> Hi,
> TL;DR;
> When (in 0.9dev) you add a template like:
> /templates/static/hello.tpl
> Then the request:
> http://example.com/hello
> will serve that template.
> Without adding any dispatch rules.
> Long version:
> I just added a new notification to the 0.9dev.
> It is called #dispatch{} and is used by the site dispatcher to find a matching dispatch rule when no rule matched.
> The #dispatch{} observer can return:
> - {ok, integer()} where the integer is a rsc id
> - {ok, #dispatch_match{}} with a webmachine resource and options filled in
> - {ok, #dispatch_redirect{}} to redirect to a location (must be a fully qualified url!)
> - undefined
> With an 'undefined' other modules will be checked and finally a 404 might be served.
> In mod_base I added a handler for the #dispatch{} notification:
> %% @doc Check if there is a resource or template matching the path.
> observe_dispatch(#dispatch{path=Path}, Context) ->
> case m_rsc:page_path_to_id(Path, Context) of
> {ok, Id} ->
> {ok, Id};
> {error, _} ->
> Template = "static/"++Path++".tpl",
> case z_module_indexer:find(template, Template, Context) of
> {ok, _} ->
> {ok, #dispatch_match{
> mod=resource_template,
> mod_opts=[{template, Template}, {ssl, any}],
> bindings=[{path, Path}, {is_static, true}]
> }};
> {error, _} ->
> undefined
> end
> end.
> This does two things:
> 1. Check if there is resource with a set page path, if so return it's id
> 2. Check if there is a template in a 'static/' directory with the name of the request path.
> If so then this template is served using the resource_template module
> - Marc
