creating RESTful service with Zend_Rest_Route and Zend_Rest_Controller

After trying different ways to make RESTful WS in Zend Framework, I am aware that I can simply use Zend_Rest_Route and ZendRest_Controller to make "standard" RESTful WS in PHP. Especially, Zend_Rest_Route supports RESTful URI pattern like /parameterName/parameterValue/.... This is different from what I read from forums. I am using Zend Framework 1.10 in Zend Server 5.0.1 running on IBM i. Zend_Rest_Server is really not good choice to make RESTful service. Zend_Rest_Server needs to be further improved to meet the requirement of "standard" RESTful.

I tried Zend_Controller_Router_Route to implemented RESTful URI pattern. But, it is easier to use Zend_Rest_Route and Zend_Rest_Controller. Actually, Zend_Rest_Controller does nothing but defines several abstract methods, which map to relevant HTTP methods. But, our RESTful controller must extend from it. Below is the sample codes. In my environment, I can access it with this URL: http://localhost/jiaRESTfulWS/public/index/product/fish/number/100/

BootStrap class

class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
{
 //adding this function in Bootstrap class to initilize Zend_Rest_Route.
 protected function _initRestRoute() {
  //getting an instance of zend front controller.
  $frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance ();
  //initializing a Zend_Rest_Route
  $restRoute = new Zend_Rest_Route ( $frontController );
  //let all actions to use Zend_Rest_Route.
  $frontController->getRouter ()->addRoute ( 'default', $restRoute );
 }
 
}

IndexController.php

class IndexController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
{
 
 public function init() {
  $this->getHelper ( 'viewRenderer' )->setNoRender ( true ); 
 }
 
 /**
  * The index action handles index/list requests; it should respond with a
  * list of the requested resources.
  */
 public function indexAction() {
  //HTTP code 500 might not good choice here.
  $this->getResponse ()->setHttpResponseCode ( 500 );
  $this->getResponse ()->appendBody ( "no list/index allowed" );
  
 } 
 
 /**
  * The get action handles GET requests and receives an 'id' parameter; it
  * should respond with the server resource state of the resource identified
  * by the 'id' value.
  */
 public function getAction() {  
  
  //I will return result in XML format.
  $this->getResponse ()->setHeader ( 'Content-Type', 'text/xml' );
  
  //Note: the Request object here is not HttpRequest. It is Zend controller request. This is the key!
  if ($this->getRequest ()->getParam ( "product" ) != NULL and $this->getRequest ()->getParam ( "number") != NULL ) {   
   //Initializing a dummy object for return. 
   $return = new Jia_Return ();
   $return->setProducts ( $this->getRequest ()->getParam ( "product" ) );
   $return->setQuantity ( $this->getRequest ()->getParam ( "number" ) );
   //We prevent the product has been found.
   //So, we set HTTP code 200 here.  
   $this->getResponse ()->setHttpResponseCode ( 200 );
  }    
   else {
    $return= new Jia_ErrorCode('no parameters!');
    //prevent the product is not found.
    $this->getResponse ()->setHttpResponseCode ( 200 );
   }
  
  print $this->_handleStruct( $return );
 
 }
 
 /**
  * The post action handles POST requests; it should accept and digest a
  * POSTed resource representation and persist the resource state.
  */
 public function postAction() {
  
 }
 
 /**
  * The put action handles PUT requests and receives an 'id' parameter; it
  * should update the server resource state of the resource identified by
  * the 'id' value.
  */
 public function putAction() {
 
 }
 
 /**
  * The delete action handles DELETE requests and receives an 'id'
  * parameter; it should update the server resource state of the resource
  * identified by the 'id' value.
  */
 public function deleteAction() {
 
 }
 
  
 /**
  * Handle an array or object result
  *
  * @param array|object $struct Result Value
  * @return string XML Response
  */
 protected function _handleStruct($struct) {

  $dom = new DOMDocument ( '1.0', 'UTF-8' );
  
  $root = $dom->createElement ( "Jia" );
  $method = $root;
  
  $root->setAttribute ( 'generator', 'Yiyu Blog' );
  $root->setAttribute ( 'version', '1.0' );
  $dom->appendChild ( $root );
  
  $this->_structValue ( $struct, $dom, $method );
  
  $struct = ( array ) $struct;
  if (! isset ( $struct ['status'] )) {
   $status = $dom->createElement ( 'status', 'success' );
   $method->appendChild ( $status );
  }
  return $dom->saveXML ();
 }
 
 /**
  * Recursively iterate through a struct
  *
  * Recursively iterates through an associative array or object's properties
  * to build XML response.
  *
  * @param mixed $struct
  * @param DOMDocument $dom
  * @param DOMElement $parent
  * @return void
  */
 protected function _structValue($struct, DOMDocument $dom, DOMElement $parent) {
  $struct = ( array ) $struct;
  
  foreach ( $struct as $key => $value ) {
   if ($value === false) {
    $value = 0;
   } elseif ($value === true) {
    $value = 1;
   }
   
   if (ctype_digit ( ( string ) $key )) {
    $key = 'key_' . $key;
   }
   
   if (is_array ( $value ) || is_object ( $value )) {
    $element = $dom->createElement ( $key );
    $this->_structValue ( $value, $dom, $element );
   } else {
    $element = $dom->createElement ( $key );
    $element->appendChild ( $dom->createTextNode ( $value ) );
   }
   
   $parent->appendChild ( $element );
  }
 }
 
}

Return.php

/**
 * A dummy class as return objec.
 * 
 * @author Yiyu Jia
 *
 */
class Jia_Return {
 
 /**
  * 
  * @var unknown_type
  */
 public $products;
 public $quantity;
 /**
  * @return the $products
  */
 public function getProducts() {
  return $this->products;
 }

 /**
  * @param $products the $products to set
  */
 public function setProducts($products) {
  $this->products = $products;
 }
 /**
  * @return the $quantity
  */
 public function getQuantity() {
  return $this->quantity;
 }

 /**
  * @param $quantity the $quantity to set
  */
 public function setQuantity($quantity) {
  $this->quantity = $quantity;
 }
 
}

ErrorCode.php

/**
 * An dummy error code class.
 * 
 * @author Yiyu Jia
 *
 */
class Jia_ErrorCode { 
 
 public $errorCode;
 
 function __construct($errMsg){
  $this->errorCode = $errMsg;
 }  

}

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