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diff --git a/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua b/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
index 682511db2..628b4e3ee 100644
--- a/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
+++ b/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
]]--
+
+--- LuCI web dispatcher.
module("luci.dispatcher", package.seeall)
require("luci.init")
require("luci.http")
@@ -38,12 +40,16 @@ local index = nil
local fi
--- Builds a URL
+--- Build the URL relative to the server webroot from given virtual path.
+-- @param ... Virtual path
+-- @return Relative URL
function build_url(...)
return luci.http.getenv("SCRIPT_NAME") .. "/" .. table.concat(arg, "/")
end
--- Sends a 404 error code and renders the "error404" template if available
+--- Send a 404 error code and render the "error404" template if available.
+-- @param message Custom error message (optional)
+-- @return false
function error404(message)
luci.http.status(404, "Not Found")
message = message or "Not Found"
@@ -56,7 +62,9 @@ function error404(message)
return false
end
--- Sends a 500 error code and renders the "error500" template if available
+--- Send a 500 error code and render the "error500" template if available.
+-- @param message Custom error message (optional)#
+-- @return false
function error500(message)
luci.http.status(500, "Internal Server Error")
@@ -68,7 +76,9 @@ function error500(message)
return false
end
--- Renders an authorization form
+--- Render and evaluate the system authentication login form.
+-- @param default Default username
+-- @return Authentication status
function sysauth(default)
local user = luci.http.formvalue("username")
local pass = luci.http.formvalue("password")
@@ -87,7 +97,8 @@ function sysauth(default)
end
end
--- Creates a request object for dispatching
+--- Dispatch an HTTP request.
+-- @param request LuCI HTTP Request object
function httpdispatch(request)
luci.http.context.request = request
context.request = {}
@@ -101,7 +112,8 @@ function httpdispatch(request)
luci.http.close()
end
--- Dispatches a request
+--- Dispatches a LuCI virtual path.
+-- @param request Virtual path
function dispatch(request)
context.path = request
@@ -187,7 +199,7 @@ function dispatch(request)
end
end
--- Generates the dispatching tree
+--- Generate the dispatching index using the best possible strategy.
function createindex()
local path = luci.sys.libpath() .. "/controller/"
local suff = ".lua"
@@ -199,7 +211,9 @@ function createindex()
end
end
--- Uses fastindex to create the dispatching tree
+--- Generate the dispatching index using the fastindex C-indexer.
+-- @param path Controller base directory
+-- @param suffix Controller file suffix
function createindex_fastindex(path, suffix)
index = {}
@@ -215,8 +229,9 @@ function createindex_fastindex(path, suffix)
end
end
--- Calls the index function of all available controllers
--- Fallback for transition purposes / Leave it in as long as it works otherwise throw it away
+--- Generate the dispatching index using the native file-cache based strategy.
+-- @param path Controller base directory
+-- @param suffix Controller file suffix
function createindex_plain(path, suffix)
index = {}
@@ -265,7 +280,8 @@ function createindex_plain(path, suffix)
end
end
--- Creates the dispatching tree from the index
+--- Create the dispatching tree from the index.
+-- Build the index before if it does not exist yet.
function createtree()
if not index then
createindex()
@@ -297,7 +313,12 @@ function createtree()
end
end
--- Reassigns a node to another position
+--- Clone a node of the dispatching tree to another position.
+-- @param path Virtual path destination
+-- @param clone Virtual path source
+-- @param title Destination node title (optional)
+-- @param order Destination node order value (optional)
+-- @return Dispatching tree node
function assign(path, clone, title, order)
local obj = node(unpack(path))
obj.nodes = nil
@@ -320,7 +341,12 @@ function assign(path, clone, title, order)
return obj
end
--- Shortcut for creating a dispatching node
+--- Create a new dispatching node and define common parameters.
+-- @param path Virtual path
+-- @param target Target function to call when dispatched.
+-- @param title Destination node title
+-- @param order Destination node order value (optional)
+-- @return Dispatching tree node
function entry(path, target, title, order)
local c = node(unpack(path))
@@ -332,7 +358,9 @@ function entry(path, target, title, order)
return c
end
--- Fetch a dispatching node
+--- Fetch or create a new dispatching node.
+-- @param ... Virtual path
+-- @return Dispatching tree node
function node(...)
local c = context.tree
arg.n = nil
@@ -353,6 +381,9 @@ function node(...)
end
-- Subdispatchers --
+
+--- Create a redirect to another dispatching node.
+-- @param ... Virtual path destination
function alias(...)
local req = arg
return function()
@@ -360,6 +391,9 @@ function alias(...)
end
end
+--- Rewrite the first x path values of the request.
+-- @param n Number of path values to replace
+-- @param ... Virtual path to replace removed path values with
function rewrite(n, ...)
local req = arg
return function()
@@ -375,16 +409,23 @@ function rewrite(n, ...)
end
end
+--- Create a function-call dispatching target.
+-- @param nane Target function of local controller
+-- @param ... Additional parameters passed to the function
function call(name, ...)
local argv = {...}
return function() return getfenv()[name](unpack(argv)) end
end
+--- Create a template render dispatching target.
+-- @param nane Template to be rendered
function template(name)
require("luci.template")
return function() luci.template.render(name) end
end
+--- Create a CBI model dispatching target.
+-- @param model CBI model tpo be rendered
function cbi(model)
require("luci.cbi")
require("luci.template")