ClassifiableBehavior

Quick start

Simply declare the behavior for the classifiable objects to allow filtering by classifications:

<database name="propel">
  <table name="repository">
    <column name="id" type="INTEGER" required="true" primaryKey="true" autoIncrement="true" />
    <column name="name" type="VARCHAR" size="255" />
    <behavior name="classifiable" />
  </table>
</database>

then just add classificationements to your object:

<?php
// create your objects...
$MyPhpRepo = new Repository();
$MyPhpRepo->setName('my php repository');
$MyPhpRepo->classify('visibility', 'public');
$MyPhpRepo->classify('language', 'php');
$MyPhpRepo->classify('language', 'js');
$MyPhpRepo->classify('license', 'MIT');

$MyJsRepo = new Repository();
$MyJsRepo->setName('my php repository');
$MyJsRepo->classify('language', 'js');
$MyJsRepo->classify('language', 'php'); // is now classified in js AND php
$MyJsRepo->classify('license', 'GPL');
$MyJsRepo->disclose('language', 'js'); // now only classified in php


// ...and then retrieve it
RepositoryQuery::create()
  // filter for 'php' AND 'js' language, paranoid
  ->filterByClassified('language', array('php', 'js'), 'and', $paranoid = true)
  // filter for 'MIT'OR 'GPL' license, paranoid
  ->filterByClassified('license', array('MIT', 'BSD'), 'or', $paranoid = true)
  // filter for public visibility,
  // default is public, so request match if no visibility defined
  ->filterByClassified('visibility', 'public', null, $paranoid = false);

Previous example will return a PropelCollection with $MyPhpRepo in it.

OR searches are easily done by giving an array and the operator to use for subqueries:

<?php
RepositoryQuery::create()
  // filter by OR queries
  ->filterByClassified(array(
          'license' => array('MIT', 'BSD'), // licensed under MIT AND BSD as defined $operator argument
          'visibility' => 'public',         // or with public visibility
        ), $operator = 'AND', $paranoid = true)

To retrieve classifications an object is attached to, just call the getClassification method:

<?php
$myRepo->classify(array(
  'license' => array('MIT', 'BSD'),
  'visibility' => 'public'
), 'AND', $excludeUnclassified = true);
// return $myRepo

$myRepo->getClassification();
// array(
//  'license' => array('MIT', 'BSD'),
//  'visibility' => 'public'
// )

$myRepo->isClassified(array(
  'license' => array('MIT', 'BSD'),
  'visibility' => 'public'
), 'AND', $excludeUnclassified = true);
// return true

$myRepo->disclose();

To ease classifications management, behavior uses a unique classification table shared for all classified content. To use separate tables, just override the classification_table parameter.

Usage

You can use ClassifiableBehavior:

• limit access to classified content
• to organize collections and ease filtering
• to tag objects
• put your idea here

Installation

Under the hood

Behavior creates a cross reference table to access classification dictionnary and filters using EXISTS statements.

Advanced configuration

Following parameters are available :

• classification_table: table to use to handle classifications.
• classification_column: classification column to use.
• scope_column: scope column to use.
• auto_create_classification: if no classification found for parameters, should it be created ?
• scope_default: comma separated default scope list.
• scope_matching: how to match on scope ?
  • strict: namespace has to be strictly equal
  • nested: namespace has to start the same. separator is defined as nesting_separator
  • none: no namespace check
• nesting_separator: separator to use on nested scopes

Scopes

A scope can be used to organize classifications. You can use namespaced scope by providing a nesting_separator. In such case, you can organize your classifications as files and folders and search can be done on all the scope descendants.

A scope can either be a foreign key to an object.

TODO

• AR disclose method
• nesting namespaces
• Index classification table fields