Class ModelTask

Task class for creating and updating model files.

AppShell

BakeTask

ModelTask

Package: Cake\Console\Command\Task
Copyright: Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: MIT License
Location: Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php

Properties summary

$_modelNames protected

array

Holds the model names
$_tables protected

array

Holds tables found on connection.
$_validations protected

array

Holds validation method map.
$path public

string

path to Model directory
$skipTables public

array

Tables to skip when running all()
$tasks public

array

tasks

Inherited Properties

connection, interactive, plugin

Method Summary

_generatePossibleKeys() protected

Finds all possible keys to use on custom associations.
_getModelObject() protected

Get a model object for a class name.
_interactive() protected

Handles interactive baking
_printAssociation() protected

Print out all the associations of a particular type
all() public

Bake all models at once.
bake() public

Assembles and writes a Model file.
bakeFixture() public

Interact with FixtureTask to automatically bake fixtures when baking models.
bakeTest() public

Assembles and writes a unit test file
confirmAssociations() public

Interact with the user and confirm associations.
doActsAs() public

Handles behaviors
doAssociations() public

Handles associations
doMoreAssociations() public

Interact with the user and generate additional non-conventional associations
doValidation() public

Handles Generation and user interaction for creating validation.
execute() public

Execution method always used for tasks
fieldValidation() public

Does individual field validation handling.
findBelongsTo() public

Find belongsTo relations and add them to the associations list.
findDisplayField() public

interact with the user to find the displayField value for a model.
findHasAndBelongsToMany() public

Find the hasAndBelongsToMany relations and add them to associations list
findHasOneAndMany() public

Find the hasOne and hasMany relations and add them to associations list
findPrimaryKey() public

Finds a primary Key in a list of fields.
getAllTables() public

Get an Array of all the tables in the supplied connection will halt the script if no tables are found.
getName() public

Forces the user to specify the model he wants to bake, and returns the selected model name.
getOptionParser() public

get the option parser.
getTable() public

Interact with the user to determine the table name of a particular model
inOptions() public

Generate a key value list of options and a prompt.
initValidations() public

Populate the _validations array
initialize() public

Override initialize
listAll() public

outputs the a list of possible models or controllers from database

Method Detail

_generatePossibleKeys() protected ¶

_generatePossibleKeys( )

Finds all possible keys to use on custom associations.

Returns

array
Array of tables and possible keys

_getModelObject() protected ¶

_getModelObject( string $className , string $table = null )

Get a model object for a class name.

Parameters

string $className: Name of class you want model to be.
string $table optional null: Table name

Returns

Model
Model instance

_interactive() protected ¶

_interactive( )

Handles interactive baking

Returns

boolean

_printAssociation() protected ¶

_printAssociation( string $modelName , string $type , string $associations )

Print out all the associations of a particular type

Parameters

string $modelName: Name of the model relations belong to.
string $type: Name of association you want to see. i.e. 'belongsTo'
string $associations: Collection of associations.

all() public ¶

all( )

Bake all models at once.

bake() public ¶

bake( string|object $name , array|boolean $data = array() )

Assembles and writes a Model file.

Parameters

string|object $name: Model name or object
array|boolean $data optional array(): if array and $name is not an object assume bake data, otherwise boolean.

Returns

string

bakeFixture() public ¶

bakeFixture( string $className , string $useTable = null )

Interact with FixtureTask to automatically bake fixtures when baking models.

Parameters

string $className: Name of class to bake fixture for
string $useTable optional null: Optional table name for fixture to use.

See

FixtureTask::bake

bakeTest() public ¶

bakeTest( string $className )

Assembles and writes a unit test file

Parameters

string $className: Model class name

Returns

string

confirmAssociations() public ¶

confirmAssociations( Model $model , array $associations )

Interact with the user and confirm associations.

Parameters

Model $model: Temporary Model instance.
array $associations: Array of associations to be confirmed.

Returns

array
Array of confirmed associations

doActsAs() public ¶

doActsAs( Model $model )

Handles behaviors

Parameters

Model $model

Returns

array
Behaviors

doAssociations() public ¶

doAssociations( Model $model )

Handles associations

Parameters

Model $model

Returns

array
Associations

doMoreAssociations() public ¶

doMoreAssociations( Model $model , array $associations )

Interact with the user and generate additional non-conventional associations

Parameters

Model $model: Temporary model instance
array $associations: Array of associations.

Returns

array
Array of associations.

doValidation() public ¶

doValidation( Model $model )

Handles Generation and user interaction for creating validation.

Parameters

Model $model: Model to have validations generated for.

Returns

array
$validate Array of user selected validations.

execute() public ¶

execute( )

Execution method always used for tasks

Overrides

BakeTask::execute()

fieldValidation() public ¶

fieldValidation( string $fieldName , array $metaData , string $primaryKey = 'id' )

Does individual field validation handling.

Parameters

string $fieldName: Name of field to be validated.
array $metaData: metadata for field
string $primaryKey optional 'id'

Returns

array
Array of validation for the field.

findBelongsTo() public ¶

findBelongsTo( Model $model , array $associations )

Find belongsTo relations and add them to the associations list.

Parameters

Model $model: Model instance of model being generated.
array $associations: Array of in progress associations

Returns

array
Associations with belongsTo added in.

findDisplayField() public ¶

findDisplayField( array $fields )

interact with the user to find the displayField value for a model.

Parameters

array $fields: Array of fields to look for and choose as a displayField

Returns

mixed
Name of field to use for displayField or false if the user declines to choose

findHasAndBelongsToMany() public ¶

findHasAndBelongsToMany( Model $model , array $associations )

Find the hasAndBelongsToMany relations and add them to associations list

Parameters

Model $model: Model instance being generated
array $associations: Array of in-progress associations

Returns

array
Associations with hasAndBelongsToMany added in.

findHasOneAndMany() public ¶

findHasOneAndMany( Model $model , array $associations )

Find the hasOne and hasMany relations and add them to associations list

Parameters

Model $model: Model instance being generated
array $associations: Array of in progress associations

Returns

array
Associations with hasOne and hasMany added in.

findPrimaryKey() public ¶

findPrimaryKey( array $fields )

Finds a primary Key in a list of fields.

Parameters

array $fields: Array of fields that might have a primary key.

Returns

string
Name of field that is a primary key.

getAllTables() public ¶

getAllTables( string $useDbConfig = null )

Get an Array of all the tables in the supplied connection will halt the script if no tables are found.

Parameters

string $useDbConfig optional null: Connection name to scan.

Returns

array
Array of tables in the database.

getName() public ¶

getName( string $useDbConfig = null )

Forces the user to specify the model he wants to bake, and returns the selected model name.

Parameters

string $useDbConfig optional null: Database config name

Returns

string
The model name

getOptionParser() public ¶

getOptionParser( )

get the option parser.

getTable() public ¶

getTable( string $modelName , string $useDbConfig = null )

Interact with the user to determine the table name of a particular model

Parameters

string $modelName: Name of the model you want a table for.
string $useDbConfig optional null: Name of the database config you want to get tables from.

Returns

string
Table name

inOptions() public ¶

inOptions( array $options , string $prompt = null , integer $default = null )

Generate a key value list of options and a prompt.

Parameters

array $options: Array of options to use for the selections. indexes must start at 0
string $prompt optional null: Prompt to use for options list.
integer $default optional null: The default option for the given prompt.

Returns

integer
Result of user choice.

initValidations() public ¶

initValidations( )

Populate the _validations array

initialize() public ¶

initialize( )

Override initialize

listAll() public ¶

listAll( string $useDbConfig = null )

outputs the a list of possible models or controllers from database

Parameters

string $useDbConfig optional null: Database configuration name

Returns

array

Methods inherited from BakeTask

getPath() public ¶

getPath( )

Gets the path for output. Checks the plugin property and returns the correct path.

Returns

string
Path to output.

startup() public ¶

startup( )

Disable caching and enable debug for baking. This forces the most current database schema to be used.

Properties detail

`$_modelNames` ¶

protected array

Holds the model names

array()

`$_tables` ¶

protected array

Holds tables found on connection.

array()

`$_validations` ¶

protected array

Holds validation method map.

array()

`$path` ¶

public string

path to Model directory

null

`$skipTables` ¶

public array

Tables to skip when running all()

array('i18n')

`$tasks` ¶

public array

tasks

array('DbConfig', 'Fixture', 'Test', 'Template')

Packages

Classes

Class ModelTask

Properties summary

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

_generatePossibleKeys() protected

_getModelObject() protected

_interactive() protected

_printAssociation() protected

all() public

bake() public

bakeFixture() public

bakeTest() public

confirmAssociations() public

doActsAs() public

doAssociations() public

doMoreAssociations() public

doValidation() public

execute() public

fieldValidation() public

findBelongsTo() public

findDisplayField() public

findHasAndBelongsToMany() public

findHasOneAndMany() public

findPrimaryKey() public

getAllTables() public

getName() public

getOptionParser() public

getTable() public

inOptions() public

initValidations() public

initialize() public

listAll() public

Method Detail

_generatePossibleKeys() protected ¶

Returns

_getModelObject() protected ¶

Parameters

Returns

_interactive() protected ¶

Returns

_printAssociation() protected ¶

Parameters

all() public ¶

bake() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

bakeFixture() public ¶

Parameters

See

bakeTest() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

confirmAssociations() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

doActsAs() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

doAssociations() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

doMoreAssociations() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

doValidation() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

execute() public ¶

Overrides

fieldValidation() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

findBelongsTo() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

findDisplayField() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

`$_modelNames` ¶

`$_tables` ¶

`$_validations` ¶

`$path` ¶

`$skipTables` ¶

`$tasks` ¶