Complex classes like DocumentModel often do a lot of different things. To break such a class down, we need to identify a cohesive component within that class. A common approach to find such a component is to look for fields/methods that share the same prefixes, or suffixes. You can also have a look at the cohesion graph to spot any un-connected, or weakly-connected components.
Once you have determined the fields that belong together, you can apply the Extract Class refactoring. If the component makes sense as a sub-class, Extract Subclass is also a candidate, and is often faster.
While breaking up the class, it is a good idea to analyze how other classes use DocumentModel, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
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| 36 | class DocumentModel extends SchemaModel implements ModelInterface |
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| 37 | { |
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| 38 | /** |
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| 39 | * @var string |
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| 40 | */ |
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| 41 | protected $description; |
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| 42 | /** |
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| 43 | * @var string[] |
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| 44 | */ |
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| 45 | protected $fieldTitles; |
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| 46 | /** |
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| 47 | * @var string[] |
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| 48 | */ |
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| 49 | protected $fieldDescriptions; |
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| 50 | /** |
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| 51 | * @var string[] |
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| 52 | */ |
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| 53 | protected $requiredFields = array(); |
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| 54 | /** |
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| 55 | * @var string[] |
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| 56 | */ |
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| 57 | protected $searchableFields = array(); |
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| 58 | /** |
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| 59 | * @var string[] |
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| 60 | */ |
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| 61 | protected $textIndexes = array(); |
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| 62 | /** |
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| 63 | * @var DocumentRepository |
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| 64 | */ |
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| 65 | private $repository; |
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| 66 | /** |
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| 67 | * @var Visitor |
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| 68 | */ |
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| 69 | private $visitor; |
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| 70 | /** |
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| 71 | * @var array |
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| 72 | */ |
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| 73 | protected $notModifiableOriginRecords; |
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| 74 | /** |
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| 75 | * @var integer |
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| 76 | */ |
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| 77 | private $paginationDefaultLimit; |
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| 78 | |||
| 79 | /** |
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| 80 | * @var boolean |
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| 81 | */ |
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| 82 | protected $filterByAuthUser; |
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| 83 | |||
| 84 | /** |
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| 85 | * @var string |
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| 86 | */ |
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| 87 | protected $filterByAuthField; |
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| 88 | |||
| 89 | /** |
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| 90 | * @var DocumentManager |
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| 91 | */ |
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| 92 | protected $manager; |
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| 93 | |||
| 94 | /** @var EventDispatcher */ |
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| 95 | protected $eventDispatcher; |
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| 96 | |||
| 97 | /** @var $collectionCache */ |
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| 98 | protected $cache; |
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| 99 | |||
| 100 | /** |
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| 101 | * @var RestUtils |
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| 102 | */ |
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| 103 | private $restUtils; |
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| 104 | |||
| 105 | /** |
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| 106 | * @param Visitor $visitor rql query visitor |
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| 107 | * @param RestUtils $restUtils Rest utils |
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| 108 | * @param EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher Kernel event dispatcher |
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| 109 | * @param CollectionCache $collectionCache Cache Service |
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| 110 | * @param array $notModifiableOriginRecords strings with not modifiable recordOrigin values |
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| 111 | * @param integer $paginationDefaultLimit amount of data records to be returned when in pagination cnt |
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| 112 | */ |
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| 113 | public function __construct( |
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| 114 | Visitor $visitor, |
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| 115 | RestUtils $restUtils, |
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| 116 | $eventDispatcher, |
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| 117 | CollectionCache $collectionCache, |
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| 118 | $notModifiableOriginRecords, |
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| 119 | $paginationDefaultLimit |
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| 120 | ) { |
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| 121 | parent::__construct(); |
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| 122 | $this->visitor = $visitor; |
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| 123 | $this->eventDispatcher = $eventDispatcher; |
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| 124 | $this->notModifiableOriginRecords = $notModifiableOriginRecords; |
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| 125 | $this->paginationDefaultLimit = (int) $paginationDefaultLimit; |
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| 126 | $this->cache = $collectionCache; |
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| 127 | $this->restUtils = $restUtils; |
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| 128 | } |
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| 129 | |||
| 130 | /** |
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| 131 | * get repository instance |
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| 132 | * |
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| 133 | * @return DocumentRepository |
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| 134 | */ |
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| 135 | public function getRepository() |
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| 136 | { |
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| 137 | return $this->repository; |
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| 138 | } |
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| 139 | |||
| 140 | /** |
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| 141 | * create new app model |
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| 142 | * |
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| 143 | * @param DocumentRepository $repository Repository of countries |
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| 144 | * |
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| 145 | * @return \Graviton\RestBundle\Model\DocumentModel |
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| 146 | */ |
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| 147 | public function setRepository(DocumentRepository $repository) |
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| 148 | { |
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| 149 | $this->repository = $repository; |
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| 150 | $this->manager = $repository->getDocumentManager(); |
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| 151 | |||
| 152 | return $this; |
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| 153 | } |
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| 154 | |||
| 155 | /** |
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| 156 | * {@inheritDoc} |
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| 157 | * |
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| 158 | * @param Request $request The request object |
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| 159 | * |
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| 160 | * @return array |
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| 161 | */ |
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| 162 | public function findAll(Request $request) |
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| 163 | { |
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| 164 | $pageNumber = $request->query->get('page', 1); |
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| 165 | $numberPerPage = (int) $request->query->get('perPage', $this->getDefaultLimit()); |
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| 166 | $startAt = ($pageNumber - 1) * $numberPerPage; |
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| 167 | |||
| 168 | /** @var XiagQuery $xiagQuery */ |
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| 169 | $xiagQuery = $request->attributes->get('rqlQuery'); |
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| 170 | |||
| 171 | /** @var Builder $queryBuilder */ |
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| 172 | $queryBuilder = $this->repository |
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| 173 | ->createQueryBuilder(); |
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| 174 | |||
| 175 | // Setting RQL Query |
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| 176 | if ($xiagQuery) { |
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| 177 | // Check if search and if this Repository have search indexes. |
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| 178 | if ($query = $xiagQuery->getQuery()) { |
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| 179 | if ($query instanceof AndNode) { |
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| 180 | foreach ($query->getQueries() as $xq) { |
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| 181 | if ($xq instanceof SearchNode && !$this->hasCustomSearchIndex()) { |
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| 182 | throw new InvalidArgumentException('Current api request have search index'); |
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| 183 | } |
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| 184 | } |
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| 185 | } elseif ($query instanceof SearchNode && !$this->hasCustomSearchIndex()) { |
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| 186 | throw new InvalidArgumentException('Current api request have search index'); |
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| 187 | } |
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| 188 | } |
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| 189 | // Clean up Search rql param and set it as Doctrine query |
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| 190 | $queryBuilder = $this->doRqlQuery( |
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| 191 | $queryBuilder, |
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| 192 | $xiagQuery |
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| 193 | ); |
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| 194 | } else { |
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| 195 | // @todo [lapistano]: seems the offset is missing for this query. |
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| 196 | /** @var \Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Query\Builder $qb */ |
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| 197 | $queryBuilder->find($this->repository->getDocumentName()); |
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| 198 | } |
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| 199 | |||
| 200 | /** @var LimitNode $rqlLimit */ |
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| 201 | $rqlLimit = $xiagQuery instanceof XiagQuery ? $xiagQuery->getLimit() : false; |
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| 202 | |||
| 203 | // define offset and limit |
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| 204 | if (!$rqlLimit || !$rqlLimit->getOffset()) { |
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| 205 | $queryBuilder->skip($startAt); |
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| 206 | } else { |
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| 207 | $startAt = (int) $rqlLimit->getOffset(); |
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| 208 | $queryBuilder->skip($startAt); |
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| 209 | } |
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| 210 | |||
| 211 | if (!$rqlLimit || is_null($rqlLimit->getLimit())) { |
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| 212 | $queryBuilder->limit($numberPerPage); |
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| 213 | } else { |
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| 214 | $numberPerPage = (int) $rqlLimit->getLimit(); |
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| 215 | $queryBuilder->limit($numberPerPage); |
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| 216 | } |
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| 217 | |||
| 218 | // Limit can not be negative nor null. |
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| 219 | if ($numberPerPage < 1) { |
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| 220 | throw new RqlSyntaxErrorException('negative or null limit in rql'); |
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| 221 | } |
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| 222 | |||
| 223 | /** |
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| 224 | * add a default sort on id if none was specified earlier |
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| 225 | * |
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| 226 | * not specifying something to sort on leads to very weird cases when fetching references. |
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| 227 | */ |
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| 228 | if (!array_key_exists('sort', $queryBuilder->getQuery()->getQuery())) { |
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| 229 | $queryBuilder->sort('_id'); |
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| 230 | } |
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| 231 | |||
| 232 | // run query |
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| 233 | $query = $queryBuilder->getQuery(); |
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| 234 | $records = array_values($query->execute()->toArray()); |
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| 235 | |||
| 236 | $totalCount = $query->count(); |
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| 237 | $numPages = (int) ceil($totalCount / $numberPerPage); |
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| 238 | $page = (int) ceil($startAt / $numberPerPage) + 1; |
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| 239 | if ($numPages > 1) { |
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| 240 | $request->attributes->set('paging', true); |
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| 241 | $request->attributes->set('page', $page); |
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| 242 | $request->attributes->set('numPages', $numPages); |
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| 243 | $request->attributes->set('startAt', $startAt); |
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| 244 | $request->attributes->set('perPage', $numberPerPage); |
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| 245 | $request->attributes->set('totalCount', $totalCount); |
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| 246 | } |
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| 247 | |||
| 248 | return $records; |
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| 249 | } |
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| 250 | |||
| 251 | /** |
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| 252 | * Check if collection has search indexes in DB |
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| 253 | * |
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| 254 | * @param string $prefix the prefix for custom text search indexes |
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| 255 | * @return bool |
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| 256 | */ |
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| 257 | private function hasCustomSearchIndex($prefix = 'search_') |
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| 258 | { |
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| 259 | $metadata = $this->repository->getClassMetadata(); |
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| 260 | $indexes = $metadata->getIndexes(); |
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| 261 | if (count($indexes) < 1) { |
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| 262 | return false; |
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| 263 | } |
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| 264 | $collectionsName = substr($metadata->getName(), strrpos($metadata->getName(), '\\') + 1); |
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| 265 | $searchIndexName = $prefix.$collectionsName.'_index'; |
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| 266 | // We reverse as normally the search index is the last. |
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| 267 | foreach (array_reverse($indexes) as $index) { |
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| 268 | if (array_key_exists('options', $index) && |
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| 269 | array_key_exists('name', $index['options']) && |
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| 270 | $searchIndexName == $index['options']['name'] |
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| 271 | ) { |
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| 272 | return true; |
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| 273 | } |
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| 274 | } |
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| 275 | return false; |
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| 276 | } |
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| 277 | |||
| 278 | /** |
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| 279 | * @param object $entity entity to insert |
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| 280 | * @param bool $returnEntity true to return entity |
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| 281 | * @param bool $doFlush if we should flush or not after insert |
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| 282 | * |
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| 283 | * @return Object|null |
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| 284 | */ |
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| 285 | public function insertRecord($entity, $returnEntity = true, $doFlush = true) |
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| 286 | { |
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| 287 | $this->manager->persist($entity); |
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| 288 | |||
| 289 | if ($doFlush) { |
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| 290 | $this->manager->flush($entity); |
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| 291 | } |
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| 292 | |||
| 293 | // Fire ModelEvent |
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| 294 | $this->dispatchModelEvent(ModelEvent::MODEL_EVENT_INSERT, $entity); |
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| 295 | |||
| 296 | if ($returnEntity) { |
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| 297 | return $this->find($entity->getId()); |
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| 298 | } |
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| 299 | return null; |
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| 300 | } |
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| 301 | |||
| 302 | /** |
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| 303 | * @param string $documentId id of entity to find |
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| 304 | * |
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| 305 | * @throws NotFoundException |
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| 306 | * @return Object |
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| 307 | */ |
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| 308 | public function find($documentId) |
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| 309 | { |
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| 310 | $result = $this->repository->find($documentId); |
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| 311 | |||
| 312 | if (empty($result)) { |
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| 313 | throw new NotFoundException("Entry with id " . $documentId . " not found!"); |
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| 314 | } |
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| 315 | |||
| 316 | return $result; |
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| 317 | } |
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| 318 | |||
| 319 | /** |
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| 320 | * Will attempt to find Document by ID. |
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| 321 | * If config cache is enabled for document it will save it. |
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| 322 | * |
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| 323 | * @param string $documentId id of entity to find |
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| 324 | * @param Request $request request |
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| 325 | * @param bool $skipLock if true, we don't check for the lock |
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| 326 | * |
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| 327 | * @throws NotFoundException |
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| 328 | * @return string Serialised object |
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| 329 | */ |
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| 330 | public function getSerialised($documentId, Request $request = null, $skipLock = false) |
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| 331 | { |
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| 332 | if (($request instanceof Request) && |
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| 333 | ($query = $request->attributes->get('rqlQuery')) && |
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| 334 | (($query instanceof XiagQuery)) |
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| 335 | ) { |
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| 336 | /** @var Builder $queryBuilder */ |
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| 337 | $queryBuilder = $this->doRqlQuery($this->repository->createQueryBuilder(), $query); |
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| 338 | $queryBuilder->field('id')->equals($documentId); |
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| 339 | $result = $queryBuilder->getQuery()->getSingleResult(); |
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| 340 | if (empty($result)) { |
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| 341 | throw new NotFoundException("Entry with id " . $documentId . " not found!"); |
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| 342 | } |
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| 343 | $document = $this->restUtils->serialize($result); |
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| 344 | } elseif ($cached = $this->cache->getByRepository($this->repository, $documentId)) { |
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| 345 | $document = $cached; |
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| 346 | } else { |
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| 347 | if (!$skipLock) { |
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| 348 | $this->cache->updateOperationCheck($this->repository, $documentId); |
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| 349 | } |
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| 350 | $document = $this->restUtils->serialize($this->find($documentId)); |
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| 351 | $this->cache->setByRepository($this->repository, $document, $documentId); |
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| 352 | } |
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| 353 | |||
| 354 | return $document; |
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| 355 | } |
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| 356 | |||
| 357 | /** |
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| 358 | * {@inheritDoc} |
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| 359 | * |
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| 360 | * @param string $documentId id of entity to update |
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| 361 | * @param Object $entity new entity |
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| 362 | * @param bool $returnEntity true to return entity |
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| 363 | * |
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| 364 | * @return Object|null |
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| 365 | */ |
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| 366 | public function updateRecord($documentId, $entity, $returnEntity = true) |
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| 367 | { |
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| 368 | if (!is_null($documentId)) { |
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| 369 | $this->deleteById($documentId); |
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| 370 | // detach so odm knows it's gone |
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| 371 | $this->manager->detach($entity); |
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| 372 | $this->manager->clear(); |
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| 373 | } |
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| 374 | |||
| 375 | $entity = $this->manager->merge($entity); |
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| 376 | |||
| 377 | $this->manager->persist($entity); |
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| 378 | $this->manager->flush($entity); |
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| 379 | |||
| 380 | // Fire ModelEvent |
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| 381 | $this->dispatchModelEvent(ModelEvent::MODEL_EVENT_UPDATE, $entity); |
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| 382 | |||
| 383 | if ($returnEntity) { |
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| 384 | return $entity; |
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| 385 | } |
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| 386 | return null; |
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| 387 | } |
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| 388 | |||
| 389 | /** |
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| 390 | * {@inheritDoc} |
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| 391 | * |
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| 392 | * @param string|object $id id of entity to delete or entity instance |
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| 393 | * |
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| 394 | * @return null|Object |
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| 395 | */ |
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| 396 | public function deleteRecord($id) |
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| 397 | { |
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| 398 | // Check and wait if another update is being processed, avoid double delete |
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| 399 | $this->cache->updateOperationCheck($this->repository, $id); |
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| 400 | $this->cache->addUpdateLock($this->repository, $id, 1); |
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| 401 | |||
| 402 | if (is_object($id)) { |
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| 403 | $entity = $id; |
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| 404 | } else { |
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| 405 | $entity = $this->find($id); |
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| 406 | } |
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| 407 | |||
| 408 | $this->checkIfOriginRecord($entity); |
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| 409 | $return = $entity; |
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| 410 | |||
| 411 | if (is_callable([$entity, 'getId']) && $entity->getId() != null) { |
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| 412 | $this->deleteById($entity->getId()); |
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| 413 | // detach so odm knows it's gone |
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| 414 | $this->manager->detach($entity); |
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| 415 | $this->manager->clear(); |
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| 416 | // Dispatch ModelEvent |
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| 417 | $this->dispatchModelEvent(ModelEvent::MODEL_EVENT_DELETE, $return); |
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| 418 | $return = null; |
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| 419 | } |
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| 420 | |||
| 421 | $this->cache->releaseUpdateLock($this->repository, $id); |
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| 422 | |||
| 423 | return $return; |
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| 424 | } |
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| 425 | |||
| 426 | /** |
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| 427 | * Triggers a flush on the DocumentManager |
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| 428 | * |
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| 429 | * @param null $document optional document |
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| 430 | * |
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| 431 | * @return void |
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| 432 | */ |
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| 433 | public function flush($document = null) |
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| 434 | { |
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| 435 | $this->manager->flush($document); |
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| 436 | } |
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| 437 | |||
| 438 | /** |
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| 439 | * A low level delete without any checks |
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| 440 | * |
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| 441 | * @param mixed $id record id |
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| 442 | * |
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| 443 | * @return void |
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| 444 | */ |
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| 445 | private function deleteById($id) |
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| 446 | { |
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| 447 | $builder = $this->repository->createQueryBuilder(); |
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| 448 | $builder |
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| 449 | ->remove() |
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| 450 | ->field('id')->equals($id) |
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| 451 | ->getQuery() |
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| 452 | ->execute(); |
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| 453 | } |
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| 454 | |||
| 455 | /** |
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| 456 | * Checks in a performant way if a certain record id exists in the database |
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| 457 | * |
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| 458 | * @param mixed $id record id |
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| 459 | * |
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| 460 | * @return bool true if it exists, false otherwise |
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| 461 | */ |
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| 462 | public function recordExists($id) |
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| 463 | { |
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| 464 | return is_array($this->selectSingleFields($id, ['id'], false)); |
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| 465 | } |
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| 466 | |||
| 467 | /** |
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| 468 | * Returns a set of fields from an existing resource in a performant manner. |
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| 469 | * If you need to check certain fields on an object (and don't need everything), this |
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| 470 | * is a better way to get what you need. |
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| 471 | * If the record is not present, you will receive null. If you don't need an hydrated |
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| 472 | * instance, make sure to pass false there. |
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| 473 | * |
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| 474 | * @param mixed $id record id |
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| 475 | * @param array $fields list of fields you need. |
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| 476 | * @param bool $hydrate whether to hydrate object or not |
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| 477 | * |
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| 478 | * @return array|null|object |
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| 479 | */ |
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| 480 | public function selectSingleFields($id, array $fields, $hydrate = true) |
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| 481 | { |
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| 482 | $builder = $this->repository->createQueryBuilder(); |
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| 483 | $idField = $this->repository->getClassMetadata()->getIdentifier()[0]; |
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| 484 | |||
| 485 | $record = $builder |
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| 486 | ->field($idField)->equals($id) |
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| 487 | ->select($fields) |
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| 488 | ->hydrate($hydrate) |
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| 489 | ->getQuery() |
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| 490 | ->getSingleResult(); |
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| 491 | |||
| 492 | return $record; |
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| 493 | } |
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| 494 | |||
| 495 | /** |
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| 496 | * get classname of entity |
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| 497 | * |
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| 498 | * @return string|null |
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| 499 | */ |
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| 500 | public function getEntityClass() |
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| 501 | { |
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| 502 | if ($this->repository instanceof DocumentRepository) { |
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| 503 | return $this->repository->getDocumentName(); |
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| 504 | } |
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| 505 | |||
| 506 | return null; |
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| 507 | } |
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| 508 | |||
| 509 | /** |
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| 510 | * {@inheritDoc} |
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| 511 | * |
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| 512 | * Currently this is being used to build the route id used for redirecting |
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| 513 | * to newly made documents. It might benefit from having a different name |
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| 514 | * for those purposes. |
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| 515 | * |
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| 516 | * We might use a convention based mapping here: |
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| 517 | * Graviton\CoreBundle\Document\App -> mongodb://graviton_core |
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| 518 | * Graviton\CoreBundle\Entity\Table -> mysql://graviton_core |
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| 519 | * |
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| 520 | * @todo implement this in a more convention based manner |
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| 521 | * |
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| 522 | * @return string |
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| 523 | */ |
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| 524 | public function getConnectionName() |
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| 525 | { |
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| 526 | $bundle = strtolower(substr(explode('\\', get_class($this))[1], 0, -6)); |
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| 527 | |||
| 528 | return 'graviton.' . $bundle; |
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| 529 | } |
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| 530 | |||
| 531 | /** |
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| 532 | * Does the actual query using the RQL Bundle. |
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| 533 | * |
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| 534 | * @param Builder $queryBuilder Doctrine ODM QueryBuilder |
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| 535 | * @param Query $query query from parser |
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| 536 | * |
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| 537 | * @return Builder|Expr |
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| 538 | */ |
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| 539 | protected function doRqlQuery($queryBuilder, Query $query) |
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| 540 | { |
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| 541 | $this->visitor->setBuilder($queryBuilder); |
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| 542 | |||
| 543 | return $this->visitor->visit($query); |
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| 544 | } |
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| 545 | |||
| 546 | /** |
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| 547 | * Checks the recordOrigin attribute of a record and will throw an exception if value is not allowed |
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| 548 | * |
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| 549 | * @param Object $record record |
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| 550 | * |
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| 551 | * @return void |
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| 552 | */ |
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| 553 | protected function checkIfOriginRecord($record) |
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| 554 | { |
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| 555 | if ($record instanceof RecordOriginInterface |
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| 556 | && !$record->isRecordOriginModifiable() |
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| 557 | ) { |
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| 558 | $values = $this->notModifiableOriginRecords; |
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| 559 | $originValue = strtolower(trim($record->getRecordOrigin())); |
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| 560 | |||
| 561 | if (in_array($originValue, $values)) { |
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| 562 | $msg = sprintf("Must not be one of the following keywords: %s", implode(', ', $values)); |
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| 563 | |||
| 564 | throw new RecordOriginModifiedException($msg); |
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| 565 | } |
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| 566 | } |
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| 567 | } |
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| 568 | |||
| 569 | /** |
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| 570 | * Determines the configured amount fo data records to be returned in pagination context. |
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| 571 | * |
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| 572 | * @return int |
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| 573 | */ |
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| 574 | private function getDefaultLimit() |
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| 582 | |||
| 583 | /** |
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| 584 | * Will fire a ModelEvent |
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| 585 | * |
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| 586 | * @param string $action insert or update |
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| 587 | * @param Object $collection the changed Document |
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| 588 | * |
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| 589 | * @return void |
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| 590 | */ |
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| 591 | private function dispatchModelEvent($action, $collection) |
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| 592 | { |
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| 593 | if (!($this->repository instanceof DocumentRepository)) { |
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| 594 | return; |
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| 595 | } |
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| 596 | if (!method_exists($collection, 'getId')) { |
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| 597 | return; |
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| 598 | } |
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| 599 | |||
| 600 | $event = new ModelEvent(); |
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| 609 | } |
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| 610 |
It seems like the method you are trying to call exists only in some of the possible types.
Let’s take a look at an example:
Available Fixes
Add an additional type-check:
Only allow a single type to be passed if the variable comes from a parameter: