Re: [devel] bx_resource::props

On 14.12.2005 13:15 Uhr, qMax wrote:
> Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 2:07:04 PM, Christian Stocker wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> CS> On 29.11.2005 13:24 Uhr, qMax wrote:
> 
>>>It's somewhat mixed with its derivatives:
>>> it refers to $this->props, although never defines them.
>>>
>>>Thus bx_resource uses it (to implement many bxIresource methods),
>>>but initialization of the props is up to derivatives,
>>>so there's in general no guarantees it will work,
>>>unless exploring bx_resource implementation code,
>>>and writing down what props have to be set.
> 
> 
> the $this->>props array is internal. you don't have to use it, if you
> CS> want to implement your own resource, but you should implement the
> CS> methods defined in bx/resource.php
> 
> CS> the bx_resource implementation is just a general case and has to be
> CS> adapted for your special resource
> 
> e.g.
> bx_resource::getProperty() for "output-mime"
> uses bx_resource::getOutputMimeType() which takes $this->props['output-mime']
> but it is never set and never referenced elsewhere.
> output mime is determined by getOutputMime(),
> which should be overloaded in all resource classes,
> in spite of that resourcemanager knows outputmime from database.

The idea was, that you can overload it, but you don't have to. Or did I
not understand you correctly?

> P.S.
> sorry for crossposting.
> I'll try to stop clicking "reply" as in other mailing lists.

a lot of mailinglists do it this way, we're not the only one

chregu


> 

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