Embedded EntityList

Class: Code16\Sharp\Show\Fields\SharpShowEntityListField

Constructor

This field needs a local field key and the EntityList key as defined in a sharp.entities.{key}.list config key containing an EntityList class name.

For instance:

SharpShowEntityListField::make("cakes", "cake")

where cakes is the field key and cake is the related EntityList key.

Embedded EntityList are just regular EntityList presented in a Show page: we therefore need a full EntityList implementation linked in the config. To scope the data to the instance of the Show, use hideFilterWithValue() (see below).

Note that the local field key is only used for the layout: unlike every other field, the instance of the Show don't have to expose an attribute named like that, since the EntityList data is gathered with a dedicated request.

Configuration

hideFilterWithValue(string $filterName, $value)

This is maybe the most important method of the field, since it will not only hide a filter, but also set its value. The purpose is to allow to scope the data to the instance of the Show. For instance, let's say we display a Spaceship and that we want to embed a list of pilots:

SharpShowEntityListField::make("pilots", "spaceship_pilot")
    ->hideFilterWithValue("spaceship", 12);

We defined here that we want a pilots fields related to an EntityList which implementation class is defined in the sharp.entities.spaceship_pilot.list config key, and its spaceship filter (which must be declared as usual in the EntityList implementation) must be hidden AND valued to 12 when gathering the data. In short: we want the pilots for the spaceship of id 12.

You can pass a Closure as the value, and it will contain the current Show instance id. In most cases, you'll have to write this:

SharpShowEntityListField::make("pilots", "spaceship_pilot")
    ->hideFilterWithValue(
        "spaceship", 
        function($instanceId) {
            return $instanceId;
        }
    );

hideEntityCommand($commands)

Use it to hide any entity command in this particular embedded EntityList (useful when reusing an EntityList).
This will apply before looking at atutorisations.

hideInstanceCommand($commands)

Use it to hide any instance command in this particular embedded EntityList (useful when reusing an EntityList).
This will apply before looking at atutorisations.

showEntityState(bool $showEntityState = true)

Use it to show or hide the EntityState label and command (useful when reusing an EntityList).
This will apply before looking at atutorisations.

showCreateButton(bool $showCreateButton = true)

Use it to show or hide the create button in this particular embedded EntityList (useful when reusing an EntityList).
This will apply before looking at atutorisations.

showReorderButton(bool $showReorderButton = true)

Use it to show or hide the reorder button in this particular embedded EntityList (useful when reusing an EntityList).
This will apply before looking at atutorisations.

showSearchField(bool $showSearchField = true)

Use it to show or hide the search field in this particular embedded EntityList (useful when reusing an EntityList).
This will apply before looking at atutorisations.

Transformer

There is no transformer, since Sharp will NOT look for an attribute in the instance sent. The data of the EntityList is brought by a distinct XHR call, the same Sharp will use for a non embedded EntityList.

A note on extending existing EntityList

You can of course build a dedicated EntityList, but in many cases it's useful to extend one already needed in the main menu. In our stupid spaceship / pilots example, for instance, we can have a full pilots EntityList, presented in the main menu, with all pilots and some general commands, and another one for the spaceship Show, which extends the first one and maybe redefine its columns layout, or allow reorder because it had sense in this case. This is what's been done in Sharp's Saturn demo project.