[TYPO3-mvc] [!!!] FYI: Changes of Extbase in TYPO3 beta3

[Thomas "Thasmo" Deinhamer]

Hoi!

Refering to 3), what's the disadvantage then,
if the performance increases? What exactly is
the reference index for? Is there any
description/documentation about it?

Thank you!

Jochen Rau schrieb:
> Hi.
> 
> There are some changes introduced with v0.9.13 of Extbase (=beta3 of 
> TYPO3 4.3).
> 
> 1) Lazy Loading
> The configuration of the loading strategy has changed. The TCA option 
> "loadingStrategy" was removed. You have to annotate your property with 
> "@lazy" now (compatible with FLOW3). Extbase chooses the appropriate 
> strategy depending on the property type:
> ObjectStorage  ==>  LazyObjectStorage
> Tx_MyExt_MyObject ==> LazyLoadingProxy
> 
> 2) Cascading Deletions
> Related objects are not deleted with its parent by default. There are 
> two ways to get them deleted with its parent:
> You can remove them "manually" from their repository (if any),
> or you can annotate the parent property with "@cascade remove".
> The relation information keeps intact if they are marked as deleted=1.
> This is only useful if we have a one-to-one-relation or 
> one-to-many-relation. Many-to-many-relations are not touched.
> 
> Keep in mind, that detaching an object from its parent will remove the 
> relation but not the related object.
> 
> 3) Reference Index and Cache Clearing
> The reference index is not updated by default anymore for performance 
> reasons. You have to set:
> config.tx_extbase.persistence.updateReferenceIndex = 1
> to enable this feature.
> 
> There is also an option
> config.tx_extbase.persistence.enableAutomaticCacheClearing = 1
> which is enabled by default. Setting this to 0 can increase the 
> performance.
> 
> We really appreciate your feedback.
> 
> Regards
> Jochen
>