/**
* Dispatch teams into pools of the phase
* Do not dispatch teams that are already in a pool
*
* @param Phase $phase
* @return int The number of dispatched teams
*/
public function dispatchTeamsIntoPools(Phase $phase)
{
$dispatched = 0;
foreach ($phase->getTeams() as $team) {
if (!$phase->isTeamPooled($team)) {
$pool = $phase->getSmallestPool();
if ($pool) {
$pool->addTeam($team);
$dispatched++;
}
}
}
$this->em->flush();
return $dispatched;
}
