Simulate / fake a module

I found that I needed to trick Magento into thinking it’s using one of it’s own core modules instead of a custom one, when I needed to retain certain URL-s instead of using my own module’s controller. So, to hack Magento so that it returns it’s own core module with

$this->getUrl('*/*/*');

you shoud utilize this code on the controller level ideally:

$this->getRequest()->setRouteName('catalog');

Where “catalog” is the core module you want to fake.