/**
* Get the business entities
*
* @return array BusinessEntity
*/
public function getBusinessEntities()
{
//generate the business entities on demand
if ($this->businessEntities === null) {
$annotationReader = $this->annotationReader;
$businessEntities = $annotationReader->getBusinessClasses();
$businessEntitiesObjects = array();
foreach ($businessEntities as $name => $class) {
$be = new BusinessEntity();
$be->setId($name);
$be->setName($name);
$be->setClass($class);
//the business properties of the business entity
$businessProperties = $annotationReader->getBusinessProperties($class);
//parse the array of the annotation reader
foreach ($businessProperties as $type => $properties) {
foreach ($properties as $property) {
$bp = new BusinessProperty();
$bp->setType($type);
$bp->setEntityProperty($property);
//add the business property to the business entity object
$be->addBusinessProperty($bp);
unset($bp);
}
}
$businessEntitiesObjects[] = $be;
}
$this->businessEntities = $businessEntitiesObjects;
}
return $this->businessEntities;
}
/**
* create a BusinessEntity from an annotation object.
*
* @param string $className
* @param array $businessProperties
*
* @return BusinessEntity
**/
public static function createBusinessEntity($className, array $businessProperties)
{
$businessEntity = new BusinessEntity();
$classNameArray = explode('\\', $className);
$entityName = array_pop($classNameArray);
$businessEntity->setId(strtolower($entityName));
$businessEntity->setName($entityName);
$businessEntity->setClass($className);
//parse the array of the annotation reader
foreach ($businessProperties as $type => $properties) {
foreach ($properties as $property) {
$businessProperty = new BusinessProperty();
$businessProperty->setType($type);
$businessProperty->setEntityProperty($property);
//add the business property to the business entity object
$businessEntity->addBusinessProperty($businessProperty);
unset($businessProperty);
}
}
return $businessEntity;
}