Class: I2CE FieldContainer Factory (Development)

For other versions, see Class: I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory (versions) .

This article describes the abstract class I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory .

• Extends the class: I2CE_Fuzzy.
• Child Classes:
  • I2CE_FormFactory
• Location: Part of the module Fields in the package I2CE 4.0-dev
• Source: Defined in the file modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 30
• Author: Luke Duncan <lduncan@intrahealth.org>
• Since: v1.0.0

This factory is used to create instances of I2CE_Form objects from the form name.

Variables

$instance

The single instance of this class.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 35
• Type: static protected I2CE_FormFactory $instance

$meta

Array of meta attributes indexed by named container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 177
• Type: protected array $meta

$fieldData

Array of meta attributes indexed by named container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 183
• Type: protected array $fieldData

$containerCache

@var protected array $conatinerCache. An doubly indexed array of of {I2CE_FieldContainer}s with the first index being the name of the container and the second being the id

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 273
• Type: protected $containerCache

Methods

__construct()

Constructor

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 71
• Signature: protected function __construct()

_createContainer()

Worker method to create an instance of am I2CE_FieldContainer from the factory.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 319
• Signature: abstract protected function _createContainer($factory,$name,$id)
• Parameters:
  • I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory $factory
  • string $name
    The name of the field container
  • string $id
    The id of the field container. Defaults to '0'
    • Default Value: '0'
• Returns: I2CE_FieldContainer
  or null on failure

_getFieldData()

Worker method et data needed to create all the fields in this field container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 190
• Signature: abstract protected function _getFieldData($name)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
• Returns: array.

_loadMetaAttributes()

Worker method et data needed to create all the fields in this field container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 211
• Signature: abstract protected function _loadMetaAttributes($name)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
• Returns: array.

cleanup()

Cleanup any field containers

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 277
• Signature: public function cleanup()

createContainer()

Return an instance of a I2CE_FieldContainer from the factory.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 234
• Signature: public function createContainer($nameId,$no_cache)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $nameId
    The a string which is either the name of the field container, the name and id in the form of "$name|$id" or an array with two elements, the first is a name and the second is an id
  • boolean $no_cache
    Defaults to false. If true then we don't check the cache when the id is non-zero
    • Default Value: false
• Returns: I2CE_FieldContianer
  or null on failure

exists()

Checks to see if the given field container name has been registered.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 54
• Signature: abstract public function exists($name)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the field container
• Returns: boolean

getContainerType()

Return type of container this factory makes

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 66
• Signature: abstract public function getContainerType()
• Returns: string

getFieldData()

Get data needed to create all the fields in this field container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 198
• Signature: public function getFieldData($name)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
• Returns: array.

getFieldNames()

Get the fields for the named container @param mixed $restict. Defaults to the empty array. If non-empty is data to restrict the field names returns.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 328
• Signature: public function getFieldNames($name,$restrictions)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    the name of the form
  • $restrictions
    • Default Value: array()
• Returns: associative
  array of string.

getMetaAttribute()

Return the meta value for a given meta attribute of the named field container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 116
• Signature: public function getMetaAttribute($name,$key)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
  • string $key
• Returns: mixed

getNames()

get the available names for this field container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 60
• Signature: abstract public function getNames()
• Returns: array
  with values the field container names

hasMetaAttribute()

Return true if a given meta attribute exists for the named field container.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 149
• Signature: public function hasMetaAttribute($name,$key)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
  • string $key
• Returns: boolean;

instance()

Return the instance of this factory and create it if it doesn't exist.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 40
• Signature: static public function instance()

loadMetaAttributes()

Get data needed to create all the fields in this field container

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 219
• Signature: public function loadMetaAttributes($name)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
• Returns: array.

removeFromCache()

Remvoe a given I2CE_FieldContainer from the cache

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 293
• Signature: public function removeFromCache($containerObj)
• Parameters:
  • I2CE_FieldContainer $containerObj

setMetaAttribute()

Set a meta attribtue for the named field container.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/modules/Fields/lib/I2CE_FieldContainer_Factory.php on line 83
• Signature: public function setMetaAttribute($name,$key,$value)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of the container
  • string $key
  • mixed $value

Inherited Methods

_hasMethod()

This public method is inherited from I2CE_Fuzzy->_hasMethod()

Inherited Fuzzy Methods

userMessage()

This method is inherited from I2CE_Fuzzy->userMessage()