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      • ColdBox.cfc
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      • Using Settings
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  • The Basics
    • Request Context
    • Routing
      • Requirements
        • Rewrite Rules
      • Application Router
      • Routing DSL
        • Routing By Convention
        • Pattern Placeholders
        • Routing Methods
        • Resourceful Routes
        • Named Routes
        • Routing Groups
        • Routing Namespaces
      • Building Routable Links
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      • How are events called?
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        • Pre Advices
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        • Model Data Binding
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      • Executing Routes
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      • Event Caching
      • Validation
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      • Object Scopes
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        • Datasource
        • Contact.cfc
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        • ContactService.cfc
        • Contacts Handler
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        • Views
      • Coding: Virtual Service Layer
        • ORM
        • Contacts.cfc
        • Contacts Handler
        • Views
      • Coding: ORM Scaffolding
        • ORM
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        • Scaffold
  • HMVC
    • Modules
      • Core Modules
      • Locations
      • Parent Configuration
      • Module Layout
        • Changing The Module Layout
      • Module Service
        • Module Lifecycle
        • Module Registration
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        • Common Methods
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        • Module Events
      • ModuleConfig
        • Public Module Properties\/Directives
        • The Decorated Variables
        • The configure() Method
        • Module Settings
        • Environment Control
        • Interceptor Events
      • Module Event Executions
      • URL Routing
        • Default Route Execution
        • Module Routes Files
      • Request Context Module Methods
      • Layout and View Renderings
        • Layout\/View Discovery
        • Overriding Views
        • Overriding Layouts
        • Default Module Layout
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      • Models
      • Module CF Mappings
      • Module Dependencies
      • Module Helpers
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      • Module Inception
  • Testing
    • Testing Quick Start
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      • Test Harness
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      • Integration Testing
        • Test Annotations
        • Common Methods
        • Life-Cycle Events
        • Test Setup
        • The execute() Method
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        • Handler Returning Results
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        • HTTP Method Mocking
      • Interceptor Testing
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      • Tips & Tricks
  • Digging Deeper
    • Interceptors
      • How do they work?
        • Conventions
      • Interceptor Declaration
      • Interceptor Registration
      • Core Interception Points
        • Application Life Cycle Events
        • Object Creating Events
        • Layout-View Events
        • Module Events
        • CacheBox Events
      • Restricting Execution
      • Interceptor Output Buffer
      • Custom Events
        • Configuration Registration
        • Programmatic Registration
        • Listening
        • Announcing Interceptions
      • Unregistering Interceptors
      • Reporting Methods
      • Interceptor Asynchronicity
        • Async Announcements
        • Async Listeners With Join
        • Async Listeners No Join
        • Asynchronous Annotations
    • Flash RAM
      • Flash Storage
      • Using Flash RAM
      • Creating Your Own Flash Scope
    • HTML Helper
    • ColdBox Proxy
      • Getting Started
      • The Base Proxy Object
      • The Event Handlers
        • Distinguishing Request Types
        • RenderData()
      • Proxy Events
      • Standard Return Types
      • Caveats & Gotchas
    • Request Context Decorator
    • Controller Decorator
    • Recipes
      • Building REST APIs
      • Application Templates
      • ColdBox Exception Handling
      • Debugging ColdBox Apps
      • Clearing the View Cache
      • Building a simple Basic HTTP Authentication Interceptor
  • Architecture Concepts
    • What is MVC
    • What is ColdBox
    • How ColdBox Works
    • Testing Concepts
      • Functional Testing
      • Non-Functional Testing
      • Bugs Cost Money
      • Static Testing
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  1. The Basics

Routing

ColdBox supports a Routing Service that will provide you with robust URL mappings for building expressive applications and RESTFul services. By convention URL routing will allow you to create URL's without using verbose parameter delimiters like ?event=this.that&m1=val and execute ColdBox events.

// Old Style
http://localhost/index.cfm?event=home.about&page=2
http://localhost/index.cfm?city=24&page=3&county=234324324
// New Routing Style
http://localhost/home/about/page/2
http://localhost/dade/miami/page/3

If you are leveraging CommandBox as your server, then full URL rewrites are enabled by default. This means you do not need a web server to remove the index.cfm from the URL.

What is a route?

A route is a declared URL pattern that if matched it will translate the URL into one of the following:

  • A ColdBox event to execute

  • A View/Layout to render

  • A Reponse function to execute

  • A Redirection to occur

It will also inspect the URL for placeholders and translate them into the incoming Request Collection variables (RC).

Examples

config/Router.cfc
function configure(){

    // Routing with placeholders to an event with placeholders
    route( "/blog/:year-numeric{4}/:month?/:day?" )
        .to( "blog.list" );

    // Redirects
    route( "/old/book" )
        .redirect( "/mybook" );

    // Responses
    route( "/echo" ).toResponse( (event,rc,prc) => {
        return "hello luis";
    } );

    // Shortcut to above
    route( "/echo", (event,rc,prc) => {
        return "hello luis";
    } );

    // Show view
    route( "/contact-us" )
        .toView( "main/contact" );

    // Direct to handler with action from URL
    route( "/users/:action" )
        .toHandler( "users" );

    // Inline pattern + target and name
    route( pattern="/wiki/:page", target="wiki.show", name="wikipage" );

}

Routing Benefits

There are several benefits that you will get by using our routing system:

  • Complete control of how URL's are built and managed

  • Ability to create or build URLs' dynamically

  • Technology hiding

  • Greater application portability

  • URL's are more descriptive and easier to remember

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