[TYPO3-mvc] [TYPO3-english] Get hidden object on controller

[Sergio Catalá]

Maybe this question is better published on this list :-)

On 25/04/13 20:08, Christian Kuhn wrote:
> Hey Sergio :)
>
> On 04/25/2013 11:34 AM, Sergio Catalá wrote:
>> I have this line in my controller:
>>
>> $author = $book->getAuthor();
>>
>> where field "author" is an Object that has other fields.
>>
>> If I set this object to hidden in the backend, this line fails because
>> the object is null.
>>
>> I've read some stuff about the "setRespectEnableFields" function and set
>> it to FALSE, but it seems this applies to repositories.
>>
>> Can you give me a clue to get the line working despite the object is
>> hidden. I want to keep allowing the backend user to hide these objects.
>
> This is an extbase related question, your mail is probably better 
> placed in the MVC or the dev list.
>
> I understood your question this way:
> You have a model, with a property pointing to another model (no object 
> storage). If the sub object is "hidden", it is not fetched from 
> persistence, but you still want to have it instantiated and added to 
> your parent model.
>
> This can AFAIK not be solved using repository settings for the child 
> object, as the dataMapper does own magic and doesn't call repositories 
> for resolving sub objects.
>
> A 'hack' to solve this: Go to your parent's getBook(). If the property 
> is null, query the parent table with for the child id, then call the 
> childRepository with findHiddenByUid() or something and this 
> repository method then sets the needed querySettings and returns the 
> object ... If you have your object then, set it to the property and 
> return it. If the answer is still null, you might want to cache this 
> information in the model, so the query is not fired again if you call 
> getBook() again.
>
> Anyone with a better solution?
>
> Regards
> Christian
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