TextType::class],
             [_m('Bio'),        TextType::class],
             [_m('Location'),   TextType::class],
-            ['save',        SubmitType::class, ['label' => _m('Save')]], ]);
+            ['save', SubmitType::class, ['label' => _m('Save')]],
+        ]);
 
         $prof->handleRequest($request);
 
-        return $this->render('settings/profile.html.twig', [
+        return [
+            '_template' => 'settings/profile.html.twig',
             'prof'      => $prof->createView(),
-        ]);
+        ];
     }
 }

src/Core/Controller.php

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+// {{{ License
+
+// This file is part of GNU social - https://www.gnu.org/software/social
+//
+// GNU social is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// GNU social is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with GNU social.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// }}}
+
+/**
+ * Base class for controllers
+ *
+ * @package  GNUsocial
+ * @category Controller
+ *
+ * @author    Hugo Sales <hugo@fc.up.pt>
+ * @copyright 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
+ * @license   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html GNU AGPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace App\Core;
+
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+class Controller extends AbstractController
+{
+    public function __invoke(Request $request)
+    {
+        $class  = get_called_class();
+        $method = 'on' . ucfirst(strtolower($request->getMethod()));
+        $vars   = ['request' => $request];
+        Event::handle('StartTwigPopulateVars', [&$vars]);
+        if (method_exists($class, $method)) {
+            $vars = array_merge_recursive($vars, $class::$method($request, $vars));
+        } else {
+            $vars = array_merge_recursive($vars, $class::handle($request, $vars));
+        }
+        Event::handle('EndTwigPopulateVars', [&$vars]);
+        $template = $vars['_template'];
+        unset($vars['_template'], $vars['request']);
+
+        // Respond in the the most preffered acceptable content type
+        $format = $request->getFormat($request->getAcceptableContentTypes()[0]);
+        switch ($format) {
+        case 'html':
+            return $this->render($template, $vars);
+        case 'json':
+            return new JsonResponse($vars);
+        default:
+            throw new BadRequestHttpException('Unsupported format', null, 406);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Core/Event.php

@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ abstract class Event
      */
     public static function handle(string $name, array $args = [], string $ns = 'GNUsocial/'): bool
     {
-        return !(self::$dispatcher->dispatch(
+        return !(self::$dispatcher->dispatch(new GenericEvent($ns . $name, $args), $name)->isPropagationStopped());
-            new GenericEvent($ns . $name, $args),
-            $name)->isPropagationStopped());
     }
 
     /**