help on patterns

[puff_daweed]

Hi,

I have a problem with patterns. I've got Customer class that contain details of a customer and a webcustomer class that extends the customer class. The webcustomer class contain special data like username, password, etc...

Usually I use handler for all my class like CustomerHandler class that have get, insert, create, delete, ... method.

How can I construct an handler that can handle my base class and my specialized class in the same time. Is it a good idea?

Thanks for all,

David

[mfila]

It depends on how your data is mapped on objects and on how your handlers act upon these objects.

You could use php get_class() function to determine the class of your objects (customer or webcustomer) and than choose the right handler (using 2 handlers in this case) or use the same function in insert(), update() and delete() methods of your only handler to determine the right SQL to execute.

Ciao.

[puff_daweed]

It depends on how your data is mapped on objects and on how your handlers act upon these objects.

You could use php get_class() function to determine the class of your objects (customer or webcustomer) and than choose the right handler (using 2 handlers in this case) or use the same function in insert(), update() and delete() methods of your only handler to determine the right SQL to execute.

Ciao.

Here is is construct. I think it's better to create a second handler for my WebCustomer class, what do you think?

class Customer extends Object {
function Customer($id = null)
{
$this->initVar('cid', OBJ_DTYPE_INT, null, false);
$this->initVar('gender', OBJ_DTYPE_TXTBOX, null, false, 1);
...
}

function cid()
{
return $this->getVar("cid");
}

function gender($format="S")
{
return $this->getVar("gender", $format);
}
}

class WebCustomer extends Customer {
function uname($format="S")
{
return $this->getVar("uname", $format);
}
}

class CustomerHandler extends ObjectHandler {
function &create($isNew = true)
{
$customer = new Customer();
if ($isNew) {
$customer->setNew();
}
return $customer;
}

function &get($id)
{
if (intval($id) > 0) {
$sql = 'SELECT
*
FROM
'.$this->db->prefix('customers').'
WHERE
cid='.$id;
if (!$result = $this->db->query($sql)) {
return false;
}
$numrows = $this->db->getRowsNum($result);
if ($numrows == 1) {
$customer = new Customer();
$customer->_assignVars($this->db->fetchArray($result));
return $customer;
}
}
return false;
}
...
}

[dagfinn]

The most important thing is to avoid duplicating a lot of code. Looks to me like the handlers will be almost identical. You could make the two handlers and then eliminate the duplication afterwards.

[mfila]

Here is is construct. I think it's better to create a second handler for my WebCustomer class, what do you think?

You could be right. Anyway the best solution is, as dagfinn suggests, to write 2 handlers and then refactor them if needed.

Ciao.

[Widow Maker]

I'm sure that I've read up on a pattern that remove the need for 2 seperate handlers, though for the life of me I cannot remember which one it was

I'll see what I can find, and get back if I have any luck.