Class EagerLoadable
Represents a single level in the associations tree to be eagerly loaded for a specific query. This contains all the information required to fetch the results from the database from an associations and all its children levels.
Property Summary
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$_aliasPath protected
stringA dotted separated string representing the path of associations that should be followed to fetch this level.
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$_associations protected
Cake\ORM\EagerLoadable[]A list of other associations to load from this level.
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$_canBeJoined protected
boolWhether or not this level can be fetched using a join.
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$_config protected
arrayA list of options to pass to the association object for loading the records.
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$_forMatching protected
bool|nullWhether or not this level was meant for a "matching" fetch operation
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$_instance protected
Cake\ORM\Association|nullThe Association class instance to use for loading the records.
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$_name protected
stringThe name of the association to load.
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$_propertyPath protected
string|nullA dotted separated string representing the path of entity properties in which results for this level should be placed.
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$_targetProperty protected
string|nullThe property name where the association result should be nested in the result.
Method Summary
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__clone() public
Handles cloning eager loadables.
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__construct() public
Constructor. The $config parameter accepts the following array keys:
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addAssociation() public
Adds a new association to be loaded from this level.
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aliasPath() public
Gets a dot separated string representing the path of associations that should be followed to fetch this level.
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asContainArray() public
Returns a representation of this object that can be passed to Cake\ORM\EagerLoader::contain()
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associations() public
Returns the Association class instance to use for loading the records.
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canBeJoined() public
Gets whether or not this level can be fetched using a join.
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forMatching() public
Gets whether or not this level was meant for a "matching" fetch operation.
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getConfig() public
Gets the list of options to pass to the association object for loading the records.
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instance() public
Gets the Association class instance to use for loading the records.
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propertyPath() public
Gets a dot separated string representing the path of entity properties in which results for this level should be placed.
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setCanBeJoined() public
Sets whether or not this level can be fetched using a join.
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setConfig() public
Sets the list of options to pass to the association object for loading the records.
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targetProperty() public
The property name where the result of this association should be nested at the end.
Method Detail
__construct() ¶ public
__construct(string $name, array $config = [])Constructor. The $config parameter accepts the following array keys:
- associations
- instance
- config
- canBeJoined
- aliasPath
- propertyPath
- forMatching
- targetProperty
The keys maps to the settable properties in this class.
Parameters
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string$name The Association name.
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array$config optional The list of properties to set.
addAssociation() ¶ public
addAssociation(string $name, Cake\ORM\EagerLoadable $association): voidAdds a new association to be loaded from this level.
Parameters
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string$name The association name.
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Cake\ORM\EagerLoadable$association The association to load.
Returns
voidaliasPath() ¶ public
aliasPath(): stringGets a dot separated string representing the path of associations that should be followed to fetch this level.
Returns
stringasContainArray() ¶ public
asContainArray(): arrayReturns a representation of this object that can be passed to Cake\ORM\EagerLoader::contain()
Returns
arrayassociations() ¶ public
associations(): Cake\ORM\EagerLoadable[]Returns the Association class instance to use for loading the records.
Returns
Cake\ORM\EagerLoadable[]canBeJoined() ¶ public
canBeJoined(): boolGets whether or not this level can be fetched using a join.
Returns
boolforMatching() ¶ public
forMatching(): bool|nullGets whether or not this level was meant for a "matching" fetch operation.
Returns
bool|nullgetConfig() ¶ public
getConfig(): arrayGets the list of options to pass to the association object for loading the records.
Returns
arrayinstance() ¶ public
instance(): Cake\ORM\AssociationGets the Association class instance to use for loading the records.
Returns
Cake\ORM\AssociationThrows
RuntimeExceptionpropertyPath() ¶ public
propertyPath(): string|nullGets a dot separated string representing the path of entity properties in which results for this level should be placed.
For example, in the following nested property:
$article->author->company->countryThe property path of country will be author.company
Returns
string|nullsetCanBeJoined() ¶ public
setCanBeJoined(bool $possible): $thisSets whether or not this level can be fetched using a join.
Parameters
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bool$possible The value to set.
Returns
$thissetConfig() ¶ public
setConfig(array $config): $thisSets the list of options to pass to the association object for loading the records.
Parameters
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array$config The value to set.
Returns
$thistargetProperty() ¶ public
targetProperty(): string|nullThe property name where the result of this association should be nested at the end.
For example, in the following nested property:
$article->author->company->countryThe target property of country will be just country
Returns
string|nullProperty Detail
$_aliasPath ¶ protected
A dotted separated string representing the path of associations that should be followed to fetch this level.
Type
string$_associations ¶ protected
A list of other associations to load from this level.
Type
Cake\ORM\EagerLoadable[]$_config ¶ protected
A list of options to pass to the association object for loading the records.
Type
array$_forMatching ¶ protected
Whether or not this level was meant for a "matching" fetch operation
Type
bool|null$_instance ¶ protected
The Association class instance to use for loading the records.
Type
Cake\ORM\Association|null$_propertyPath ¶ protected
A dotted separated string representing the path of entity properties in which results for this level should be placed.
For example, in the following nested property:
$article->author->company->countryThe property path of country will be author.company
Type
string|null$_targetProperty ¶ protected
The property name where the association result should be nested in the result.
For example, in the following nested property:
$article->author->company->countryThe target property of country will be just country
Type
string|null