Small Talk about the Symfony2 Form Component

Small Talk about the Symfony2 Form Component

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  Form%Component% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
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  An%Object% Domain%Model%PaCern% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
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  What%is%an%Object%?% •  Instance%of%a%class%definiHon% •  Related%to%others%objects% –  SeCer%and%GeCer%to%assign%values% –  Values%stored%with%properHes% •  Contains%methods%% % Data$Object$ Service$Object$ $ $ •  Hold%Business%Data% •  Hold%configura-on%data% •  An%object%has%not%informaHon%about%how% •  Know%how%to%manipulate%data% data%are%loaded.%(Does%not%know%what%an% •  In%most%case,%only%one%instance%of%a% «%id%»%is%)% service.%All%services%are%available%through% •  Many%instance%of%the%same%class% the%Service%Container%% definiHon.% •  This%is%not%a%singleton!% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 4.
  Data%Object%:%Car%Sample% •  A%car%has% –  A%name% •  A%car%is%linked%to% –  A%main%Engine%:%inline%ediHon% –  A%creaHon%date% •  A%Engine%has%% –  A%name% –  A%power%value% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 5.
  PropertyPath%&%PropertyPathMapper% •  PropertyPath% –  Read%and%write%a%property%from%an%object% –  Use%the%PHP%ReflecHon%API% •  PropertyPathMapper%% –  Iterate%across%form%definiHon%to%map%:% •  Data%to%Form% •  Form%to%Data% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 6.
  DataTransformer% •  Transform%the%data%into%an%internal% representaHon%(PHP)%into%a%Form% representaHon%(human).%% –  DateTime%instance%to%«%30/11/1981%»% –  Main%transformers%:%DateTimeTransformer,% EnHtyTransformer,%ChoiceTransformer,%etc%…% •  2%Methods%% –  transform%:%php%=>%human% –  reverseTransform%:%human%=>%php% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 7.
  Form% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
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  Standard%Form%Lifecycle% CreaHon% DefiniHon% Binding% View% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
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  Symfony%Form%Lifecycle% FormFactory% FormBuilder% Form% FormView% Type% FormBuilder% Type% createBuilder% getForm% buildView% buildForm% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
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  Key%objects% •  FormFactory$(service)% –  Contains%all%types%available%(tag%form.type)% •  FormBuilder%(data)% –  Contains%nested%informaHon%about%the%form%elements% –  Hold%a%reference%to%the%FormFactory$ •  Type$(service/data)% –  Each%form%element%is%a%Type,%even%the%main%Form% •  Create%a%FormBuilder%instance% –  Alter%different%objects%during%the%form%lifecycle% •  FormBuilder% •  FormView% •  Form%(data):%% –  Hold%types%definiHons% –  Hold%the%form%subject% –  Responsible%for%binding%new%data%to%the%object% •  FormView%(data):%% –  contains%informaHon%about%how%to%render%the%form% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 11.
  Let’s%play!% CarType%and%EngineType% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 12.
  CarType% •  Fields$ –  CreatedAt%:%dateHme% –  Name%:%text% –  Engine%:%sonata_demo_form_type_engine% •  Custom%type%to%render%an%Engine%class% •  Outline% –  data_class% –  FormBuilder% % Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 13.
  RescueEngine%Extension% •  RescueEngine%:%choice% –  Custom%data%transformer%to%select%the%correct% engine% –  Inherit%transformer%from%the%choice%type% •  Home%work%:%implement%as%a%custom%type% •  Outline% –  DataTransformer% –  Exercice%:%create%a%dedicated%RescueEngineChoiceType Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 14.
  Type%Extensions% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 15.
  Twig%Template% •  Custom%twig%template% –  No%communicaHon%with%the%current%template% –  ImformaHons%are%defined%inside%a%FormView% instance%(Nested%FormView)% •  Rendering%workflow% –  Helpers%:%form_row,%form_rest,%form_errors%...% –  Block’s%name%:%array%of%concatenated%informaHon% of%form%name%and%type%name%with%inheritance% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%
• 16.
  Custom%Block% •  Found%out%a%valid%name%….% •  Name%:% –  _sonata_demo_form_type_car_rescueEngine_label% –  choice_label% –  field_label% Form%Component%–%Thomas%Rabaix%–%sfPot%13/03/2012%