Class ComponentCollection
Components collection is used as a registry for loaded components and handles loading and constructing component class objects.
- ObjectCollection
- ComponentCollection
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/Controller/ComponentCollection.php
Properties summary
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$_Controller
protectedThe controller that this collection was initialized with.
Method Summary
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getController() public
Get the controller associated with the collection. -
init() public
Initializes all the Components for a controller. Attaches a reference of each component to the Controller.
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load() public
Loads/constructs a component. Will return the instance in the registry if it already exists. You can use
$settings['enabled'] = false
to disable callbacks on a component when loading it. Callbacks default to on. Disabled component methods work as normal, only callbacks are disabled.
Method Detail
getController() public ¶
getController( )
Get the controller associated with the collection.
Returns
init() public ¶
init( Controller
$Controller )
Initializes all the Components for a controller. Attaches a reference of each component to the Controller.
Parameters
-
Controller
$Controller - Controller to initialize components for.
load() public ¶
load( string $component , array $settings = array() )
Loads/constructs a component. Will return the instance in the registry if it already exists.
You can use $settings['enabled'] = false
to disable callbacks on a component when loading it.
Callbacks default to on. Disabled component methods work as normal, only callbacks are disabled.
You can alias your component as an existing component by setting the 'className' key, i.e.,
{{{
public $components = array(
'Email' => array(
'className' => 'AliasedEmail'
);
);
}}}
All calls to the Email
component would use AliasedEmail
instead.
Parameters
- string $component
- Component name to load
- array $settings optional array()
- Settings for the component.
Returns
Throws
Methods inherited from ObjectCollection
__get() public ¶
__get( string $name )
Provide public read access to the loaded objects
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of property to read
Returns
__isset() public ¶
__isset( string $name )
Provide isset access to _loaded
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of object being checked.
Returns
attached() public ¶
attached( string $name = null )
Gets the list of attached behaviors, or, whether the given behavior is attached
Parameters
- string $name optional null
Optional. The name of the behavior to check the status of. If omitted, returns an array of currently-attached behaviors
Returns
If $name is specified, returns the boolean status of the corresponding behavior. Otherwise, returns an array of all attached behaviors.
disable() public ¶
disable( mixed $name )
Disables callbacks on a object or array of objects. Public object methods are still callable as normal.
Parameters
- mixed $name
- CamelCased name of the objects(s) to disable (string or array)
enable() public ¶
enable( mixed $name )
Enables callbacks on an object or array of objects
Parameters
- mixed $name
- CamelCased name of the object(s) to enable (string or array)
enabled() public ¶
enabled( string $name = null )
Gets the list of currently-enabled objects, or, the current status of a single objects
Parameters
- string $name optional null
Optional. The name of the object to check the status of. If omitted, returns an array of currently-enabled object
Returns
If $name is specified, returns the boolean status of the corresponding object. Otherwise, returns an array of all enabled objects.
normalizeObjectArray() public static ¶
normalizeObjectArray( array $objects )
Normalizes an object array, creates an array that makes lazy loading easier
Parameters
- array $objects
- Array of child objects to normalize.
Returns
Array of normalized objects.
set() public ¶
set( string $name = null , Object
$object = null )
Adds or overwrites an instantiated object to the collection
Parameters
- string $name optional null
- Name of the object
-
Object
$object optional null - The object to use
Returns
Loaded objects
trigger() public ¶
trigger( string $callback , array $params = array() , array $options = array() )
Trigger a callback method on every object in the collection. Used to trigger methods on objects in the collection. Will fire the methods in the order they were attached.
Options
breakOn
Set to the value or values you want the callback propagation to stop on. Can either be a scalar value, or an array of values to break on. Defaults tofalse
.break
Set to true to enabled breaking. When a trigger is broken, the last returned value will be returned. If used in combination withcollectReturn
the collected results will be returned. Defaults tofalse
.collectReturn
Set to true to collect the return of each object into an array. This array of return values will be returned from the trigger() call. Defaults tofalse
.modParams
Allows each object the callback gets called on to modify the parameters to the next object. Setting modParams to an integer value will allow you to modify the parameter with that index. Any non-null value will modify the parameter index indicated. Defaults to false.
Parameters
- string $callback
Method to fire on all the objects. Its assumed all the objects implement the method you are calling.
- array $params optional array()
- Array of parameters for the triggered callback.
- array $options optional array()
- Array of options.
Returns
Either the last result or all results if collectReturn is on.