silverstripe-cms/code/BulkLoader.php
Sam Minnee d9ac1a1f85 Improved API documentation
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<?php
/**
* @package cms
* @subpackage bulkloading
*/
/**
* An abstract base for bulk loaders of content into the SilverStripe database.
* Bulk loaders give SilverStripe authors the ability to do large-scale CSV uploads into their Sapphire databases.
* @package cms
* @subpackage bulkloading
*/
abstract class BulkLoader extends ViewableData {
/**
* Override this on subclasses to give the specific functions names
*/
static $title = null;
/**
* Return a human-readable name for this object.
* It defaults to the class name can be overridden by setting the static variable $title
*/
function Title() {
if($title = $this->stat('title')) return $title;
else return $this->class;
}
/**
* Process every record in the file
* @param filename The name of the CSV file to process
* @param preview If true, we'll just output a summary of changes but not actually do anything
*
* @returns A DataObjectSet containing a list of all the reuslst
*/
function processAll($filename, $preview = false) {
// TODO
// Get the first record out of the CSV and store it as headers
// Get each record out of the CSV
// Remap the record so that it's keyed by headers
// Pass it to $this->processRecord, and get the results
// Put the results inside an ArrayData and push that onto a DataObjectSet for returning
}
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Next, we have some abstract functions that let subclasses say what kind of batch operation they're
* going to do
*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/**
* Return a FieldSet containing all the options for this form; this
* doesn't include the actual upload field itself
*/
abstract function getOptionFields();
/**
* Process a single record from the CSV file.
* @param record An map of the CSV data, keyed by the header field
* @param preview
*
* @returns A 2 value array.
* - The first element should be "add", "edit" or "", depending on the operation performed in response to this record
* - The second element is a free-text string that can optionally provide some more information about what changes have
* been made
*/
abstract function processRecord($record, $preview = false);
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Next, we have a library of helper functions (Brian to build as necessary)
*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
}
?>