/**
* Checks if the given value is valid according to the validator, and returns
* the Error Messages object which occurred. Will skip validation if value is
* an uninitialized lazy loading proxy.
*
* @param mixed $value The value that should be validated
* @return \TYPO3\Flow\Error\Result
* @api
*/
public function validate($value)
{
$this->result = new Result();
/**
* The idea is that Aggregates form a consistency boundary, and an Aggregate only needs to be
* validated if it changed state. Also since all entity relations are lazy loaded by default,
* and the relation will only be initialized when it gets accessed (e.g. during property mapping),
* we can just skip validation of an uninitialized aggregate.
* This greatly improves validation performance for domain models with lots of small aggregate
* relations. Therefore proper Aggregate Design becomes a performance optimization.
*/
if ($value instanceof \Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\Proxy && !$value->__isInitialized()) {
return $this->result;
}
return parent::validate($value);
}
