Zend Framework 2.0.0beta2 Manual

The ZF2 MVC layer incorporates and utilizes a custom Zend\EventManager\EventDescription type, Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent. This event is created during Zend\Mvc\Application::run(), and is passed directly to all events that method triggers. Additionally, if you mark your controllers with the Zend\Mvc\InjectApplicationEvent interface, it will be injected into those controllers.

The MvcEvent adds accessors and mutators for the following:

• Request object

• Response object

• Router object

• RouteMatch object

• "Result", usually the result of dispatching a controller

The methods it defines are:

• setRequest($request)

• getRequest()

• setResponse($response)

• getResponse()

• setRouter($router)

• getRouter()

• setRouteMatch($routeMatch)

• getRouteMatch()

• setResult($result)

• getResult()

Within Application::run(), the event is injected with the Request, Response, and Router immediately. Following the route event, it will be injected also with the RouteMatch object encapsulating the results of routing.

Since this object is passed around throughout the MVC, it is a common location for retrieving the results of routing, the router, and the request and response objects. Additionally, we encourage setting the results of execution in the event, to allow event listeners to introspect them and utilize them within their execution. As an example, the results could be passed into a view renderer.