[Solar-talk] pager + controller + model + view

[Paul M Jones]

On Jul 2, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> Let me share a solution to make controller, model and view walk
> together regarding pagination. It's also a suggestion for
> Solar_App_Base, or just take it as an idea to integrate well how
> controllers request data from models and at the same time tell the
> view about paging, page, etc.

Paging is a common-enough operation that it might be OK to make  
allowances for it in Solar_App_Base.  Good idea Rodrigo.  :-)

Now for some feedback:

> App_Base pager property:
> * $layout_pager: array with pager values ('page', 'paging', 'count')

Would this necessarily be a "layout" element?  It seems to me that  
paging is a function of the view, not of the layout.  We have  
$controller and $action, perhaps adding $pager is in line with that.   
(Although I can see an argument for the pager as part of the  
navigation system.)

Also, I think instead of 'count' it ought to be 'total' and 'pages',  
so that it maps more closely to the fetchCount() array return.

That would end up looking something like:

     $this->pager = array(
         'total'  => 100,
         'pages'  => 20,
         'page'   => 1,
         'paging' => 5,
     );

As you note later, the pager helper should take this array as its  
parameter.


> App_Base pager method:
> * _setPager():

I don't think I'm ready to commit to a method for this in  
Solar_App_Base yet ...


> The_setPager() method is defined in this class:
> [1] http://dev.tipos.org/browser/trunk/Tipos/App/Base.php

... and I don't see it there anyway; did I miss it?




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