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LawsController

Extends \AdminHttpViewController

Class LawsController

This class contains some helper methods for handling view requests. Be careful always when outputting raw user data to HTML or when handling POST requests because insufficient protection will lead to XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities.

category

System
package

AdminHttpViewControllers

Methods

__construct

__construct(\HttpContextReaderInterface $httpContextReader, \HttpResponseProcessorInterface $httpResponseProcessor, \ContentViewInterface $defaultContentView)
inherited

Arguments

$httpContextReader

\HttpContextReaderInterface

$httpResponseProcessor

\HttpResponseProcessorInterface

$defaultContentView

\ContentViewInterface

Invokes an action method by the given action name.

_callActionMethod(string $actionName) : \HttpControllerResponseInterface
inherited
Throws
\LogicException

If no action method of the given name exists.

Arguments

$actionName

string

Name of action method to call, without 'action'-Suffix.

Response

\HttpControllerResponseInterface

Response message.

Returns the expected $_POST value by the given key name.

_getPostData(string $keyName) : string|null
inherited

This method is the object oriented layer for $_POST[$keyName].

Arguments

$keyName

string

Expected key of post parameter.

Response

string|null

Either the expected value or null, of not found.

Creates and returns a key value collection which represent the global $_POST array.

_getPostDataCollection() : \KeyValueCollection
inherited

Response

\KeyValueCollection

Returns the expected $_GET value by the given key name.

_getQueryParameter(string $keyName) : mixed|null
inherited

This method is the object oriented layer for $_GET[$keyName].

Arguments

$keyName

string

Expected key of query parameter.

Response

mixed|null

Either the expected value or null, of not found.

Creates and returns a key value collection which represent the global $_GET array.

_getQueryParametersCollection() : \KeyValueCollection
inherited

Response

\KeyValueCollection

Returns the expected $_SERVER value by the given key name.

_getServerData(string $keyName) : string|null
inherited

This method is the object oriented layer for $_SERVER[$keyName].

Arguments

$keyName

string

Expected key of server parameter.

Response

string|null

Either the expected value or null, of not found.

Renders and returns a template file.

_render(string $templateFile, array $contentArray) : string
inherited

Arguments

$templateFile

string

Template file to render.

$contentArray

array

Content array which represent the variables of the template.

Response

string

Rendered template.

Check if the $_POST['pageToken'] or $_GET['pageToken'] variable is provided and if it's valid.

_validatePageToken(string $customExceptionMessage = null)
inherited

Example: public function proceed(HttpContextInterface $httpContext) { parent::proceed($httpContext); // proceed http context from parent class if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') { $this->_validatePageToken(); // CSRF Protection } }

Throws
\Exception

If the validation fails.

Arguments

$customExceptionMessage

string

(optional) You can specify a custom exception message.

Default action method.

actionDefault() : \HttpControllerResponseInterface
inherited

Every controller child class requires at least the default action method, which is invoked when the ::_getQueryParameterData('do') value is not separated by a trailing slash.

Every action method have to return an instance which implements the http controller response interface.

Response

\HttpControllerResponseInterface

actionGetCookiePreferences

actionGetCookiePreferences()

Save Cookie Preferences

actionSaveCookiePreferences()

This is an AJAX callback that will save the cookies data and send back a success message.

Save Law Preferences

actionSaveLawPreferences()

This is a post callback that will need to store the data and then redirect back to the "Rights" page.

Converts a opacity value (0.0 - 1.0) to the equal transparency value (100% - 0%).

convertOpacityToTransparency(float $opacity) : integer

Note: The transparency value is represented as percentage, the opacity as float and the opacity is reverted. 0.9-, or 90% opacity means 0.1-, or 10% transparency.

Arguments

$opacity

float

Value which should be converted to the equal transparency.

Response

integer

Converted opacity value.

Converts a transparency value (100% - 0%) to the equal opacity value (0.0 - 1.0).

convertTransparencyToOpacity(integer $transparency) : integer

Note: The transparency value is represented as percentage, the opacity as float and the opacity is reverted. 0.9-, or 90% opacity means 0.1-, or 10% transparency.

Arguments

$transparency

integer

Value which should be converted to the equal opacity.

Response

integer

Converted transparency value.

Searches the GXModules directory and admin/html directory for a template file, wich can be useed inside the AdminLayoutHttpControllerResponse object for the template parameter.

getTemplateFile(string $templateFile) : \ExistingFile
inherited
Throws
\Exception

if the path or file is not found

Arguments

$templateFile

string

The relative path and filename to search for

Response

\ExistingFile

containing absolute file path to the given template file

Processes a http response object which is get by invoking an action method.

proceed(\HttpContextInterface $httpContext)
inherited

The action method is determined by the http context reader instance and the current request context. Re-implement this method in child classes to enable XSS and CSRF protection on demand.

see \HttpContextReaderInterface::getActionName \HttpResponseProcessorInterface::proceed
Throws
\LogicException

When no action method is found by the http context reader.

Arguments

$httpContext

\HttpContextInterface

Http context object which hold the request variables.

Makes sure that the admin status is currently given in session

validateCurrentAdminStatus()
inherited
Throws
\LogicException

Properties

httpContextReader

httpContextReader : \HttpContextReaderInterface
inherited
var

Type(s)

\HttpContextReaderInterface

httpResponseProcessor

httpResponseProcessor : \HttpResponseProcessorInterface
inherited
var

Type(s)

\HttpResponseProcessorInterface

contentView

contentView : \ContentViewInterface
inherited
var

Type(s)

\ContentViewInterface

queryParametersArray

queryParametersArray : array
inherited
var

Type(s)

array

postDataArray

postDataArray : array
inherited
var

Type(s)

array

Contain the assets needed to be included in the view HTML.

assets : \AssetCollectionInterface
inherited
var

Contain the assets needed to be included in the view HTML.

Type(s)

\AssetCollectionInterface

Server data.

serverDataArray : array
inherited
var

Server data.

Type(s)

array