Given a Route.Path object, is there a way to get the Controller?

[Richard Flosi]

I'm trying to make use of the 'before' event that is triggered on a route.

The callback on the 'before' event is called with a Path object.

I want to get the related Controller from this Path object.

Alternatively, I'd like to be able to setup the 'before' event listener on the Controller itself, but not sure if that is possible.

[Richard Flosi]

So this is what I came up with...

In my app/index.js:

    App = Spine.Controller.sub({

        init: function() {

            ...

            this.routes = new Routes({

                el: $('#app')

            });

            Spine.Route.bind('before', this.proxy(this.beforeNavigate));

            Spine.Route.setup({

                history: true

            });

        },

        beforeNavigate: function(path) {

            if (this.routes.controllers[this.routes.routes[path.path]].prototype.loginRequired) {

                console.log('require user is logged in.');

            } else {

                console.log('login not required.');

            }

        },

        ...

    });

And in a controller I do:

    MyController = Spine.Controller.sub({

        ...

        loginRequired: true,

        ...

    });

And Routes is just a Spine.Stack:

    Routes = Spine.Stack.sub({

        controllers: {

            mycontroller: require('mycontroller')

        },

        routes: {

            '/mycontroller': 'mycontroller'

        }

    });

This seems to work, but I'm open to suggestions.

Ideally I'd like to just be able to listen to the 'before' event in the context of a controller and not have to do all this lookup magic:

"this.routes.controllers[this.routes.routes[path.path]].prototype.loginRequired"

[Richard Flosi]

Ok. So, this is a lot easier than I made it out to be...

    MyController = Spine.Controller.sub({

        init: function() {

            Spine.Route.bind('before', this.proxy(this.before));

            ....

        },

        before: function(path) {

            // do stuff

        },

        ...

    });

[Richard Flosi]

My last post doesn't work too well either since 'before' will be triggered on all navigation.

I guess I'm trying to get 'before' to work like 'active()' works for a stack.

Maybe I should just use active.

[Richard Flosi]

I ended up ditching my attempt to use the `before` trigger.

If anyone is using `before` I'd be curious what you are using it for.

Thanks!