Abstract controller factory test, to help the migration to zend-mvc 2.7.1 that removes the service locator entirely.

AbstractControllerFactory.php

namespace Application\Factory\Controller;

use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactoryInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;

class AbstractControllerFactory implements AbstractFactoryInterface
{

    /**
     * Determine if we can create a service with name
     *
     * @param ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator
     * @param                         $name
     * @param                         $requestedName
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function canCreateServiceWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requestedName)
    {
        list( $module, ) = explode( '\\', __NAMESPACE__, 2 );
        return strstr( $requestedName, $module . '\Controller') !== false;
    }

    /**
     * Create service with name
     *
     * @param ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator
     * @param                         $name
     * @param                         $requestedName
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function createServiceWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requestedName)
    {
        $class = new \ReflectionClass($requestedName);
        $parentLocator = $serviceLocator->getServiceLocator();
        if( $constructor = $class->getConstructor() )
        {
            if( $params = $constructor->getParameters() )
            {
                $parameter_instances = [];
                foreach( $params as $p )
                {
                    $cn = $p->getClass()->getName();
                    $parameter_instances[] = $parentLocator->get($cn);
                }
                return $class->newInstanceArgs($parameter_instances);
            }
        }

        return new $requestedName;

    }
}