[TYPO3-mvc] DateTime Parsing with features.rewrittenPropertyMapper = 1 broken?

[Matthias Krappitz]

Hi,

I found a solution to define the Date and Time format for DateTime Fields 
some time ago for Extbase 1.4.x with 
config.tx_extbase.features.rewrittenPropertyMapper = 1. Now, some months 
later with TYPO3 4.6.4 it seems broken, I get a strange exception from the 
property manager even though the entered values are valid. Could you see 
from the (shortened) code and exception given below why this can be or tell 
me what an exception message like "#1297759968: Exception while property 
mapping at property path "":Method 
Tx_Timetrack_Domain_Model_Worktime::__construct() does not exist (More 
information)" could mean? How can there be not an __construct() method in 
any class?

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This is my domain model:
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class Tx_Timetrack_Domain_Model_Worktime extends 
Tx_Extbase_DomainObject_AbstractValueObject {

    /**
     * Begin Time
     *
     * @var DateTime
     * @validate NotEmpty
     */
    protected $begintime;

    /**
     * Duration
     *
     * @var float
     * @validate NotEmpty
     */
    protected $duration;

    public function getBegintime() {
        return $this->begintime;
    }

   function setBegintime($begintime) {
        $this->begintime = $begintime;
    }

    public function getDuration() {
        return $this->duration;
    }

    public function setDuration($duration) {
        $this->duration = $duration;
    }

}


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This is my controller:
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class Tx_Timetrack_Controller_WorktimeController extends 
Tx_Extbase_MVC_Controller_ActionController {

    // ...

    /**
     * action new
     *
     * @param $worktime
     * @dontvalidate $worktime
     * @return void
     */
    public function newAction(Tx_Timetrack_Domain_Model_Worktime $worktime = 
NULL) {
        $this->view->assign('allEmployees', 
$this->employeeRepository->findAll());
        $this->view->assign('allProjects', 
$this->projectRepository->findAll());
        $this->view->assign('arguments', 
$_REQUEST['tx_timetrack_worktimes']['worktime']);
        $this->view->assign('worktime', $worktime);
    }

    /**
     * action initializeCreate
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initializeCreateAction() {
        $this->arguments['worktime']
            ->getPropertyMappingConfiguration()
            ->forProperty('begintime')
            ->setTypeConverterOption(
                'Tx_Extbase_Property_TypeConverter_DateTimeConverter',
                Tx_Extbase_Property_TypeConverter_DateTimeConverter::CONFIGURATION_DATE_FORMAT,
                'd.m.Y H:i:s' // 15.07.1985 10:10:10 // 
1985-07-15T10:10:10+00:00
            );
    }

    /**
     * action create
     *
     * @param $worktime
     * @return void
     */
    public function createAction(Tx_Timetrack_Domain_Model_Worktime 
$worktime) {
        $this->worktimeRepository->add($worktime);
        $this->flashMessageContainer->add('Your new Worktime was created.');
        $this->redirect('list');
    }

    // ....

}

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When I submit inthe frontend plugin for creating new worktimes (more or less 
like it was created by the extension_builder) with "15.07.1985 10:10:10" as 
begintime and "3" as duration, I get the following Exception:
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Uncaught TYPO3 Exception
#1297759968: Exception while property mapping at property path "":Method 
Tx_Timetrack_Domain_Model_Worktime::__construct() does not exist (More 
information)
Tx_Extbase_Property_Exception thrown in file
/www/htdocs/krappitz/shared/typo3_src-4.6.latest/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/Property/PropertyMapper.php 
in line 128.

15 Tx_Extbase_Property_PropertyMapper::convert(array, 
"Tx_Timetrack_Domain_Model_Worktime", 
Tx_Extbase_MVC_Controller_MvcPropertyMappingConfiguration)


/www/htdocs/krappitz/shared/typo3_src-4.6.latest/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/MVC/Controller/Argument.php:
00434:     return $this;
00435:    }
00436:    $this->value = $this->propertyMapper->convert($rawValue, 
$this->dataType, $this->propertyMappingConfiguration);
00437:    $this->validationResults = $this->propertyMapper->getMessages();
00438:    if ($this->validator !== NULL) {

14 Tx_Extbase_MVC_Controller_Argument::setValue(array)

/www/htdocs/krappitz/shared/typo3_src-4.6.latest/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/MVC/Controller/AbstractController.php:

00395:
00396:     if ($this->request->hasArgument($argumentName)) {
00397:      $argument->setValue($this->request->getArgument($argumentName));
00398:     } elseif ($argument->isRequired()) {
00399:      throw new 
Tx_Extbase_MVC_Controller_Exception_RequiredArgumentMissingException('Required 
argument "' . $argumentName  . '" is not set.', 1298012500);

13 
Tx_Extbase_MVC_Controller_AbstractController::mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments()

/www/htdocs/krappitz/shared/typo3_src-4.6.latest/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/MVC/Controller/ActionController.php:

00157:   }
00158:
00159:   $this->mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments();
00160:   $this->checkRequestHash();
00161:   $this->controllerContext = $this->buildControllerContext();

...

Cheers

Matthias