start of the vue + mvc example and a simple session binding

Former-commit-id: 994f00952352c93d270ad197cb843f3222fb37c0

mvc2/controller.go

@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ func (c *ControllerActivator) isReservedMethod(name string) bool {
 
 // register all available, exported methods to handlers if possible.
 func (c *ControllerActivator) parseMethods() {
-
 	n := c.Type.NumMethod()
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		m := c.Type.Method(i)

mvc2/controller_test.go

@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ func (t *testControllerBindStruct) Get() {
 	t.Ctx.Writef(t.TitlePointer.title + t.TitleValue.title + t.Other)
 }
 
+// test if context can be binded to the controller's function
+// without need to declare it to a struct if not needed.
+func (t *testControllerBindStruct) GetCtx(ctx iris.Context) {
+	ctx.StatusCode(iris.StatusContinue)
+}
+
 type testControllerBindDeep struct {
 	testControllerBindStruct
 }
@@ -268,6 +274,7 @@ func (t *testControllerBindDeep) Get() {
 	// 	t.testControllerBindStruct.Get()
 	t.Ctx.Writef(t.TitlePointer.title + t.TitleValue.title + t.Other)
 }
+
 func TestControllerBind(t *testing.T) {
 	app := iris.New()
 	// app.Logger().SetLevel("debug")
@@ -287,6 +294,8 @@ func TestControllerBind(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := t1 + t2
 	e.GET("/").Expect().Status(iris.StatusOK).
 		Body().Equal(expected)
+	e.GET("/ctx").Expect().Status(iris.StatusContinue)
+
 	e.GET("/deep").Expect().Status(iris.StatusOK).
 		Body().Equal(expected)
 }

mvc2/session_binder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package mvc2
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/context"
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/sessions"
+)
+
+// Session -> TODO: think of move all bindings to
+// a different folder like "bindings"
+// so it will be used as .Bind(bindings.Session(manager))
+// or let it here but change the rest of the binding names as well
+// because they are not "binders", their result are binders to be percise.
+func Session(sess *sessions.Sessions) func(context.Context) *sessions.Session {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) *sessions.Session {
+		return sess.Start(ctx)
+	}
+}

mvc2/session_controller.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/sessions"
 )
 
-var defaultManager = sessions.New(sessions.Config{})
+var defaultSessionManager = sessions.New(sessions.Config{})
 
 // SessionController is a simple `Controller` implementation
 // which requires a binded session manager in order to give
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type SessionController struct {
 // It makes sure that its "Manager" field is filled
 // even if the caller didn't provide any sessions manager via the `app.Controller` function.
 func (s *SessionController) OnActivate(ca *ControllerActivator) {
-	if didntBindManually := ca.BindIfNotExists(defaultManager); didntBindManually {
+	if didntBindManually := ca.BindIfNotExists(defaultSessionManager); didntBindManually {
 		ca.Router.GetReporter().Add(
 			`MVC SessionController: couldn't find any "*sessions.Sessions" bindable value to fill the "Manager" field, 
 			therefore this controller is using the default sessions manager instead.