[TYPO3-mvc] Enumeration

[Jochen Rau]

Hi Dennis.

On 28.04.10 12:55, dennis ahrens wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> has anyone implemented an enumeration as property for an entity or value object?
> What do you think about an exception throwing setter which just
> accepts the allowed values?
> Or do you prefer a own class, that represents the enumeration?

If you want to force the value of a property to be an item of an 
enumeration, you can

- write your own property validator (only checked at reconstitution time 
by now)
- check this in your setter (throw an exception or "normalize" the input)
- encapsulate the enumeration in a lightweight value object (with a set 
of static constants)
- do some other workaround 
(http://www.php.net/manual/de/language.oop5.php#87942)
- write a feature request to the php community ;-)

Regards
Jochen