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I'm writing an application that downloads files from an FTP server and converts them into orders. The process is download files, place in a pending order folder, process the files in the pending order folder then move them into a completed order folder. Rinse and repeat.

The question is, does the connection and download logic belong in the Model as if it is a data storage or does it belong in the controller as if it is input?

12ChocolateBrownies
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It purely belongs to the model of your application.

Read this for some clarity: Is MVC a design pattern or an architectural pattern?

  • Thanks for the article. It's conclusion is MVC can be an architectural pattern or a design pattern but neither of these provides any anecdotal evidence for why the ftp connection lives in the model. Am I missing something? – 12ChocolateBrownies Jun 09 '14 at 17:52
  • I'm accepting this answer as it is correct. [This question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5863870/how-should-a-model-be-structured-in-mvc?rq=1) helped more than the link sited in Kamal's comment. – 12ChocolateBrownies Jun 09 '14 at 19:20
  • The purpose I added the link was not because I wanted to provide a detailed explanation about the model. I simply felt that you need to have some understanding about different ways MVC is used as the problem description had no details about a model, view or a controller. In the absence of details about whether you are looking applying MVC to a smaller part or a larger part of your software, my one line answer was to match both. Next line was to hint you that MVC can be applied in two ways - so to improve your clarity about how you will apply it :) –  Jun 09 '14 at 20:44