Site:Frontend:Controllers

Introduction

A Controller is a javascript class that will manage all the necessary javascript. This class is broken down by functionality and should only be instantiated when necessary.

Basic Site Controller

Example Controller

 <script type="text/javascript">
   function siteController(authUser, publicUser, publicContentId) {
     this.authUser   = authUser;
     this.publicUser = publicUser;
     this.contentId  = publicContentId;
     this.urls = [];
   }
 
   siteController.prototype.registerUrls = function(urls) {
     this.urls = urls;
   };
 
   siteController.prototype.registerProfileFunctions = function() {
     var myThis = this;
 
     $('#getUserState').click(function(e) {
       e.preventDefault();
       $.ajax({
         type: 'get',
         url:  myThis.urls['userStateUrl'],
         data: {
           'user': myThis.publicUser
         },
         success: function(data) {
           alert('This user is '+ data.state);
         }
       });
     });
   };
 </script>

Instantiating

In the example controller, siteController is instantiated with the authenticated username, the public username (if avaliable), and the public contentId (if avaliable) which are stored so they can be accessed throughout the class.