[TYPO3-mvc] How to assign target pid for Tx_Extbase_Persistence_Repository::add

[Jochen Rau]

Hi Steffen.

Steffen Kamper wrote:
>> I don't think we should make the whole multi purpose Swiss Army Knife
>> "cObj" available in the context of the extension (may it be the
>> controller or the view). But we should extract the needed information
>> (like the current page ID) and assign it to the context.
>
> why? The object exists anyway in FE context and filled with
> informations, it doesn't costs anything.

Well, in my opinion it should not be a matter of "costs" but a matter of 
a clean architecture. Let's say we want to have more or other 
information about the context of an extension available inside the 
extbase extension. Then you can extend cObj (ouch! ;-) ) or implement a 
class holding the information (preferred solution).

> If you assign some vars of it to eb object, then next request will be:
> can we assign this value too ...

Ok, that's no problem.

> The most important data is $this->cObj[data] which presents the current
> record.

Right. But there is a lot of information that is not needed 
($this->cObj[data][spaceBefore] ;-). And how do you access the 
information? I would prefer having $extensionContext->getCurrentPageId() 
over $this->cObj[data][pid].

> I see your concerns that it's a mixture of old and new, as cObj also
> have all this functions. But if you come to any limit you'll be able to
> continue.

I is not the mixture of old and new. It is the lack of a clean way to 
access the data and invoke the methods of cObj.

Regards
Jochen