Starting to change the class loading for app classes

lib/Cake/Controller/PagesController.php

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
 
+App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
+
 /**
  * Static content controller
  *

lib/Cake/Core/App.php

@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ class App {
  */
 	private static $__classMap = array();
 
+/**
+ * Holds the possible paths for each package name
+ *
+ */
+	private static $__packages = array();
+
 /**
  * Used to read information stored path
  *
@@ -218,10 +224,10 @@ class App {
  * @return string array
  */
 	public static function path($type) {
-		if (!isset(self::${$type})) {
+		if (!isset(self::$__packages[$type])) {
 			return array();
 		}
-		return self::${$type};
+		return self::$__packages[$type];
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -234,14 +240,14 @@ class App {
  */
 	public static function build($paths = array(), $reset = false) {
 		$defaults = array(
-			'models' => array(MODELS),
-			'behaviors' => array(BEHAVIORS),
-			'datasources' => array(MODELS . 'datasources'),
-			'controllers' => array(CONTROLLERS),
-			'components' => array(COMPONENTS),
+			'Model' => array(MODELS),
+			'Model/Behavior' => array(BEHAVIORS),
+			'Datasource' => array(MODELS . 'datasources'),
+			'Controller' => array(CONTROLLERS),
+			'Controller/Component' => array(COMPONENTS),
 			'libs' => array(APPLIBS),
-			'views' => array(VIEWS),
-			'helpers' => array(HELPERS),
+			'View' => array(VIEWS),
+			'View/Helper' => array(HELPERS),
 			'locales' => array(APP . 'locale' . DS),
 			'shells' => array(
 				APP . 'console' . DS . 'shells' . DS,
@@ -254,7 +260,7 @@ class App {
 
 		if ($reset == true) {
 			foreach ($paths as $type => $new) {
-				self::${$type} = (array)$new;
+				self::$__packages[$type] = (array)$new;
 			}
 			return $paths;
 		}
@@ -263,27 +269,19 @@ class App {
 		$app = array('models' => true, 'controllers' => true, 'helpers' => true);
 
 		foreach ($defaults as $type => $default) {
-			$merge = array();
 
-			if (isset($app[$type])) {
-				$merge = array(APP);
-			}
-			if (isset($core[$type])) {
-				$merge = array_merge($merge, (array)$core[$type]);
-			}
-
-			if (empty(self::${$type}) || empty($paths)) {
-				self::${$type} = $default;
+			if (empty(self::$__packages[$type]) || empty($paths)) {
+				self::$__packages[$type] = $default;
 			}
 
 			if (!empty($paths[$type])) {
 				$path = array_flip(array_flip(array_merge(
-					(array)$paths[$type], self::${$type}, $merge
+					(array)$paths[$type], self::$__packages[$type], $merge
 				)));
-				self::${$type} = array_values($path);
+				self::$__packages[$type] = array_values($path);
 			} else {
-				$path = array_flip(array_flip(array_merge(self::${$type}, $merge)));
-				self::${$type} = array_values($path);
+				$path = array_flip(array_flip(self::$__packages[$type]));
+				self::$__packages[$type] = array_values($path);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -442,9 +440,15 @@ class App {
 
 	public static function load($className) {
 		if (isset(self::$__classMap[$className])) {
-			$file = LIBS . self::$__classMap[$className] . DS . $className . '.php';
-			if (file_exists($file)) {
-				return include $file;
+			$package = self::$__classMap[$className];
+			$paths = self::path($package);
+			$paths[] = LIBS . self::$__classMap[$className] . DS;
+
+			foreach ($paths as $path) {
+				$file = $path . $className . '.php';
+				if (file_exists($file)) {
+					return include $file;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -900,6 +904,4 @@ class App {
 			Cache::write('object_map', self::$__objects, '_cake_core_');
 		}
 	}
-}
-
-spl_autoload_register(array('App', 'load'));
+}

lib/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php

@@ -223,10 +223,7 @@ class Dispatcher {
 		if (!$ctrlClass) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		$ctrlClass .= 'Controller';
-		if (class_exists($ctrlClass)) {
-			return new $ctrlClass($request);
-		}
+		return new $ctrlClass($request);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -245,8 +242,11 @@ class Dispatcher {
 			$controller = Inflector::camelize($request->params['controller']);
 		}
 		if ($pluginPath . $controller) {
-			if (App::import('Controller', $pluginPath . $controller)) {
-				return $controller;
+			$class = $controller . 'Controller';
+			App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
+			App::uses($class, $pluginPath . 'Controller');
+			if (class_exists($class)) {
+				return $class;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;

lib/Cake/Utility/ClassRegistry.php

@@ -134,14 +134,17 @@ class ClassRegistry {
 					return $model;
 				}
 
-				if (class_exists($class) || App::import($type, $pluginPath . $class)) {
+				App::uses('Model', 'Model');
+				App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
+				App::uses($class, $pluginPath . $type);
+				if (class_exists($class)) {
 					${$class} = new $class($settings);
 				} elseif ($type === 'Model') {
-					if ($plugin && class_exists($plugin . 'AppModel')) {
-						$appModel = $plugin . 'AppModel';
-					} else {
+					//if ($plugin && class_exists($plugin . 'AppModel')) {
+					//	$appModel = $plugin . 'AppModel';
+					//} else {
 						$appModel = 'AppModel';
-					}
+					//}
 					$settings['name'] = $class;
 					${$class} = new $appModel($settings);
 				}

lib/Cake/View/View.php

@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ class View extends Object {
 			return $this->__paths;
 		}
 		$paths = array();
-		$viewPaths = App::path('views');
+		$viewPaths = App::path('View');
 		$corePaths = array_flip(App::core('views'));
 
 		if (!empty($plugin)) {

lib/Cake/bootstrap.php

@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ require LIBS . 'basics.php';
 require LIBS . 'Core' . DS .'App.php';
 require LIBS . 'Error' . DS . 'exceptions.php';
 
+spl_autoload_register(array('App', 'load'));
+
 App::uses('ErrorHandler', 'Error');
 App::uses('Configure', 'Core');
 App::uses('Cache', 'Cache');