does ktor have reverse routing for the dsl?

# ktor

[tipsy]

does ktor have reverse routing for the dsl?

[orangy]

what do you mean by “reverse routing”?

[tipsy]

if i define an endpoint, get("/my-path", ::controller), can i somehow get the path by asking ktor, using the controller as an argument?

[tipsy]

getRoute(::controller) would return "/my-path"

[orangy]

not out of the box, no

[orangy]

you can scan the routing tree and find it, if it’s not in a performance critical code

[orangy]

what’s the task at hand, what are you trying to achieve where you need it?

[tipsy]

a typical task would be building a link to one of your controllers. i'm not trying to use it in ktor, i'm just evaluating the usefulness of the feature. it's something i used a lot when i was using the play framework, but no other frameworks seem to implement it.

[tipsy]

https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.6.x/ScalaRouting#Reverse-routing

[tipsy]

i think it's a really useful feature, but not a lot of people seem to agree

[yen]

What would the result be if ::controller is registered to multiple routes?

[tipsy]

Typically the first one

[orangy]

Ah, typed locations. We have it differently