[TYPO3-mvc] apply sorting to a Tx_Extbase_Persistence_ObjectStorage in a model's getter method

[Franz Koch]

Hey,

>
> 	/**
> 	 * Getter for tradefairs
> 	 *
> 	 * @return Tx_Extbase_Persistence_ObjectStorage<Tx_Solpersons_Domain_Model_Tradefair>  tradefairs
> 	 */
> 	public function getTradefairs() {
> 		return $this->tradefairs;
> 	}
>
>
>
> $this->tradefairs is randomly sorted and I want to apply the sorting and the start/end-constraint as it is in my repository.
> How should I do this best?

For the sorting, simply define a 'foreign_table_where' in the TCA and 
add your default sorting - extbase is respecting that.


For the constraints - well, that now depends on your domain. Personally 
I'd keep the 'getTradefairs' method as is for the case you need to 
display all at some place and add a additional getter 
'getActiveTradefairs' and return the result of 
$tradefairRepository->findActiveByPerson($this,array('start' => 'ASC') 
/* sorting parameter*/);
 From a DDD point of view it's totally ok to ask a person for it's 
active tradefairs I think.

If you don't want to add a custom method to your model, you could also 
create a custom viewHelper that's filtering the active tradefairs - with 
the downside that it'll create much more overhead as it'll fetch and 
parse all assigned tradefairs.

hth.
-- 
kind regards,
Franz Koch