[TYPO3-mvc] Various object types depending on the "type" field

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Imagine the following "typical TYPO3" issue. You have a table with a "type" 
field, which means you store different data in the same table and handle it 
accordingly to the "type" field value.

If you manipulate raw database data, you do not have issues (because it is 
raw). But if you do it with Extbase, you need to manipulate objects. Doing 
it properly would mean either putting each data type into a separate table 
(difficult for 15-20 types, which are different very little), or creating 
different Extbase models depending on the "type" field.

How would you solve such issue? Would you still have a single class and use 
"switch ($typeField)" or would Extbase be able to give different instances 
depending on the "type" field?

The question is not theoretical, it is about a practical case I will have 
in the nearest future.

(Learning, therefore asking the community)

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Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 core&security team member
E-mail: dmitry.dulepov at typo3.org
Web: http://dmitry-dulepov.com/