Factory Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	setType ($name, $base, $interface)
	getType ($type)
	flushCache ()

Static Public Member Functions
static	get ($type, $name)

Data Fields
const	OBJECT_TYPE_LANGUAGE = 'Language'
const	OBJECT_TYPE_DRIVER = 'Driver'
const	OBJECT_TYPE_EXECUTOR = 'Executor'

Static Protected Attributes
static	$types
static	$objects = array()

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Detailed Description

This static class facilitates loading database objects. TODO make this class more generic, not just for DB objects

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Member Function Documentation

flushCache

(

)

Empties cache

static get (   $type,   $name  )

static

Retrieves database object, maintains internal cache of loaded objects for future use

Parameters:

string	$type	type of object to retrieve
string	$name	name of object to retrieve

Returns:

mixed DB object requested

Exceptions:

TypeNotFoundException	when $type is invalid
ClassNotFoundException	when cannot find class definition for valid object type
NotFoundException	when object gets created but fails the check of implementing a pre-defined interface

getType

(

$type

)

Gets object type configuration

Parameters:

string

$type

type of object

Returns:

array configuration

Exceptions:

\InvalidArgumentException

when $type is not defined

setType	(		$name,
			$base,
			$interface
	)

Sets object type configuration

Parameters:

string	$name	name of the object type
string	$base	namespace or similar prefix of object type
string	$interface	interface the object must implement

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Field Documentation

$objects = array()

staticprotected

Internal array where objects are stored and cached.

$types

staticprotected

Initial value:

 array(
        'Executor' => array('base' => '\lib360\db\executor\\', 'interface' => '\lib360\db\executor\IExecutor'),
        'Driver' => array('base' => '\lib360\db\driver\\', 'interface' => '\lib360\db\driver\IDriver'),
        'Language' => array('base'=> '\lib360\db\language\\', 'interface' => '\lib360\db\language\ILanguage')
    )

Base object types allowed.

const OBJECT_TYPE_DRIVER = 'Driver'

Constant for the driver object type

const OBJECT_TYPE_EXECUTOR = 'Executor'

Constant for the executor object type

const OBJECT_TYPE_LANGUAGE = 'Language'

Constant for the language object type

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib360/db/object/Factory.php