[TYPO3-mvc] Where is the right place for methods like sendEmailAfterNewObjectIsSaved() in your extbase extension?

[Bastian Waidelich]

Roland wrote:

Hi Roland,

> where do you put the following functionality in your extbase extension?
>
> example: after creating a new object/record via frontend form of your
> extbase extension an email should be sent to the admin of the website
> which informs him about the new object/record being saved.

> you could add a sendEmailAfterNewObjectIsSaved() method to the domain
> model object class of the object that was created.
> is this the right place for this functionality?

No, unless your domain model is an "Email" ;)
Instead you could create a NotificationService that uses the fluid 
standalone view to send an email [1].

If you want to decouple it even more, you can execute the notification 
via signal/slot or hooks.

HTH

[1] 
http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-mvc/wiki/How_to_use_the_Fluid_Standalone_view_to_render_template_based_emails

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Bastian Waidelich
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