How should separated controllers access the model?

Question

Given that I've got any number of controllers, how should they access the data saved in the model?

• In a database driven application it's quite easy as all data can be fetched from one single object.

• Should there be a namespace / singleton / global object which allows access to the data?

• Should the model be passed to all controllers when they are created?

Answer 1

Some of the best practice being pass around is setting up a repository pattern like so within your model to abstract the data model form data mapping. I'd go into more detail but the first link gets you there.