<?php
/* SVN FILE: $Id$ */

/**
 * Object class, allowing __construct and __destruct in PHP4.
 *
 * Also includes methods for logging and the special method RequestAction,
 * to call other Controllers' Actions from anywhere.
 *
 * PHP versions 4 and 5
 *
 * CakePHP :  Rapid Development Framework <http://www.cakephp.org/>
 * Copyright (c) 2006, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
 *                     1785 E. Sahara Avenue, Suite 490-204
 *                     Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
 *
 * Licensed under The MIT License
 * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
 *
 * @filesource
 * @copyright    Copyright (c) 2006, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
 * @link         http://www.cakefoundation.org/projects/info/cakephp CakePHP Project
 * @package      cake
 * @subpackage   cake.cake.libs
 * @since        CakePHP v 0.2.9
 * @version      $Revision$
 * @modifiedby   $LastChangedBy$
 * @lastmodified $Date$
 * @license      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
 */

/**
 * Object class, allowing __construct and __destruct in PHP4.
 *
 * Also includes methods for logging and the special method RequestAction,
 * to call other Controllers' Actions from anywhere.
 *
 * @package    cake
 * @subpackage cake.cake.libs
 * @since      CakePHP v 0.2.9
 */
class Object
{

/**
 * Log object
 *
 * @var object
 */
    var $_log = null;

/**
 * A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4
 * Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors,
 * so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct()
 * which (if present) should call parent::__construct()
 *
 * @return Object
 */
    function Object()
    {
        $args = func_get_args();

        if (method_exists($this, '__destruct'))
        {
            register_shutdown_function(array(&$this, '__destruct'));
        }

        call_user_func_array(array(&$this, '__construct'), $args);
    }

/**
 * Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.
 */
    function __construct()
    {
    }

/**
 * Object-to-string conversion.
 * Each class can override this method as necessary.
 *
 * @return string The name of this class
 */
    function toString()
    {
      return get_class($this);
    }

/**
 * Calls a controller's method from any location.
 *
 * @param string $url  URL in the form of Cake URL ("/controller/method/parameter")
 * @param array $extra If array includes the key "render" it sets the AutoRender to true.
 * @return boolean  Success
 */
    function requestAction ($url, $extra = array())
    {
        if(!empty($url))
        {
            $dispatcher =& new Dispatcher();
            if(in_array('return', $extra))
            {
                $extra['return'] = 0;
                $extra['bare']    = 1;
                ob_start();
                $out = $dispatcher->dispatch($url, $extra);
                $out = ob_get_clean();
                return $out;
            }
            else
            {
                $extra['return'] = 1;
                $extra['bare']    = 1;
                return $dispatcher->dispatch($url, $extra);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

/**
 * API for logging events.
 *
 * @param string $msg Log message
 * @param int $type Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.
 */
    function log ($msg, $type=LOG_ERROR)
    {
        if(!class_exists('CakeLog'))
        {
            uses('cake_log');
        }
        if (is_null($this->_log))
        {
            $this->_log = new CakeLog();
        }
        if (!is_string($msg))
        {
            ob_start();
            print_r($msg);
            $msg = ob_get_contents();
            ob_end_clean();
        }

        switch ($type)
        {
            case LOG_DEBUG:
                return $this->_log->write('debug', $msg);
            break;
            default:
                return $this->_log->write('error', $msg);
            break;
      }
    }

/**
 * Enter description here...
 *
 * @param unknown_type $method
 * @param unknown_type $messages
 * @return unknown
 */
    function cakeError($method, $messages)
    {
        if(!class_exists('ErrorHandler'))
        {
            uses('error');
        }
        return new ErrorHandler($method, $messages);
    }
}

?>