Creates an automatic XML form definition to render a view based on the database fields you've got in the model. This
is not designed for production; it's designed to give you a way to quickly add some test data to your component
and get started really fast with FOF development.
/**
* Create the xml file for a give view type
* @param string $view The view name
* @param string $viewType The type of the view (default, form, item)
* @param boolean $backend If it's for the backend
*
* @return string The xml generated
*
* @throws \Exception Can throw exceptions. @see LayoutBuilder
*/
protected function createViewFile($view, $viewType, $backend)
{
// Let's force the use of the Magic Factory
$container = Container::getInstance($this->component, array('factoryClass' => 'FOF30\\Factory\\MagicFactory'));
$container->factory->setSaveScaffolding(true);
// plural / singular
if ($viewType != 'default') {
$view = $container->inflector->singularize($view);
}
// Small trick: being in the CLI, the builder always tries to build in the frontend
// Let's switch paths :)
$originalFrontendPath = $container->frontEndPath;
$originalBackendPath = $container->backEndPath;
$container->frontEndPath = $backend ? $container->backEndPath : $container->frontEndPath;
$scaffolding = new LayoutBuilder($container);
$return = $scaffolding->make('form.' . $viewType, $view);
// And switch them back!
$container->frontEndPath = $originalFrontendPath;
$container->backEndPath = $originalBackendPath;
return $return;
}
/**
* Creates a new Form object
*
* @param string $name The name of the form.
* @param string $source The form source filename without path and .xml extension e.g. "form.default" OR raw XML data
* @param string $viewName The name of the view you're getting the form for.
* @param array $options Options to the Form object
* @param bool $replace Should form fields be replaced if a field already exists with the same group/name?
* @param bool $xpath An optional xpath to search for the fields.
*
* @return Form|null The loaded form or null if the form filename doesn't exist
*
* @throws \RuntimeException If the form exists but cannot be loaded
*/
public function form($name, $source, $viewName, array $options = array(), $replace = true, $xpath = false)
{
// Get a new form instance
$form = new Form($this->container, $name, $options);
// If $source looks like raw XML data, parse it directly
if (strpos($source, '<form') !== false) {
if ($form->load($source, $replace, $xpath) === false) {
throw new FormLoadData();
}
return $form;
}
$formFileName = $this->getFormFilename($source, $viewName);
if (empty($formFileName)) {
if ($this->scaffolding) {
$scaffolding = new LayoutBuilder($this->container);
$xml = $scaffolding->make($source, $viewName);
if (!is_null($xml)) {
return $this->form($name, $xml, $viewName, $options, $replace, $xpath);
}
}
return null;
}
if ($form->loadFile($formFileName, $replace, $xpath) === false) {
throw new FormLoadFile($source);
}
return $form;
}
/**
* Push the form and strings to the builder
*/
protected function pushResults()
{
$this->builder->setStrings($this->strings);
$this->builder->setXml($this->xml);
}