Sure, I know I'm able to use Interfaces where I want to. I just want to
know if there is a easier way to do this using the CakePHP Plugins. And if
isn't, if there is a pattern to use Interfaces and let the CakePHP
autoinclude them, like it did with the MVC classes.
Thanks,
Vinicius
On Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:07:35 PM UTC-3, jeremyharris wrote:
>
> CakePHP is just PHP, so there's no reason you couldn't use interfaces
> where you wanted to. The users of the plugins would just need to understand
> that they need to implement them.
>
> On Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:07:13 AM UTC-7, Vinicius Dusso wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Did everyone tried to use PHP's Interface as Extension Point in CakePHP?
>> My idea is to create a fully modular app. To build a menu, for example, I
>> would be able to do something like this:
>>
>> The method 'getExtensionPoint' will get all the classes that implements
>> the given interface, at run time.
>>
>> // The core of extension point
>> class MenuController {
>>
>> function _buildMenu() {
>> $menu = array();
>>
>> $menuProviders = $this->getExtensionPoint('IMenu');
>> foreach($menuProviders as $menuProvider) {
>> $menu += $menuProvider->getMenu();
>> }
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> // Some class ( could be a Controller or a Model ) which uses this
>> extension point
>> class User implements IMenu {
>>
>> function getMenu() {
>> return array('Users' => '/user/list');
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> // The Interface, to bind the extended classes
>> public interface IMenu {
>> function getMenu();
>> }
>>
>>
>> Sorry for write all this code here.
>> Someone already did something like this? This can be done using the
>> plugins in CakePHP ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance !
>>
>>
>> Vinicius
>>
>>
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