/**
+ * @class Ext.app.Controller
+ * @constructor
+ *
+ * Controllers are the glue that binds an application together. All they really do is listen for events (usually from
+ * views) and take some action. Here's how we might create a Controller to manage Users:
+ *
+ * Ext.define('MyApp.controller.Users', {
+ * extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
+ *
+ * init: function() {
+ * console.log('Initialized Users! This happens before the Application launch function is called');
+ * }
+ * });
+ *
+ * The init function is a special method that is called when your application boots. It is called before the
+ * {@link Ext.app.Application Application}'s launch function is executed so gives a hook point to run any code before
+ * your Viewport is created.
+ *
+ * The init function is a great place to set up how your controller interacts with the view, and is usually used in
+ * conjunction with another Controller function - {@link Ext.app.Controller#control control}. The control function
+ * makes it easy to listen to events on your view classes and take some action with a handler function. Let's update
+ * our Users controller to tell us when the panel is rendered:
+ *
+ * Ext.define('MyApp.controller.Users', {
+ * extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
+ *
+ * init: function() {
+ * this.control({
+ * 'viewport > panel': {
+ * render: this.onPanelRendered
+ * }
+ * });
+ * },
+ *
+ * onPanelRendered: function() {
+ * console.log('The panel was rendered');
+ * }
+ * });
+ *
+ * We've updated the init function to use this.control to set up listeners on views in our application. The control
+ * function uses the new ComponentQuery engine to quickly and easily get references to components on the page. If you
+ * are not familiar with ComponentQuery yet, be sure to check out THIS GUIDE for a full explanation. In brief though,
+ * it allows us to pass a CSS-like selector that will find every matching component on the page.
+ *
+ * In our init function above we supplied 'viewport > panel', which translates to "find me every Panel that is a direct
+ * child of a Viewport". We then supplied an object that maps event names (just 'render' in this case) to handler
+ * functions. The overall effect is that whenever any component that matches our selector fires a 'render' event, our
+ * onPanelRendered function is called.
+ *
+ * <u>Using refs</u>
+ *
+ * One of the most useful parts of Controllers is the new ref system. These use the new {@link Ext.ComponentQuery} to
+ * make it really easy to get references to Views on your page. Let's look at an example of this now:
+ *
+ * Ext.define('MyApp.controller.Users', {
+ extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
+
+ refs: [
+ {
+ ref: 'list',
+ selector: 'grid'
+ }
+ ],
+
+ init: function() {
+ this.control({
+ 'button': {
+ click: this.refreshGrid
+ }
+ });
+ },
+
+ refreshGrid: function() {
+ this.getList().store.load();
+ }
+ });
+ *
+ * This example assumes the existence of a {@link Ext.grid.Panel Grid} on the page, which contains a single button to
+ * refresh the Grid when clicked. In our refs array, we set up a reference to the grid. There are two parts to this -
+ * the 'selector', which is a {@link Ext.ComponentQuery ComponentQuery} selector which finds any grid on the page and
+ * assigns it to the reference 'list'.
+ *
+ * By giving the reference a name, we get a number of things for free. The first is the getList function that we use in
+ * the refreshGrid method above. This is generated automatically by the Controller based on the name of our ref, which
+ * was capitalized and prepended with get to go from 'list' to 'getList'.
+ *
+ * The way this works is that the first time getList is called by your code, the ComponentQuery selector is run and the
+ * first component that matches the selector ('grid' in this case) will be returned. All future calls to getList will
+ * use a cached reference to that grid. Usually it is advised to use a specific ComponentQuery selector that will only
+ * match a single View in your application (in the case above our selector will match any grid on the page).
+ *
+ * Bringing it all together, our init function is called when the application boots, at which time we call this.control
+ * to listen to any click on a {@link Ext.button.Button button} and call our refreshGrid function (again, this will
+ * match any button on the page so we advise a more specific selector than just 'button', but have left it this way for
+ * simplicity). When the button is clicked we use out getList function to refresh the grid.
+ *
+ * You can create any number of refs and control any number of components this way, simply adding more functions to
+ * your Controller as you go. For an example of real-world usage of Controllers see the Feed Viewer example in the
+ * examples/app/feed-viewer folder in the SDK download.
+ *
+ * <u>Generated getter methods</u>
+ *
+ * Refs aren't the only thing that generate convenient getter methods. Controllers often have to deal with Models and
+ * Stores so the framework offers a couple of easy ways to get access to those too. Let's look at another example:
+ *
+ * Ext.define('MyApp.controller.Users', {
+ extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
+
+ models: ['User'],
+ stores: ['AllUsers', 'AdminUsers'],
+
+ init: function() {
+ var User = this.getUserModel(),
+ allUsers = this.getAllUsersStore();
+
+ var ed = new User({name: 'Ed'});
+ allUsers.add(ed);
+ }
+ });
+ *
+ * By specifying Models and Stores that the Controller cares about, it again dynamically loads them from the appropriate
+ * locations (app/model/User.js, app/store/AllUsers.js and app/store/AdminUsers.js in this case) and creates getter
+ * functions for them all. The example above will create a new User model instance and add it to the AllUsers Store.
+ * Of course, you could do anything in this function but in this case we just did something simple to demonstrate the
+ * functionality.
+ *
+ * <u>Further Reading</u>
+ *
+ * For more information about writing Ext JS 4 applications, please see the <a href="../guide/application_architecture">
+ * application architecture guide</a>. Also see the {@link Ext.app.Application} documentation.
+ *
+ * @markdown
+ * @docauthor Ed Spencer
+ */
+Ext.define('Ext.app.Controller', {
+ /**
+ * @cfg {Object} id The id of this controller. You can use this id when dispatching.
+ */
+
+ mixins: {
+ observable: 'Ext.util.Observable'
+ },
+
+ onClassExtended: function(cls, data) {
+ var className = Ext.getClassName(cls),
+ match = className.match(/^(.*)\.controller\./);
+
+ if (match !== null) {
+ var namespace = Ext.Loader.getPrefix(className) || match[1],
+ onBeforeClassCreated = data.onBeforeClassCreated,
+ requires = [],
+ modules = ['model', 'view', 'store'],
+ prefix;
+
+ data.onBeforeClassCreated = function(cls, data) {
+ var i, ln, module,
+ items, j, subLn, item;
+
+ for (i = 0,ln = modules.length; i < ln; i++) {
+ module = modules[i];
+
+ items = Ext.Array.from(data[module + 's']);
+
+ for (j = 0,subLn = items.length; j < subLn; j++) {
+ item = items[j];
+
+ prefix = Ext.Loader.getPrefix(item);
+
+ if (prefix === '' || prefix === item) {
+ requires.push(namespace + '.' + module + '.' + item);
+ }
+ else {
+ requires.push(item);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ Ext.require(requires, Ext.Function.pass(onBeforeClassCreated, arguments, this));
+ };
+ }
+ },
+
+ constructor: function(config) {
+ this.mixins.observable.constructor.call(this, config);
+
+ Ext.apply(this, config || {});
+
+ this.createGetters('model', this.models);
+ this.createGetters('store', this.stores);
+ this.createGetters('view', this.views);
+
+ if (this.refs) {
+ this.ref(this.refs);
+ }
+ },
+
+ // Template method
+ init: function(application) {},
+ // Template method
+ onLaunch: function(application) {},
+
+ createGetters: function(type, refs) {
+ type = Ext.String.capitalize(type);
+ Ext.Array.each(refs, function(ref) {
+ var fn = 'get',
+ parts = ref.split('.');
+
+ // Handle namespaced class names. E.g. feed.Add becomes getFeedAddView etc.
+ Ext.Array.each(parts, function(part) {
+ fn += Ext.String.capitalize(part);
+ });
+ fn += type;
+
+ if (!this[fn]) {
+ this[fn] = Ext.Function.pass(this['get' + type], [ref], this);
+ }
+ // Execute it right away
+ this[fn](ref);
+ },
+ this);
+ },
+
+ ref: function(refs) {
+ var me = this;
+ refs = Ext.Array.from(refs);
+ Ext.Array.each(refs, function(info) {
+ var ref = info.ref,
+ fn = 'get' + Ext.String.capitalize(ref);
+ if (!me[fn]) {
+ me[fn] = Ext.Function.pass(me.getRef, [ref, info], me);
+ }
+ });
+ },
+
+ getRef: function(ref, info, config) {
+ this.refCache = this.refCache || {};
+ info = info || {};
+ config = config || {};
+
+ Ext.apply(info, config);
+
+ if (info.forceCreate) {
+ return Ext.ComponentManager.create(info, 'component');
+ }
+
+ var me = this,
+ selector = info.selector,
+ cached = me.refCache[ref];
+
+ if (!cached) {
+ me.refCache[ref] = cached = Ext.ComponentQuery.query(info.selector)[0];
+ if (!cached && info.autoCreate) {
+ me.refCache[ref] = cached = Ext.ComponentManager.create(info, 'component');
+ }
+ if (cached) {
+ cached.on('beforedestroy', function() {
+ me.refCache[ref] = null;
+ });
+ }
+ }
+
+ return cached;
+ },
+
+ control: function(selectors, listeners) {
+ this.application.control(selectors, listeners, this);
+ },
+
+ getController: function(name) {
+ return this.application.getController(name);
+ },
+
+ getStore: function(name) {
+ return this.application.getStore(name);
+ },
+
+ getModel: function(model) {
+ return this.application.getModel(model);
+ },
+
+ getView: function(view) {
+ return this.application.getView(view);
+ }
+});
+