AttributeDescription Class Reference

Detailed Description

Instances of AttributeDescription describe attributes of PersistentObjects.

Author

ingo herwig ingo@.nosp@m.wemo.nosp@m.ve.co.nosp@m.m

Definition at line 18 of file AttributeDescription.php.

Inheritance diagram for AttributeDescription:

Public Member Functions
	__construct ($name, $type, array $tags, $defaultValue, $validateType, $validateDescription, $isEditable, $inputType, $displayType)
	hasTag ($tag)
	matchTags (array $tags=array(), $matchMode='all')
	getPropertyNames ()
	getName ()
	getType ()
	getTags ()
	getDefaultValue ()
	getValidateType ()
	getValidateDescription ()
	getIsEditable ()
	getInputType ()
	getDisplayType ()

Protected Attributes
	$name = ''
	$type = 'String'
	$tags = array()
	$defaultValue = null
	$validateType = ''
	$validateDescription = ''
	$isEditable = true
	$inputType = 'text'
	$displayType = 'text'

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct	(		$name,
			$type,
		array	$tags,
			$defaultValue,
			$validateType,
			$validateDescription,
			$isEditable,
			$inputType,
			$displayType
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

$name	The attribute name
$type	The attribute type
$tags	An array of application specific tags that this attribute is tagged with
$defaultValue	The default value (will be set when creating a blank object, see PersistenceMapper::create())
$validateType	A validation type for the value
$validateDescription	A description for the validation type
$isEditable	Boolean whether the attribute should be editable, see Control::render()
$inputType	The input type for the value, see Control::render()
$displayType	The display type for the value

Definition at line 42 of file AttributeDescription.php.

Member Function Documentation

hasTag

(

$tag

)

Check if this attribute has the given application specific tag.

Parameters

$tag	Tag that the attribute should have

Returns

Boolean

Definition at line 61 of file AttributeDescription.php.

matchTags	(	array	$tags = array(),
			$matchMode = 'all'
	)

Check if this attribute is tagged with the given application specific tags.

Parameters

$tags	An array of tags that the attribute should match. Empty array results in true the given matchMode (default: empty array)
$matchMode	One of 'all', 'none', 'any', defines how the attribute's tags should match the given tags (default: 'all')

Returns

True if the attribute tags satisfy the match mode, false else

Definition at line 71 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getPropertyNames

(

)

Return an array of property names defined in this attribute description.

Returns

An array of names

Definition at line 96 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getName

(

)

Get the attribute name.

Returns

String

Definition at line 105 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getType

(

)

Get the attribute type.

Returns

String

Definition at line 113 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getTags

(

)

Get the application specific tags that this attribute is tagged with.

Returns

Array of String

Definition at line 121 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getDefaultValue

(

)

Get the default value.

Returns

Mixed

Definition at line 129 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getValidateType

(

)

Get the validation type for the value.

Returns

String

Definition at line 137 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getValidateDescription

(

)

Get the description for the validation type.

Returns

String

Definition at line 145 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getIsEditable

(

)

Check whether the attribute should be editable.

Returns

Boolean

Definition at line 153 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getInputType

(

)

Get the input type for the value.

Returns

String

Definition at line 161 of file AttributeDescription.php.

getDisplayType

(

)

Get the display type for the value.

Returns

String

Definition at line 169 of file AttributeDescription.php.

Member Data Documentation

$name = ''

protected

Definition at line 20 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$type = 'String'

protected

Definition at line 21 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$tags = array()

protected

Definition at line 22 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$defaultValue = null

protected

Definition at line 23 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$validateType = ''

protected

Definition at line 24 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$validateDescription = ''

protected

Definition at line 25 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$isEditable = true

protected

Definition at line 26 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$inputType = 'text'

protected

Definition at line 27 of file AttributeDescription.php.

$displayType = 'text'

protected

Definition at line 28 of file AttributeDescription.php.