[cylix]

A lot of people commented about the JSON configuration file and I'd like to clarify this part of the article.

The routing configuration through a JSON configuration file was an idea I had at the beginning and it lead me to reflexion. I found the subject quite challenging and interesting, and I decided to work on it, resulting in a reflexion library.

However, when I came back to the original library, the mvc framework, I did not decide to go further concerning this routing configuration for multiple reasons: 1. the additional cost for each route call, resulting in decreased performance. 2. even if configuration would have been easier with JSON (or whatever) configuration file, the developer would have to register his controllers and actions for reflexion: lots of complexity for no real gain, as you have mentioned. And of course, if we want to avoid registering step, we would fall back in the dlopen solution as explained in the article, not really more appreciable.

I will maybe do an update to clarify this because lots of people seem to give a real importance to this part while it was only a way for me to introduce the subject. The goal of this article was mainly to describe briefly possible implementations of reflexion in C++, especially the one I have worked on.