symfony · weaverryan · Oct 23, 2012 · Oct 19, 2012
diff --git a/cookbook/routing/index.rst b/cookbook/routing/index.rst
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Routing
     slash_in_parameter
     redirect_in_config
     method_parameters
+    service_container_parameters
diff --git a/cookbook/routing/service_container_parameters.rst b/cookbook/routing/service_container_parameters.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+.. index::
+   single: Routing; _service_container_parameters
+
+How to use Service Container parameters in your routes
+======================================================
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.1
+    This feature was added in Symfony 2.1
+
+Sometimes you may find useful to make some parts of your routes
+globally configurable. For instance, if you build an internationalized
+site, you'll probably start with one or two locales. Surely you'll
+add requirements to avoid a user specify a locale other than those you
+support, or simple to increase the power of your routes.
+
+Suppose that you have a lot of routes and you want to add yet another locale
+to your application. If you hardcode the requirements directly in your code,
+then you'll need to search everywhere and change the requirements.
+
+Then, why not use a configurable parameter, defined in the Service Container
+and make your life easier?
+
+Here you have an example on how to make the ``_locale`` of your routes configurable.
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        contact:
+            pattern:  /{_locale}/contact
+            defaults: { _controller: AcmeDemoBundle:Main:contact }
+            requirements:
+                _locale: %acme_demo.locales%
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+        <routes xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/routing"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <route id="contact" pattern="/{_locale}/contact">
+                <default key="_controller">AcmeDemoBundle:Main:contact</default>
+                <requirement key="_locale">%acme_demo.locales%</requirement>
+            </route>
+        </routes>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+        use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+
+        $collection = new RouteCollection();
+        $collection->add('contact', new Route('/{_locale}/contact', array(
+            '_controller' => 'AcmeDemoBundle:Main:contact',
+        ), array(
+            '_locale' => '%acme_demo.locales%',
+        )));
+
+        return $collection;
+
+Easy like that, then simply define the ``acme_demo.locales`` parameter in your container.
+
+You can also define patterns which use parameters defined in the Service Container.
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        some_route:
+            pattern:  /%acme_demo.parameter_name%
+            defaults: { _controller: AcmeDemoBundle:Main:index }
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+        <routes xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/routing"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <route id="some_route" pattern="/%acme_demo.parameter_name%">
+                <default key="_controller">AcmeDemoBundle:Main:index</default>
+            </route>
+        </routes>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+        use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+
+        $collection = new RouteCollection();
+        $collection->add('some_route', new Route('/%acme_demo.parameter_name%', array(
+            '_controller' => 'AcmeDemoBundle:Main:contact',
+        )));
+
+        return $collection;
+
+.. note::
+    You can escape a parameter by doubling the ``%``, e.g. ``/%%acme_demo.parameter_name%%``
+