/**
* Creates or updates a preference for a given user.
*
* @param User $user The user to set the preference for
* @param string $key The key to set
* @param string $value The value to set
* @throws EntityNotPersistantException Thrown if the entity is not persistant
*/
public static function setPreference(User $user, $key, $value)
{
if (!PartKeepr::getEM()->contains($user)) {
throw new EntityNotPersistantException();
}
$dql = "SELECT up FROM PartKeepr\\UserPreference\\UserPreference up WHERE up.user = :user AND ";
$dql .= "up.preferenceKey = :key";
$query = PartKeepr::getEM()->createQuery($dql);
$query->setParameter("user", $user);
$query->setParameter("key", $key);
try {
$userPreference = $query->getSingleResult();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
$userPreference = new UserPreference();
$userPreference->setUser($user);
$userPreference->setKey($key);
PartKeepr::getEM()->persist($userPreference);
}
$userPreference->setValue($value);
PartKeepr::getEM()->flush();
return $userPreference;
}
