1 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/private/Controller/Controller.php b/private/Controller/Controller.php
index 188345a..586be15 100644
--- a/private/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/private/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ use AugustOffensive\Model;
 class Controller
 {
     /**
+     * Initiates connection with the database.
+     *
+     * While errors are ideally handled by the controller, this instantiation
+     * will likely throw a \PDOException which should be handled by the front-
+     * end due to this being a fatal error and generally unrecoverable.
+     *
+     * @return Model\Connection
+     */
+    public static function initiateConnection (): Model\Connection
+    {
+        return new Model\Connection();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Creates and returns a Query object.
      *
      * If the creation results in an error, a different query object is
@@ -29,9 +43,9 @@ class Controller
         array $content
     ): Model\Query {
         try {
-            return new Model\Query ($path, $request, $content);
+            return new Model\Query($path, $request, $content);
         } catch (\Exception $err) {
-            return new Model\Query (array(), "", array("ERROR" => $err->getMessage()));
+            return new Model\Query(array(), "", array("ERROR" => $err->getMessage()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -48,9 +62,31 @@ class Controller
         array $result
     ): Model\Result {
         try {
-            return new Model\Result ($resultType, $result);
+            return new Model\Result($resultType, $result);
         } catch (\Exception $err) {
-            return new Model\Result ("ERROR", array($err->getMessage()));
+            return new Model\Result("ERROR", array($err->getMessage()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain the error result based on the exception that was thrown.
+     *
+     * @param \Exception $err the error that was thrown.
+     *
+     * @return Model\Result
+     */
+    public static function errorResult (\Exception $err): Model\Result
+    {
+        $errorType = "";
+        // Juggle error: objective is to sort error type
+        try {
+            throw $err;
+        } catch (\PDOException $e) {
+            $errorType = "DATABASE_ERROR";
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            $errorType = "ERROR";
         }
+
+        return new Model\Result($errorType, array("error" => $err->getMessage()));
     }
 }