/**
* Read the entity and create an associated metadata
* @param $entity
* @return null|FormMetadata
*/
public function getMetadata($entity)
{
$metadata = new FormMetadata();
$metadataTop = new FormMetadata();
$metadataChildren = new FormMetadata();
/** @var @var ReflectionClass $reflectionClass */
$reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass(get_class($entity));
// retrieve all form fields for the main entity class and it's parents
while (is_object($reflectionClass)) {
$metadataTop = $this->getClassFormFields($reflectionClass);
$reflectionClass = $reflectionClass->getParentClass();
$metadata->merge($metadataTop);
}
// retrieve all subsequent nested classes' form fields and their parents
$fieldEntities = $metadata->getFieldEntities();
if (!empty($fieldEntities)) {
foreach ($fieldEntities as $key => $fieldEntity) {
$class = $fieldEntity->getClass();
$reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($class);
while (is_object($reflectionClass)) {
$fieldEntityFields = $this->getClassFormFields($reflectionClass);
$fieldEntity->setFields($fieldEntityFields->getFields());
//$reflectionClass = $reflectionClass->getParentClass();
$reflectionClass = null;
}
//$metadata->merge($metadataChildren);
}
}
return $metadata;
}
/**
* @param FormMetadata $refObject
* @return void
*/
public function merge(FormMetadata $refObject)
{
$this->fields = array_merge($this->fields, $refObject->getFields());
$this->groups = array_merge($this->groups, $refObject->getGroups());
$this->formTypes = array_merge($this->formTypes, $refObject->getFormTypes());
$this->fieldEntities = array_merge($this->fieldEntities, $refObject->getFieldEntities());
}
