private function setParams()
    {
        // be addin' the $_GET an' $_POST t' th' params!
        $method = $this->request->getMethod();
        $getParams = $this->request->getQueryParams();
        $postParams = $this->request->getParsedBody();
        if ($method == "POST" && is_array($postParams)) {
            $this->params = array_merge($this->params, $postParams);
        }
        $this->params = array_merge($this->params, $getParams);
    }