Controller filters are classes derived from CFilter.
As the sample documentation shows, you configure them inside your controller as follows:
public function filters()
{
return array(
'postOnly + edit, create',
array(
'application.filters.PerformanceFilter - edit, create',
'unit'=>'second',
'amount'=>42,
),
);
}
In the line marked 1you indicate the path for the hypothetical class PerformanceFilter; Yii loads it like any other component.
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