ColdMVC: AJAX call

Trying to make ajax calls with ColdMVC was a little difficult for me because I struggle with routes, but I found a way. Here is what I did to make an AJAX call with ColdMVC.

First I created a function on a Controller so I can return "hi" back from the AJAX call. Notice I have @view json.cfm above the function. Since ColdMVC uses routes I need to send the data to a view and cfoutput it on the page.

TestController

/**
 * @accessors true
 * @extends coldmvc.controller
 */
component {

 /**
  @view json.cfm
 */
 function testMethod(){
  params.json = "hi";
 }

}

Here is json.cfm. All that I do with it is output the variable "json".

json.cfm

 <cfoutput>#params.json#</cfoutput>

And lastly I preform my AJAX call using jQuery. In the url setting of jQuery.ajax() I just link to the controller. In my case, my controller's name is TestController, so my route with just be "test" and then I can change out the method. In my case I am calling the "testMethod" on the controller.

ajaxCall = function(){
  
 jQuery.ajax({
  url:"#coldmvc.link.to('/test')#/test?returnformat=json",
  type:"GET",
  success:function(data){
   jQuery("body").html(data);
  }
 });
};

If you want to return json back just go to json.cfm and wrap params.json in SerializeJSON(). Then in your ajax call, do jQuery.parseJSON(). This is the only way I can think of right now to make an ajax call with ColdMVC, if there are any other techniques I would be more then happy to listen.