From e2fa45e264fea2faa197929f408285954ce6ea79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Georges <sam@daftspunk.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 21:59:30 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Adds new override for components, onInit()

---
 modules/cms/classes/ComponentBase.php | 5 +++++
 modules/cms/classes/Controller.php    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/cms/classes/ComponentBase.php b/modules/cms/classes/ComponentBase.php
index 93fa4696d..fd5894aa4 100644
--- a/modules/cms/classes/ComponentBase.php
+++ b/modules/cms/classes/ComponentBase.php
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ abstract class ComponentBase extends Extendable
         return base_path() . Config::get('cms.pluginsDir') . $this->dirName;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Executed when this component is first initialized, before AJAX requests.
+     */
+    public function onInit() {}
+
     /**
      * Executed when this component is bound to a page or layout.
      */
diff --git a/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php b/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php
index 2435f8323..557739b7a 100644
--- a/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php
+++ b/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ class Controller extends BaseController
             $this->vars[$alias] = $this->page->components[$alias] = $componentObj;
         }
 
+        $componentObj->onInit();
         return $componentObj;
     }