AbstractRestfulController: return response instead of array

[finn-matti]

Feature Request

At the moment all method that map to HTTP verbs return something like the following:

   /**
     * Create a new resource
     *
     * @param  mixed $data
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function create($data)
    {
        $this->response->setStatusCode(405);

        return [
            'content' => 'Method Not Allowed'
        ];
    }

We suggest that the response object should be returned here, instead of an array, like so:

   /**
     * Create a new resource
     *
     * @param  mixed $data
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function create($data)
    {
        $this->response->setStatusCode(405);
        $this->response->setContent('Method Not Allowed');

        return $this->response
    }

Q	A
New Feature	yes
RFC	no
BC Break	maybe

Summary

In this way a not implemented method in a controller can simply be left out and Laminas does the right thing automatically.

At the moment you have to overwrite the method no matter what.

[Ocramius]

In theory, if mixed is allowed as response, it should not be a BC break.

What happens right now if you return a Response instance?

[Ocramius]

Also: could you write a test for current behavior?