Route a collection of views.

    :param views: A reference to the class that defines the views.
    :param routes: A list of routes.
    :param prefix: A string to prefix the routes by, or ``''`` by default.

def resource(views, routes, prefix=''):
    """
    Route a collection of views.

    :param views: A reference to the class that defines the views.
    :param routes: A list of routes.
    :param prefix: A string to prefix the routes by, or ``''`` by default.
    """
    routes = deepcopy(routes)

    def dispatch(request, GET=False, POST=False, PUT=False, DELETE=False, PATCH=False, **kwargs):
        """
        Dispatch the request according to the request method and the string contained in
        the corresponding keyword argument.

        For example, if the request method is HTTP GET and the 'GET' argument to this function is
        set to 'index', the 'index' function of the views class will be invoked and returned.

        Arguments:
        :param request: A django.http.HttpRequest object.
        :param GET: A string describing the function to delegate the request to on HTTP GET.
        :param POST: A string describing the function to delegate the request to on HTTP POST.
        :param PUT: A string describing the function to delegate the request to on HTTP PUT.
        :param DELETE: A string describing the function to delegate the request to on HTTP DELETE.
        :param PATCH: A string describing the function to delegate the request to on HTTP PATCH.
        """

        # Return HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed if the request method isn't routed
        if request.method == 'GET' and not GET \
        or request.method == 'POST' and not POST \
        or request.method == 'PUT' and not PUT \
        or request.method == 'DELETE' and not DELETE \
        or request.method == 'PATCH' and not PATCH \
        or request.method not in ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD']:
            allowed_methods = []

            if GET:
                allowed_methods.append('GET')
            if POST:
                allowed_methods.append('POST')
            if PUT:
                allowed_methods.append('PUT')
            if DELETE:
                allowed_methods.append('DELETE')

            response = HttpResponse()
            response.status_code = 405
            response['Allow'] = ', '.join(allowed_methods)
            return response

        # Dispatch the request
        if request.method in ['GET', 'HEAD']:
            return getattr(views(), GET)(request, **kwargs)
        if request.method == 'POST':
            return getattr(views(), POST)(request, **kwargs)
        if request.method == 'PUT':
            return getattr(views(), PUT)(request, **kwargs)
        if request.method == 'DELETE':
            return getattr(views(), DELETE)(request, **kwargs)
        if request.method == 'PATCH':
            return getattr(views(), PATCH)(request, **kwargs)
        if request.method == 'OPTIONS':
            map = {}

            if GET:
                map['GET'] = getattr(views(), GET)
            if POST:
                map['POST'] = getattr(views(), POST)
            if PUT:
                map['PUT'] = getattr(views(), PUT)
            if DELETE:
                map['DELETE'] = getattr(views(), DELETE)

            return views().options(request, map, **kwargs)

    def urlify(routes):
        """
        Transform routes into urlpatterns.

        Arguments:
        :param routes: A list of routes.
        """
        urls = []

        # Route regular expressions and names may be lambdas; expand them.
        for i, route in enumerate(routes):
            if callable(route.regex):
                routes[i].regex = route.regex(prefix)
            else:
                routes[i].regex = string_concat('^', prefix, route.regex)

            if callable(route.name):
                routes[i].name = route.name(views)

        for route in list(routes):
            # Collect this route and its siblings (i.e. routes that share
            # same regular expression) in a dictionary of keys that describe
            # HTTP methods and values that describe the corresponding
            # view function.
            #
            # Example:
            #
            # {
            #   'GET': 'index',
            #   'POST': 'create'
            # }
            kwargs = {}
            for sibling in list(routes):
                if sibling.regex == route.regex:
                    kwargs[sibling.method] = sibling.view
                    routes.remove(sibling)

            urls.append(
                url(
                    regex = route.regex,
                    view = dispatch,
                    kwargs = kwargs,
                    name = route.name
                )
            )

        return urls

    return urlify(routes)