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Last commit: Tue Oct 13 22:52:59 2026 +0200	Jan Dankert	New: The UI is now able to send hierarchical form data and the server is converting it into an object. This is a very nice feature, because this enables a better OpenAPI interface.


     1 <?php
     2 
     3 
     4 namespace cms\action;
     5 
     6 /**
     7  * Method.
     8  *
     9  * A Method is divided into
    10  * - a view and
    11  * - a post action.
    12  *
    13  * Every Method must implement this interface.
    14  *
    15  * @package cms\action
    16  */
    17 interface Method
    18 {
    19 	/**
    20 	 * View.
    21 	 *
    22 	 * View action for displaying data.
    23 	 * Normally this is called after a HTTP GET.
    24 	 * This method needs to be idempotent, this usually means that no data is written to the model.
    25 	 * This method should be readonly, but may write data to the session.
    26 	 *
    27 	 * @return void
    28 	 */
    29 	public function view();
    30 
    31 	/**
    32 	 * Post action.
    33 	 *
    34 	 * Post action for writing data to the model (and the database).
    35 	 *
    36 	 * Normally this is called after a HTTP POST.
    37 	 *
    38 	 * @return object|null
    39 	 */
    40 	public function post();
    41 }



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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:52:59 +0200	Jan Dankert	New: The UI is now able to send hierarchical form data and the server is converting it into an object. This is a very nice feature, because this enables a better OpenAPI interface.
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:55:01 +0100	Jan Dankert	New: Action for displaying a navigation while no other action is selected.
Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:51:00 +0100	Jan Dankert	Refactoring: Every Actionmethod has now its own class.