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Corelib is a framework build in PHP and designed with the aim to create a very stable and extensible framework, and low error rate. This is done by standardizing the development process and structure, as well as by encapsulating the process into several enclosed and abstract processes.

Corelib can be used to a number of different things:

• Generating XHTML pages
• Generating PDF Documents (Requires a XSL:FO convert

Corelib has different kind of layers but the large many would say that it implements a MVC pattern. However it actualy implements a less know pattern called MVA. This works pretty much the same way a MVC pattern works, however it allows us to change the the models and change the way a view is rendered.

Below the differenct processes is listed

• Model (Active record pattern / ARP¹⁾ and other)
  1. Model instance
  2. Abstract database layer (Data access Layer / DAL²⁾)
  3. DAO (Data access object / DAO³⁾)
  4. Database

• Adapter / Controller
  1. Detect request type
  2. load GET/POST lookup reference
  3. Resolve and load page object
  4. Execute action
  5. Activate template engine / redirect (if post request)

• View - Using the XSLT Template engine. When the XSLT Template engine is in use differenct actions are made in the following order:
  1. Activate template engine
  2. Send HTTP Headers
  3. Build XML Document
  4. Apply XSLT Stylesheets
  5. Send output to client