[TYPO3-mvc] Putting together a object for updateAction, from ExtJs/json

[Dmitri Pisarev]

Hi Dennis,
I still don't understand why not to create a proper object in ExtJS 
right a way, as in my example. Why do you ever have to access _POST 
directly?

On 17.03.2010 12:54, dennis ahrens wrote:
> Hi Dmitri,
>
> the data comes in one POST/GET parameter and is encoded in json. The
> "problem" is the loacation (in the code) where to apply the data to
> the php-object. Of course it feels much better when the action
> receives a modified object where the json data is applied instead of
> the array containing the changes.
> For fluid templates the magic is done when initializing the controller
> and it's action. I think  the implementation should be done at the
> same location.
> Can anyone give a cleaner view for this scenario?
>
> regards
> Dennis
>
> 2010/3/17 Dmitri Pisarev<dimaip at gmail.com>:
>> Hi!
>> I'm a complete novice at extbase, but the way you do it looks really strange
>> to me.
>> Why not do this like this:
>>         /**
>>          * Updates client.
>>          *
>>          * @param Tx_Alex_Domain_Model_Client $client
>>          * @return string The rendered view
>>          * @dontverifyrequesthash
>>          */
>>         public function updateAction($client) {
>>                 $this->clientRepository->update($client);
>>                 $this->flashMessages->add('Your client was updated.');
>>                 echo '{success:true}';
>>         }
>> And from extjs submit something like this:
>> tx_alex_pi1[__referer][ac...    index
>> tx_alex_pi1[__referer][co...    Client
>> tx_alex_pi1[__referer][ex...    Alex
>> tx_alex_pi1[client][__identity] 1
>> tx_alex_pi1[client][addre...    Leninsky
>> tx_alex_pi1[client][telep...    3395701
>> tx_alex_pi1[client][title...    Nord-Way
>> Sorry, firebug has croped the names, but you get the idea.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dmitri.
>> On 15.03.2010 22:18, dennis ahrens wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Søren,
>>>
>>> I've solved the problem like shown in the following action:
>>>
>>>         /**
>>>          * Updates a record
>>>          *
>>>          * TODO: make the extjs Store to use the extbase controller
>>> parameter
>>> signature, that we
>>>          * can fetch the data out of $this->request->getArgument('data');
>>>          *
>>>          * @return void
>>>          */
>>>         public function updateAction() {
>>>                 try {
>>>                                 // read and prepare data from POST
>>>                         $dataJson = t3lib_div::_POST('data');
>>>                         $dataArray = json_decode($dataJson,true);
>>>                         $uid = (int) t3lib_div::_POST('uid');
>>>                                 // fetch the projekt that should be updated
>>>                         $forschungsprojekt =
>>> $this->forschungsprojektRepository->findByUid($uid);
>>>                                 // apply the changes to the object
>>>                         $forschungsprojekt =
>>> $this->applyUpdate($dataArray,$forschungsprojekt);
>>>                                 // apply the changes to the database
>>>
>>>   $this->forschungsprojektRepository->update($forschungsprojekt);
>>>                                 // sync group configuration for access
>>> management
>>>                         $this->accessManager->write($forschungsprojekt);
>>>                                 // tell the view layer that everything is
>>> ok
>>>                         $this->view->assign('changedData',$dataArray);
>>>                         $this->view->assign('success',TRUE);
>>>                         $this->view->assign('message', '');
>>>                 } catch (Exception $e) {
>>>                         if (!is_array($dataArray))
>>>                                 $dataArray = array();
>>>                                 // tell the view layer that something is
>>> not ok ... :)
>>>                         $this->view->assign('changedData',$dataArray);
>>>                         $this->view->assign('success',FALSE);
>>>                         $this->view->assign('message','Forschungsprojekt
>>> konnte nicht
>>> gespeichert werden');
>>>                                 // tell the developer a little bit about
>>> the occured error
>>>                         t3lib_div::sysLog('Exception: ' .
>>> $e->getMessage(),'FhhForschungsprojekte',4);
>>>                         t3lib_div::sysLog('Exception-Trace: ' .
>>> $e->getTraceAsString(),'FhhForschungsprojekte',3);
>>>                 }
>>>         }
>>>
>>> The "mapping" between the json data and the model is hidden behind
>>> applyUpdate().
>>> I use the extjs jsonwriter config option 'writeAllFields' for just
>>> telling the server about the made changes.
>>>
>>> I think it would be much better to do the mapping when intializing the
>>> action argument - but haven't found the time yet to dig deeper
>>> there...
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> 2010/3/15 Søren Malling<soren.malling at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Getting closer to the goal of my first Extbase and ExtJs project I've
>>>> ran into a issue.
>>>>
>>>> When posting to my Extbase page, where the update-, index-,
>>>> createAction etc are placed, the data is posted as POST. The update
>>>> action requires a object of Tx_Groupmembers_Domain_Model_Member
>>>>
>>>> public function updateAction(Tx_Groupmembers_Domain_Model_Member $member)
>>>> {
>>>>
>>>> but how do i create a object mathcing the "shape" of a Domain_Model
>>>> object? Is it possible/correc to remove the
>>>> "Tx_Groupmembers_Domain_Model_Member $member" part of the function and
>>>> then create the a object based on the "POST" data or should i look in
>>>> to ExtJs to see how I can submit it like a object in someway?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Søren
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