added route task.

laravel/cli/dependencies.php

@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ IoC::singleton('task: session', function()
 	return new Tasks\Session\Manager;
 });
 
+/**
+ * The route task is responsible for calling routes within the
+ * application and dumping the result. This allows for simple
+ * testing of APIs and JSON based applications.
+ */
+IoC::singleton('task: route', function()
+{
+	return new Tasks\Route;
+});
+
 /**
  * The "test" task is responsible for running the unit tests for
  * the application, bundles, and the core framework itself.

laravel/cli/tasks/route.php

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\CLI\Tasks;
+
+use Laravel\URI;
+use Laravel\Request;
+use Laravel\Routing\Router;
+
+class Route extends Task {
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute a route and dump the result.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $arguments
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function run($arguments = array())
+	{
+		if ( ! count($arguments) == 2)
+		{
+			throw new \Exception("Please specify a request method and URI.");
+		}
+
+		// First we'll set the request method and URI in the $_SERVER array,
+		// which will allow the framework to retrieve the proper method
+		// and URI using the normal URI and Request classes.
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = strtoupper($arguments[0]);
+
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $arguments[1];
+
+		$this->route();
+
+		echo PHP_EOL;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Dump the results of the currently established route.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function route()
+	{
+		// We'll call the router using the method and URI specified by
+		// the developer on the CLI. If a route is found, we will not
+		// run the filters, but simply dump the result.
+		$route = Router::route(Request::method(), URI::current());
+
+		if ( ! is_null($route))
+		{
+			var_dump($route->response());
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			echo '404: Not Found';
+		}
+	}
+
+}