Hi. Take my +1 too.
Regards. 2009/7/31, JP <jph...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > In symfony 1.2, I can only create models using one of the 2 ORMs > Doctrine or Propel. Each of the 2 plugins implements some tasks for > generating an admin backend, creating fixture data, some input > validation. > > Now let's say I want to use a different data source, that is not a > database covered by the ORMs, for example: > - a web API (twitter, last.fm, flickr, salesforce.com ...) > - a SOAP web service > - a datastore like CouchDB > > I believe that if I want to use one of those, I'll have to build or > find a plugin similar to sfPropelPlugin or sfDoctrinePlugin to access > the data source. In case my datasource provides CRUD functionnality, I > might want to generate an admin interface, which means creating a > generator and maybe duplicating code with the default ORMs admin > generator. > > Another approach would be to have a set of datasource agnostic model > classes that will provide feature such as an admin generator, input > validation, fixture import and an interface to the datasource. This > will allow developers to create custom models for various datasource > and not be restricted to databases. > > I believe this feature is similar to DataSources in CakePHP or to the > ActiveModel planned for Rails 3. I've also been using that pattern > other the past couple years in a custom PHP framework that is used for > a web app using a SOAP backend. I work on daily basis with SOAP > developers (on new features for instance), where I need to start > building my webapp sometimes before the web service is ready. In this > case I create my model class and use a datasource yaml (which will be > a simple yaml file with dummy data) and when the web service is ready, > I just have to switch the datasource. This allows me to not wait and > be able to develop features in parallel with the backend. > > So, I was wondering what is the approach taken by symfony for this > particular use case? Is there any plan on the roadmap for 1.3 or 2.0 > to provide a unified model layer that will allow developers to use > custom data sources? > > Thanks! > > > > > -- Отправлено с моего мобильного устройства With the best regards, Andy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
