overall code refactoring.

system/route/finder.php

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+<?php namespace System\Route;
+
+class Finder {
+
+	/**
+	 * All of the loaded routes.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public static $routes;
+
+	/**
+	 * The named routes that have been found so far.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public static $names = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Find a route by name.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $name
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public static function find($name)
+	{
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Load the routes if we haven't already.
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		if (is_null(static::$routes))
+		{
+			static::$routes = (is_dir(APP_PATH.'routes')) ? static::load() : require APP_PATH.'routes'.EXT;
+		}
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Have we already located this route by name?
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		if (array_key_exists($name, static::$names))
+		{
+			return static::$names[$name];
+		}
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Instantiate the SPL array iterators.
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		$arrayIterator = new \RecursiveArrayIterator(static::$routes);
+		$recursiveIterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($arrayIterator);
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Iterate over the routes and find the named route.
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		foreach ($recursiveIterator as $iterator)
+		{
+			$route = $recursiveIterator->getSubIterator();
+
+			if ($route['name'] == $name)
+			{
+				return static::$names[$name] = array($arrayIterator->key() => iterator_to_array($route));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Load all of the routes from the routes directory.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private static function load()
+	{
+		$routes = array();
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Merge all of the various route files together.
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------
+		foreach (glob(APP_PATH.'routes/*') as $file)
+		{
+			if (filetype($file) == 'file')
+			{
+				$routes = array_merge(require $file, $routes);
+			}			
+		}
+
+		return $routes;
+	}
+
+}