Controllers as Services revisited

Util.php

<?php

namespace Whitewashing\BlogBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;

/**
 * 
 */
class Util
{
    /**
     * @var ContainerInterface
     */
    private $container;
    
    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container)
    {
        $this->container = $container;
    }
    
    /**
     * Generates a URL from the given parameters.
     *
     * @param string  $name       The name of the route
     * @param array   $parameters An array of parameters
     * @param Boolean $absolute   Whether to generate an absolute URL
     *
     * @return string The generated URL
     */
    public function generateUrl($route, array $parameters = array(), $absolute = false)
    {
        return $this->container->get('router')->generate($route, $parameters, $absolute);
    }

    /**
     * Forwards the request to another controller.
     *
     * @param  string  $controller The controller name (a string like BlogBundle:Post:index)
     * @param  array   $path       An array of path parameters
     * @param  array   $query      An array of query parameters
     *
     * @return Response A Response instance
     */
    public function forward($controller, array $path = array(), array $query = array())
    {
        return $this->container->get('http_kernel')->forward($controller, $path, $query);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a RedirectResponse to the given URL.
     *
     * @param string  $url The URL to redirect to
     * @param integer $status The status code to use for the Response
     *
     * @return RedirectResponse
     */
    public function redirect($url, $status = 302)
    {
        return new RedirectResponse($url, $status);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a rendered view.
     *
     * @param string $view       The view name
     * @param array  $parameters An array of parameters to pass to the view
     *
     * @return string The renderer view
     */
    public function renderView($view, array $parameters = array())
    {
        return $this->container->get('templating')->render($view, $parameters);
    }

    /**
     * Renders a view.
     *
     * @param string   $view The view name
     * @param array    $parameters An array of parameters to pass to the view
     * @param Response $response A response instance
     *
     * @return Response A Response instance
     */
    public function render($view, array $parameters = array(), Response $response = null)
    {
        return $this->container->get('templating')->renderResponse($view, $parameters, $response);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a NotFoundHttpException.
     *
     * This will result in a 404 response code. Usage example:
     *
     *     throw $this->createNotFoundException('Page not found!');
     *
     * @return NotFoundHttpException
     */
    public function createNotFoundException($message = 'Not Found', \Exception $previous = null)
    {
        return new NotFoundHttpException($message, $previous);
    }

    /**
     * Creates and returns a Form instance from the type of the form.
     *
     * @param string|FormTypeInterface $type    The built type of the form
     * @param mixed $data                       The initial data for the form
     * @param array $options                    Options for the form
     *
     * @return Form
     */
    public function createForm($type, $data = null, array $options = array())
    {
        return $this->container->get('form.factory')->create($type, $data, $options);
    }

    /**
     * Creates and returns a form builder instance
     *
     * @param mixed $data               The initial data for the form
     * @param array $options            Options for the form
     *
     * @return FormBuilder
     */
    public function createFormBuilder($data = null, array $options = array())
    {
        return $this->container->get('form.factory')->createBuilder('form', $data, $options);
    }

    /**
     * Shortcut to return the request service.
     *
     * @return Request
     */
    public function getRequest()
    {
        return $this->container->get('request');
    }
    
    public function isPost()
    {
        return $this->getRequest()->getMethod() == 'POST';
    }
    
    public function isPut()
    {
        return $this->getRequest()->getMethod() == 'PUT';
    }
    
    public function isDelete()
    {
        return $this->getRequest()->getMethod() == 'DELETE';
    }
    
    public function isXmlHttpRequest()
    {
        return $this->getRequest()->isXmlHttpRequest();
    }
    
    /**
     * @return SecurityContext
     */
    public function getSecurityContext()
    {
        return $this->container->get('security.context');
    }
    
    /**
     * Is current user granted certain attributes on a certain object or in general? 
     * 
     * @param type $attributes
     * @param type $object
     * @return type 
     */
    public function isGranted($attributes, $object)
    {
        return $this->container->getSecurityContext()->isGranted($attributes, $object);
    }
    
    /**
     * @return UserInterface
     */
    public function getUser()
    {
        $token = $this->container->getSecurityContext()->getToken();
        if ($token) {
            $user = $token->getUser();
            if ($user instanceof UserInterface) {
                return $user;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
    
    public function getSession()
    {
        return $this->container->get('session');
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the service id is defined.
     *
     * @param  string  $id The service id
     *
     * @return Boolean true if the service id is defined, false otherwise
     */
    public function has($id)
    {
        return $this->container->has($id);
    }

    /**
     * Gets a service by id.
     *
     * @param  string $id The service id
     *
     * @return object  The service
     */
    public function get($id)
    {
        return $this->container->get($id);
    }
}

How do you use it ? Do your controllers extend this class ?

No they get this injected as dependency

Oh nice !