[TYPO3-dev] How to create a FileReference with extbase

[Nicolas de Haen]

Hi,

I'm currently trying to make proper use of the FAL API in an extbase 
model. I want to add an uploaded file to a "Document" model

I can add the uploaded file to the storage via $storage->addUploadedFile 
but in the model I need a file reference, since the TCA coming from 
ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig() refers to the table 
sys_file_reference

The API documentation recommends this:
http://wiki.typo3.org/File_Abstraction_Layer#Add_file_reference
but this uses TCEmain which requires a Backend User...

The extbase model TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference does not 
provide any TCA or Repository - not even a constructor.

The only workaround I found so far is to store the file identifier as a 
string property in my model and implement all FAL stuff in the getFile 
method which is probably not "best practice"...

regards,
Nico


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