From 9d2deccdf99ccb14356c27606139fbaeefb23cee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Pringle <rpringle@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:26:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add controller initialization logic.

---
 lib/application.js | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/application.js b/lib/application.js
index 44e35b1d..8d0254cd 100644
--- a/lib/application.js
+++ b/lib/application.js
@@ -395,6 +395,17 @@ app.enableAuth = function(options) {
   this.isAuthEnabled = true;
 };
 
+app.controller = function(controllerCtor, options) {
+  var self = this;
+  SharedClass = RemoteObjects.SharedClass;
+
+  controllerCtor._sharedClass = new SharedClass(controllerCtor.name);
+  controllerCtor._sharedClass.resolve = function() {
+    return new controllerCtor(app, remotingContext);
+  };
+  app.remotes().addClass(controllerCtor._sharedClass);
+};
+
 app.boot = function(options) {
   throw new Error(
     '`app.boot` was removed, use the new module loopback-boot instead');