fix

silk/BaseController.lua

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 -- create class
-BaseController = BaseObject:extends{
-    class="BaseController",
-    registry = {},
-    models = {},
-    main = false }
+BaseObject:subclass("BaseController",
+    {
+        registry = {},
+        models = {},
+        main = false
+    })
+    
 -- set the name here in each subclasses
 function BaseController:initialize()
     for k, v in pairs(self.models) do
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ function BaseController:initialize()
     self.template = Template:new{registry = self.registry}
 end
 
+function BaseController:print(...)
+    return self:actionnotfound("print")
+end
+
 function BaseController:redirect(url)
     std.status(301, "Moved Permanently")
     std.custom_header("Content-Type","text/html")
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ function BaseController:modelnotfound(...)
 end
 -- The not found controller
 
-NotfoundController = BaseController:extends{ registry = {}, models = {} }
+BaseController:subclass("NotfoundController",{ registry = {}, models = {} })
 
 function NotfoundController:index(...)
     local args = {...}
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ function NotfoundController:index(...)
 end
 
 -- The asset controller for the static file
-AssetController = BaseController:extends{name= "AssetController",registry={}, models={}}
+BaseController:subclass("AssetController", {registry={}, models={}})
 function AssetController:index(...)
     local args = {...}
     return self:get(table.unpack(args))

silk/BaseModel.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 -- create class
-BaseModel = BaseObject:extends{class="BaseModel",registry = {}}
+BaseObject:subclass("BaseModel", {registry = {}})
 
 function BaseModel:initialize()
     self.db = self.registry.db

silk/BaseObject.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 BaseObject = Object:extends{registry = {}, class="BaseObject"}
-
+function BaseObject:subclass(name, args)
+    _G[name] = self:extends(args)
+    _G[name].class = name
+end
 
 function BaseObject:log(msg, level)
     level = level or "INFO"
@@ -12,6 +15,10 @@ function BaseObject:debug(msg)
     self:log(msg, "DEBUG")
 end
 
+function BaseObject:print()
+    print(self.class)
+end
+
 function BaseObject:error(msg, trace)
     html()
     echo(msg)

silk/DBHelper.lua

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sqlite = modules.sqlite()
 
 if sqlite == nil then return 0 end
 -- create class
-DBHelper = BaseObject:extends{db=nil, class='DBHelper'}
+ BaseObject:subclass("DBHelper",{db={}})
 
 function DBHelper:createTable(tbl, m)
 	if self:available(tbl) then return true end

silk/Router.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 --define the class
-Router = BaseObject:extends{class="Router",registry = {}}
+BaseObject:subclass ("Router",{registry = {}})
 function Router:setPath(path)
     self.path = path
 end

silk/Template.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- create class
-Template = BaseObject:extends{class="Template",registry = {}}
+ BaseObject:subclass("Template",{registry = {}})
 
 function Template:initialize()
     self.vars = {}