silverstripe-framework/model/DataObjectInterface.php
2014-08-19 09:17:15 +12:00

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<?php
/**
* DataObjectInterface is an interface that other data systems in your application can implement in order to behave in
* a manner similar to DataObject.
*
* In addition to the methods defined below, the data of the object should be directly accessible as fields.
* @package framework
* @subpackage model
*/
interface DataObjectInterface {
/**
* Create a new data object, not yet in the database. To load an object into the database, a null object should be
* constructed, its fields set, and the write() method called.
*/
public function __construct();
/**
* Write the current object back to the database. It should know whether this is a new object, in which case this
* would be an insert command, or if this is an existing object queried from the database, in which case thes would
* be
*/
public function write();
/**
* Remove this object from the database. Doesn't do anything if this object isn't in the database.
*/
public function delete();
/**
* Get the named field.
* This function is sometimes called explicitly by the form system, so you need to define it, even if you use the
* default field system.
*/
public function __get($fieldName);
/**
* Save content from a form into a field on this data object.
* Since the data comes straight from a form it can't be trusted and will need to be validated / escaped.'
*/
public function setCastedField($fieldName, $val);
}