Visualize Entity Bundle

Introduction

Bundle provides possibility for visualize entity data by yaml configuration.

Installation

Step 1: Download the Bundle

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

    composer require adrenalinkin/visualize-entity-bundle

This command requires you to have Composer install globally.

Step 2: Enable the Bundle

Then, enable the bundle by updating your app/AppKernel.php file to enable the bundle:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    // ...

    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = [
            // ...

            new Linkin\Bundle\EntityHelperBundle\LinkinEntityHelperBundle(),
            new Linkin\Bundle\VisualizeEntityBundle\LinkinVisualizeEntityBundle(),
        ];

        return $bundles;
    }

    // ...
}

Configuration

To start using bundle you need to create configuration file in the needed bundle of the your project. Simple configuration for the user entity for displaying 3 fields:

linkin_visualize_entity:
    acme_user_default:
        className:    AcmeBundle:User
        fields:
            username:   ~
            firstName:  ~
            email:      ~

More information about configuration file in the part Configuration file visualize_entity.yml.

Usage

Usage example expect using simple configuration from the previous part.

Controller

To apply simple user configuration, which has been created early, you just need to call linkin_visualize_entity.builder service and call method buildViewEntity to create special object. You need put name of the configuration as first parameter and entity object or entity identity as second.

<?php

use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Method;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

/**
 * @Route("acme_user")
 */
class AcmeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/user_view/{id}", name="acme_user_view")
     *
     * @Method("GET")
     *
     * @Template()
     *
     * @param int $id
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function viewAction($id)
    {
        $viewEntity = $this->get('linkin_visualize_entity.builder')->buildViewEntity('acme_user_default', $id);

        return [
            'viewEntity' => $viewEntity,
        ];
    }
}

TWIG Template

ViewEntity object allow several opportunities for work in twig-template. Most simple and most popular method notDisplayed - will display all fields which was not displayed yet.

    {# @var viewEntity \Linkin\Bundle\VisualizeEntityBundle\Entity\ViewEntity #}

    <table class="striped">
        <tbody>
        {% for fieldData in viewEntity.notDisplayed %}
            <tr>
                <td><b>{{ fieldData.label }}:</b></td>
                <td>{{ fieldData.value|raw }}</td>
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
        </tbody>
    </table>

When you need display some fields in the specific place or just take specific field you should use fieldData method. Next call of the notDisplayed method returns all data except already displayed by fieldData method call.

    {# @var viewEntity \Linkin\Bundle\VisualizeEntityBundle\Entity\ViewEntity #}

    <table class="striped">
        <thead>
        <th>
            <td>{{ viewEntity.fieldData('username').label }}</td>
            <td>{{ viewEntity.fieldData('username').value|raw }}</td>
        </th>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
        {% for fieldData in viewEntity.notDisplayed %}
            <tr>
                <td><b>{{ fieldData.label }}:</b></td>
                <td>{{ fieldData.value|raw }}</td>
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
        </tbody>
    </table>

Also you can use other advanced methods for more specific situations:

• entity - retrieve original entity object.
• entityId - retrieve original entity identity.
• all - returns all configuration-based fields regardless is field has been already displayed or not. Also you can set list of the fields which should be excluded from the result.
• alreadyDisplayed - returns list of the all fields, which already has been displayed.
• resetDisplayed - reset statistics of the already has been displayed fields.

Visualizers

Visualization of the different data types is handled by visualizers. You can get information about all predefined visualizers in the part Predefined visualizers. More information about registration own visualizer in the part Add new visualizer.

Dependencies

• EntityHelperBundle

License