/**
* Find entities by the search criteria
*
* @param string $class
* @param array $criteria
* @param array $orderBy
* @param int $limit
* @param int $skip
*
* @return \SplObjectStorage
*/
public function findBy($class, array $criteria, array $orderBy = null, $limit = null, $skip = null)
{
if (empty($criteria)) {
$criteria = null;
}
$class = $this->identityMap->getClass($class);
$metadata = $this->metadataRegistry->getMetadata($class);
if ($criteria) {
foreach ($criteria as $key => $value) {
if (!$metadata->hasProperty($key)) {
throw new UnknwonPropertyException(sprintf('Unknown property "%s" for the entity "%s"', $key, $class));
}
}
}
$qb = new QueryBuilder();
if ($metadata instanceof NodeMetadata) {
$qb->matchNode('e', $class, $criteria);
} else {
$qb->addExpr($qb->expr()->matchNode()->relatedTo($qb->expr()->matchRelationship('e', $class, $criteria)));
}
$qb->toReturn('e');
if ($orderBy !== null) {
if (!$metadata->hasProperty($orderBy[0])) {
throw new UnknwonPropertyException(sprintf('Unknown property "%s" for the entity "%s"', $key, $class));
}
$qb->orderBy(sprintf('e.%s', $orderBy[0]), $orderBy[1]);
}
if ($skip !== null) {
$qb->skip($skip);
}
if ($limit !== null) {
$qb->limit($limit);
}
return $this->execute($qb->getQuery());
}
