Gerar a representação dos controllers do VRaptor em javascript

DirectJavascriptRemote.java

/* Começado em https://gist.github.com/1524693  */

package org.milfont.indica.controller;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import net.vidageek.mirror.dsl.Mirror;

import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

import br.com.caelum.vraptor.Get;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.Path;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.Resource;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.Result;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.http.route.Route;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.http.route.Router;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.resource.ResourceMethod;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.view.Results;

import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
import com.google.common.collect.TreeMultimap;

@Resource
public final class DirectJavascriptRemote {
	
	private final Router router;

	private final Result result;

	public DirectJavascriptRemote(Router router, Result result) {
		this.router = router;
		this.result = result;
	}
	
	final String controllerTemplate = "function #{controller_name}(){DJR.call(this);}; #{controller_name}.prototype.routes = {};";
	final String actionsTemplate    = "\n #{controller_name}.prototype.routes['#{action}'] = {url: \"#{uri}\", method: \"#{method}\" };";

	
	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked"})
	private Set<String> filterControllerNames(List<Route> routes) {
		
		Collection<String> names = CollectionUtils.collect(routes, new Transformer(){
			@Override
			public Object transform(Object obj) {
				Route route = (Route) obj;
				ResourceMethod resourceMethod = (ResourceMethod) new Mirror().on(route).get().field("resourceMethod");
				return  resourceMethod.getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName();
			}});
		
		Comparator<String> comparator = new Comparator<String>() {
            public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
                return o1.compareTo(o2);
            }
        };

        Multimap<String, String> groups = TreeMultimap.create(comparator, Ordering.arbitrary());
        for(String controllerName : names) {
            groups.put(controllerName, controllerName);
        }

        return groups.asMap().keySet();
		
	}
	
	
	@Get
	@Path("/djr")
	public void getControllers() {

		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		String routesText = "";
		List<Route> routes = router.allRoutes();
		
		Set<String> controllerNames = filterControllerNames(routes);
		for(String name : controllerNames) {
			routesText = StringUtils.replace(controllerTemplate, "#{controller_name}", name);
			builder.append(routesText).append("\n");
		}
		for (Route route : routes) {
			String verb = route.allowedMethods().toArray()[0].toString();
			String uri = route.getOriginalUri();
			ResourceMethod resourceMethod = (ResourceMethod) new Mirror().on(route).get().field("resourceMethod");
			String controllerName = resourceMethod.getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName();
			String action = resourceMethod.getMethod().getName();
			routesText = StringUtils.replace(actionsTemplate, "#{controller_name}", controllerName);
			routesText = StringUtils.replace(routesText, "#{action}", action);
			routesText = StringUtils.replace(routesText, "#{uri}", uri);
			routesText = StringUtils.replace(routesText, "#{method}", verb);
			builder.append(routesText).append("\n");
		}
		result.use(Results.http()).body(builder.toString());
	}
	
}

djr.js

/* foi feito para o Rails primeiro, tem que fazer alguns ajustes */

function toMap(object) {
    var arr = [];
    for(var item in object)
        arr[arr.length] = {key: item, value: object[item]};
    return arr;
};

var DJR = function() {
    this.data   = "";
    this.error  = {};
    this.format = ".json";

    this.formatURL = function(url, params) {
        toMap(params).each( function(param) {
            url = url.replace((new RegExp(param.key)).source, param.value);
        });
        return url;
    };
    this.callbackDefault = function(data) {
        this.data = data;
    };
    this.errorDefault    = function(error) {
        this.error = error;
    };
    this.ajax = function(object, callback, error, method, url, params) {
        var self = this;
        var params = params || [];
        params["\(.:format\)"] = this.format;

        if(method === "")
            method = "GET";

        toMap(object).each( function(param) {
            params[":" + param.key] = param.value;
        });
        if(method !== "GET") {
            object = JSON.stringify(object);
            if (object && object.length === 2)
                object = null;
        }
        if(method === "DELETE") object = null;

        jQuery.ajax({
            context     : self,
            data        : object,
            cache       : false,
            dataType    : 'json',
            error       : error,
            success     : callback,
            contentType : "application/json",
            headers     : {"Content-Type":"application/json",  "Accept":"application/json"},
            type        : method,
            url         : this.formatURL(url, params) + "?authenticity_token=" + $("meta[name='csrf-token']").attr("content")
        });
    };
    for (var action in this.routes) {
        this[action] = function(act) {
            return function(object, callback, error) {
                if(typeof object === "function") {
                    callback = object;
                    error = callback;
                    object = {};
                }
                var localCallback     = callback || this.callbackDefault;
                var localErrorHandler = error    || this.errorDefault;
                this.ajax(object,
                          localCallback,
                          localErrorHandler,
                          this.routes[act].method,
                          this.routes[act].url);
                return this;
            }
        }(action);
    }

};

localhost8080appdjr

function ClientesController(){DJR.call(this);}; ClientesController.prototype.routes = {};
function ContatosController(){DJR.call(this);}; ContatosController.prototype.routes = {};
function DirectJavascriptRemote(){DJR.call(this);}; DirectJavascriptRemote.prototype.routes = {};
function HomeController(){DJR.call(this);}; HomeController.prototype.routes = {};
function OportunidadesController(){DJR.call(this);}; OportunidadesController.prototype.routes = {};
function ProdutosController(){DJR.call(this);}; ProdutosController.prototype.routes = {};

 DirectJavascriptRemote.prototype.routes['getControllers'] = {url: "/djr", method: "GET" };

 OportunidadesController.prototype.routes['create'] = {url: "/oportunidades", method: "POST" };

 OportunidadesController.prototype.routes['index'] = {url: "/oportunidades", method: "GET" };

 OportunidadesController.prototype.routes['show'] = {url: "/oportunidades/{oportunidade.id}", method: "GET" };

 OportunidadesController.prototype.routes['nova'] = {url: "/oportunidades/nova", method: "GET" };

 HomeController.prototype.routes['index'] = {url: "/", method: "GET" };

 ProdutosController.prototype.routes['index'] = {url: "/produtos", method: "GET" };

 ClientesController.prototype.routes['index'] = {url: "/clientes", method: "GET" };

 ContatosController.prototype.routes['index'] = {url: "/contatos", method: "GET" };

 OportunidadesController.prototype.routes['indicar'] = {url: "/oportunidades/indicar", method: "POST" };

use.js

var controller = new OportunidadesController;
// usando https://github.com/milfont/jsonform/ para capturar objeto a partir do FORM
var oportunidade = $("form").getJSON();
controller.create( oportunidade, callback, errorHandler);

wpivotto gostei da idéia, ainda vamos pegar esse esboço e dar uma trabalhada nele. Mais sugestões são muito bem vindas.

@cmilfont como vocês tão tratando CSRF? interceptor mesmo?