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+<?php
+/**
+* ownCloud - News app
+*
+* @author Bernhard Posselt
+* Copyright (c) 2012 - Bernhard Posselt <nukeawhale@gmail.com>
+*
+* This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.
+* See the COPYING-README file
+*
+*/
+
+namespace OCA\News;
+
+class Controller {
+
+	protected $userId;
+	protected $appName;
+	protected $request;
+	protected $api;
+	protected $trans;
+
+	public function __construct($request, $api){
+		$this->api = $api;
+		$this->userId = $api->getUserId();
+		$this->appName = $api->getAppName();
+		$this->request = $request;
+		$this->trans = $api->getTrans();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief lets you access post and get parameters by the index
+	 * @param string $key: the key which you want to access in the $_POST or
+	 *                     $_GET array. If both arrays store things under the same
+	 *                     key, return the value in $_POST
+	 * @param $default: the value that is returned if the key does not exist
+	 * @return: the content of the array
+	 */
+	protected function params($key, $default=null){
+		$postValue = $this->request->getPOST($key);
+		$getValue = $this->request->getGET($key);
+		
+		if($postValue !== null){
+			return $postValue;
+		}
+
+		if($getValue !== null){
+			return $getValue;
+		}
+
+		return $default;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for accessing an uploaded file through the $_FILES array
+	 * @param string $key: the key that will be taken from the $_FILES array
+	 * @return the file in the $_FILES element
+	 */
+	protected function getUploadedFile($key){
+		return $this->request->getFILES($key);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Binds variables to the template and prints it
+	 * The following values are always assigned: userId, trans
+	 * @param $templateName the name of the template
+	 * @param $arguments an array with arguments in $templateVar => $content
+	 * @param string $renderAs: admin, user or blank: admin renders the page on
+	 *                          the admin settings page, user renders a normal
+	 *                          owncloud page, blank renders the template alone
+	 */
+	protected function render($templateName, $arguments=array(),
+							  $renderAs='user'){
+		$response = new TemplateResponse($this->appName, $templateName);
+		$response->setParams($arguments);
+		$response->renderAs($renderAs);
+		return $response;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief renders a json success
+	 * @param array $params an array which will be converted to JSON
+	 */
+	protected function renderJSON($params=array()){
+		$response = new JSONResponse($this->appName);
+		$response->setParams($params);
+		return $response;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief renders a json error
+	 * @param string $msg: the error message
+	 * @param string $file: the file that it occured in
+	 * @param array $params an array which will be converted to JSON
+	 */
+	protected function renderJSONError($msg, $file="", $params=array()){
+		$response = new JSONResponse($this->appName);
+		$response->setParams($params);
+		$response->setErrorMessage($msg, $file);
+		return $response;
+	}
+
+
+}