Re: [fw-mvc] Proper use of Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource

Thanks for reply, my code works now... :)

One more question. How should i make the system automatically recognize all my modules ?

I know this is also related to Zend_Application prepared by Dasprid, i am wondering if this is possible (using just autoloader) until his component is released (is not moved to incubator now).

Cristian


Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:

-- Cristian Bichis <contact@zftutorials.com> wrote (on Friday, 27 February 2009, 10:24 AM +0200):   

I tried last days to get in touch with some newer (or TBA) features of ZF. One of them is Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource.  I made a sample for a modular archtecture. I am trying as a demonstration to load a Plugins model from /application/modules/default/models  That's into application/Bootstrap.php:          Zend_Loader::registerAutoload();                 $autoloader = new Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource(             array(             'namespace'   => 'Default',             'basePath' => MODULE_PATH             )         );                 $autoloader->addResourceTypes(array(                 'Model' => array('path' => 'models', 'namespace' => 'Model'),                 'DbTable'  => array('path' => 'models/DbTable', 'namespace' => 'DbTable')         ));     

 Okay, two things here. First, if you're going to use the Resource autoloader, don't uses Zend_Loader::registerAutoload(); use Zend_Loader_Autoloader -- and the latter is implicit when you instantiate the resource autoloader.  Second, based on the resource types you're defining, you probably want to use the Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader variant, as it has all of the resources you indicated above defined already.  In the end, it would look like this:      $autoloader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(         'namespace' => 'Default_',         'basePath'  => MODULE_PATH,     ));  and that's it.    

Into a controller plugin in am making use of resource autoloader this way:  $plugins = new Default_Model_Plugins();   Now here are my questions: 1. Why i am receiving this error:  Warning: include(D:\_Work\site/application/modules/models//Plugins.php) [ function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\_Work \site\library\incubator\Zend\Loader\Autoloader\Resource.php on line 173  I am not sure why is not included the "default" into path... Or anyway, what i am missing ?     

 First, getting rid of the Zend_Loader::registerAutoload() will likely take care of this. Second, use Zend_Loader from current trunk, as it has a few changes that make it work better with autoloading.    

2. There is any other error ? Like namespace been 'namespace'   => 'Default' or  'namespace'   => 'Default_', as according to sample from incubator file ('namespace' => 'Stuff_').     

 I need to change that in the docblock -- no '_' suffix necessary with resource autoloaders. The reason is that with resource autoloading, we're making an assumption that the classes follow ZF coding standards -- so the '_' is implied. (Zend_Loader_Autoloader, however, does require the explicit '_' so that we can allow interop with autoloaders from projects that do not follow the same conventions).    

3. How should be the class name of the model ? Plugins ? Or Default_Plugins ? or Default_Model_Plugins ?     

 Default_Model_Plugins. Rule of thumb: the namespace you use is the first segment, the resource type is the second segment, and then the class name is the last.  /me makes a note to write documentation soon!    

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