generateApp: Missing .htaccess in public folder

Well, on the XML front, I discovered quickly that there was one glaring problem -- it didn't exist.

Right now, it seems, if you type .json at the end of the URL, instead of leaving it blank or typing .html, it will automatically convert $this from your controller into JSON. So $this->flash = "Hello!" becomes {"flash":"Hello!"} in your browser. But when you try typing .xml, nothing new happens.

Except, $this->request->format in your controller function is set to xhtml when loaded normally, json when .json is appended, and (you guessed it), xml when .xml is appended.

So here's my quick and dirty way to add XML output in addition to XHTML output:

if($this->request->format == Formats::XML)
    $this->request->meta->app->viewsDir = $this->request->meta->app->viewsDir . 'xml/';

Oh sure, it's not that great, but it gets the job done. I won't have that many methods, and I'll just add it to each one, I suppose. Or maybe I can add a similar trick to the Application controller. I'm not sure. But it seems to work, at least in development mode. And that's enough for me right now.

As to why it works, take a look at recess/recess/framework/views/NativeView.class.php below. Note the line with viewDir to load the correct view (And the line with getViewsDir, which seems um, useless.) Also, you can see where XML output code should go, in the second method's case statement, after Formats::JSON.

class NativeView extends AbstractView {  
    /**
     * Realizes HTTP's body content based on the Response parameter. Responsible
     * for returning content in the format desired. The render method likely uses
     * inversion of control which delegates to another method within the view to 
     * realize the Response.
     *
     * @param Response $response
     * @abstract 
     */
    protected function render(Response $response) {
        $this->renderFormats($response);
        extract($response->data);
        $viewsDir = $response->meta->app->getViewsDir();
                
        include($response->meta->viewDir . $response->meta->viewName . '.php');
    }
    
    protected function renderFormats(Response $response) {
        switch($response->request->format) {
            case Formats::JSON:
                $this->render_JSON($response);
            default:
        }
    }
    
    protected function render_JSON(Response $response) {
        foreach($response->data as $key => $value) {
            if($value instanceof ModelSet) {
                $response->data[$key] = $value->toArray();
            }
            if($value instanceof Form) {
                unset($response->data[$key]);
            }
            if(substr($key,0,1) == '_') {
                unset($response->data[$key]);
            }
        }
        if(isset($response->data['application'])) unset ($response->data['application']);
        if(isset($response->data['controller'])) unset ($response->data['controller']);
        print json_encode($response->data);
        exit;
    }
}