Is there a way to get PhpStorm intellisense to pick up these dynamically defined constants? Given the code below, PhpStorm gives the "Undefined constant SAMPLE_CONSTANT_THAT_WAS_DYNAMICALLY_DEFINED" error message.
class ExampleConfiguration
{
private $configurationMapping;
...
public function DefineConfigConstants()
{
foreach ($this->configurationMapping as $key => $value)
define($key, $value);
}
}
class ExampleClass
{
public function Test()
{
print SAMPLE_CONSTANT_THAT_WAS_DYNAMICALLY_DEFINED;
}
}
This issue can be tracked here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-11390, what I'm looking for is suggestions for workarounds.
IDE needs to know about such constants in order to not to complain about them. This means that they have to be defined in "normal" way (actual values do not matter, as long as they are not used for file names/paths in include/require statements).
Suggestion: write custom script that create such myconstants.php file where they will be defined in a normal way (since all such constants defined by users and stored in DB, you have to fetch them from DB yourself) .. and run this script (to update generated file) before working with the code in PhpStorm.
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I am porting a library from AS3 to Haxe and I need to make a method accepting variable number of arguments. Target is a *.swc library.
My question relates to this one but none of the suggested solutions outputs a method with the required signature: someMethod(...params)
Instead, the produced method is: someMethod(params:*=null)
This won't compile in AS3 projects using the library and the used code is beyond my reach. Is there a way to do this, perhaps macros?
Well, that's a great question. And, it turns out there is a way to do it!
Basically, __arguments__ is a special identifier on the Flash target, mostly used to access the special local variable arguments. But it can also be used in the method signature, in which case it changes the output from test(args: *) to test(...__arguments__).
A quick example (live on Try Haxe):
class Test {
static function test(__arguments__:Array<Int>)
{
return 'arguments were: ${__arguments__.join(", ")}';
}
static function main():Void
{
// the haxe typed way
trace(test([1]));
trace(test([1,2]));
trace(test([1,2,3]));
// using varargs within haxe code as well
// actually, just `var testm:Dynamic = test` would have worked, but let's not add more hacks here
var testm = Reflect.makeVarArgs(cast test); // cast needed because Array<Int> != Array<Dynamic>
trace(testm([1]));
trace(testm([1,2]));
trace(testm([1,2,3]));
}
}
Most importantly, this generates the following:
static protected function test(...__arguments__) : String {
return "arguments were: " + __arguments__.join(", ");
}
I want to create a global function that can be called anywhere in my other qml files. Have tried to put a function inside of a rectangle, but it gives me syntax error in the next object. I don't want to use singleton because the syntax would be like Singleton.foobar. I just want to use foobar at anywhere in other qml.
Rectangle {
function foobar(v) {
return v * 2;
}
}
ApplicationWindow { // syntax error here
}
Define the function in your root-node (ApplicationWindow).
This will be the last place, QML will look for a name, before it resorts to the C++-context properties.
See here to find out, how the names of variables and functions are resolved in QML.
It is not possible however to modify the global object, so true global JS-functions are not possible.
The more efficient approach however would be, to keep it always in one of the moste specific scopes, so referencing it with Identifyer.function() would be faster to look up. The singleton for libraries however is not the way to go. Look here for the usage of JS libraries.
Create C++ class with invokable function:
...
class MyCPPObject : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
...
Q_INVOKABLE bool funToCallFromJS(int any, QString args);
...
Create MyCPPObject object in global space (rule is following: it must exist until engine exists (it's some simplification, but enough))
...
MyCPPObject cppobj;
...
Use following code to export it to qml and js:
...
QJSValue wrapobj = engine.newQObject(&cppobj);
engine.globalObject().setProperty("cppFun", wrapobj.property("funToCallFromJS"));
...
wrapobj also must exists while engine exists (again simplification)
4. In qml and JS:
...
if(cppFun(127, "abc"))
console.log("It works!");
...
Note: i used different names in qml space and cpp space just to show it's possible to rename cpp function when it used from js, but you can use same name, of course.
I want to use namespace and spl_autoload_register together but failed with different error each time.
Please See complete code files on github.
Below are the files
a base file where create a class with namespace class.alpha.php
an include file where I define spl_autoload_register include.php
an example file which instantiate the class object eg.php
Now when I create object from eg.php it gives FATAL error but when I comment namespace line in class.alpha.php then it's working
Please see the code below.
alpha.class.php
<?php
//namespace Alpha; //<< comment and uncomment this to regenerate the error
class Alpha
{
// public static $baseDir_;
public $dir = __DIR__;
public static $baseDir_;
public function __construct()
{
echo __FILE__."=>".__METHOD__;
var_dump(self::$baseDir_, $this->dir);
$firstDir = !empty(self::$baseDir_) ? self::$baseDir_ : $this->dir;
}
}
include.php
<?php //namespace Alpha\config;
spl_autoload_extensions(".php");
spl_autoload_register('loadclass');
function loadclass($class)
{
try {
if (is_readable(strtolower($class).".class.php")) {
include_once strtolower($class).".class.php";
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
print "Exception:". $e;
}
}
//#link http://php.net/manual/en/function.spl-autoload-register.php
// spl_autoload_register(__NAMESPACE__.'Alpha\Alpha()' );
eg.php
<?php
require_once 'include.php';
/** below code works by commenting 1st line on alpha.class.php
if we un comment then below code gives Fatal error: Class 'Alpha' not found */
Alpha::$baseDir_ = '/opt/lampp/archive/';
$obj_ = new Alpha();
var_dump(get_included_files());
var_dump($obj_);
/** now we define namespace Alpha on alpha.class.php */
// $ns_ = new Alpha\Alpha(); // Fatal error: Class 'Alpha\Alpha' not found
// var_dump($ns_);
/** not working even with use statement */
// use Alpha;
// use Alpha;
// $fn = new Alpha\Alpha();
// var_dump($fn);
Please help me out to solve this issue.
Thanks
Your autoloader is receiving a request for a class of "Alpha\Alpha" if you uncomment the namespace in alpha.class.php and place the use Alpha\Alpha in eg. This means that the location it's expecting to find your class in would be alpha\alpha.class.php.
Unless you're on Windows, directory separators are typically forward slash (/). So there's a number of possible solutions.
**Possible Solution #1 - Leave all files in the same place **
If you want to leave everything where it is now, you'll need to remove the namespace from the class names in the autoloader. If you add these lines to the top of your autoloader, that will make it behave that way:
$classParts = explode("\\", $class);
$class = $classParts[count($classParts) - 1];
I would not recommend this solution though since it means that you can no longer provide the same class name in a different namespace.
Possible Solution #2 - Put namespaces in subdirectories
For this solution, you'd create a new directory "alpha" and move "alpha.class.php" into it. For autoloader changes, you can add the following lines to the top of your autoloader:
$class = str_replace("\\", "/", $class);
This will change the namespace separators from backslashes to file path separators with forward slash. This will work on windows as well as mac and linux.
Possible Solution #3 - Follow an established autoloading standard
There are already a number of standard PHP autoloading standards. PSR-0 (now deprecated) works, but PSR-4 would be recommended:
PSR-0: http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-0/
PSR-4: http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/
One big upside of following one of these standards is that there are already plenty of implementations for them and there's been a lot of thought put into how they should work and maintain compatibility with other libraries you may end up wanting to use. Composer (http://getcomposer.org) will allow you to set up and use both PSR-0 and PSR-4 style autoloaders based on a very simple configuration.
Anyway, for the TL;DR crowd, the issue is that the autoloader receives the entire namespaced path in order to know how to load the class. The fatal error was because the autoloader wasn't properly mapping from that namespaced class to a file system location, so the file containing the class was never being loaded.
Hope this helps.
I have the following groovy code :
class FileWalker {
private String dir
public static void onEachFile(String dir,IAction ia) {
new File(dir).eachFileRecurse {
ia.perform(it)
}
}
}
walker = new FileWalker()
walker.onEachFile(args[0],new PrintAction())
I noticed that if I place a def in front of walker , the script works. Shouldn't this work the way it is now ?
You don't need a def in groovyConsole or in a groovy script. I consider it good programming practice to have it, but the language will work without it and add those types of variables to the scripts binding.
I'm not sure about the rest of your code (as it won't compile as you've posted it). But you either have a really old version of groovy or something else is wrong with your config or the rest of your code.
With the addition of a stub for the missing IAction interface and PrintAction class, I'm able to get it to run without modification:
interface IAction {
def perform(obj)
}
class PrintAction implements IAction{
def perform(obj) {
println obj
}
}
class FileWalker {
private String dir
public static void onEachFile(String dir,IAction ia) {
new File(dir).eachFileRecurse {
ia.perform(it)
}
}
}
walker = new FileWalker()
walker.onEachFile(args[0],new PrintAction())
I created a dummy directory with "foo/bar" and "foo/baz" files.
If I save it to "walkFiles.groovy" and call it from the command line with
groovy walkFiles.groovy foo
It prints:
foo/bar
foo/baz
This is with the latest version of groovy:
groovy -v
Groovy Version: 1.6-RC-3 JVM: 1.5.0_16
In scripting mode (or via "groovyConsole"), you need a declaration of walker with "def" before using it. A Groovy script file is translated into a derivative class of class Script before it get compiled. So, every declaration needs to be done properly.
On the other hand, when you're running a script in "groovysh" (or using an instance of class GroovyShell), its mechanism automatically binds every referencing object without the need of declaration.
updated:
My above answer would be wrong as I decompiled a .class of Groovy and found that it's using a binding object inside the script as well. Thus my first paragraph was indeed wrong.
A database application that I'm currently working on, stores all sorts of settings in the database. Most of those settings are there to customize certain business rules, but there's also some other stuff in there.
The app contains objects that specifically do a certain task, e.g., a certain complicated calculation. Those non-UI objects are unit-tested, but also need access to lots of those global settings. The way we've implemented this right now, is by giving the objects properties that are filled by the Application Controller at runtime. When testing, we create the objects in the test and fill in values for testing (not from the database).
This works better, in any case much better than having all those objects need some global Settings object --- that of course effectively makes unit testing impossible :) Disadvantage can be that you sometimes need to set a dozen of properties, or that you need to let those properties 'percolate' into sub-objects.
So the general question is: how do you provide access to global application settings in your projects, without the need for global variables, while still being able to unit test your code? This must be a problem that's been solved 100's of times...
(Note: I'm not too much of an experienced programmer, as you'll have noticed; but I love to learn! And of course, I've already done research into this topic, but I'm really looking for some first-hand experiences)
You could use Martin Fowlers ServiceLocator pattern. In php it could look like this:
class ServiceLocator {
private static $soleInstance;
private $globalSettings;
public static function load($locator) {
self::$soleInstance = $locator;
}
public static function globalSettings() {
if (!isset(self::$soleInstance->globalSettings)) {
self::$soleInstance->setGlobalSettings(new GlobalSettings());
}
return self::$soleInstance->globalSettings;
}
}
Your production code then initializes the service locator like this:
ServiceLocator::load(new ServiceLocator());
In your test-code, you insert your mock-settings like this:
ServiceLocator s = new ServiceLocator();
s->setGlobalSettings(new MockGlobalSettings());
ServiceLocator::load(s);
It's a repository for singletons that can be exchanged for testing purposes.
I like to model my configuration access off of the Service Locator pattern. This gives me a single point to get any configuration value that I need and by putting it outside the application in a separate library, it allows reuse and testability. Here is some sample code, I am not sure what language you are using, but I wrote it in C#.
First I create a generic class that will models my ConfigurationItem.
public class ConfigurationItem<T>
{
private T item;
public ConfigurationItem(T item)
{
this.item = item;
}
public T GetValue()
{
return item;
}
}
Then I create a class that exposes public static readonly variables for the configuration item. Here I am just reading the ConnectionStringSettings from a config file, which is just xml. Of course for more items, you can read the values from any source.
public class ConfigurationItems
{
public static ConfigurationItem<ConnectionStringSettings> ConnectionSettings = new ConfigurationItem<ConnectionStringSettings>(RetrieveConnectionString());
private static ConnectionStringSettings RetrieveConnectionString()
{
// In .Net, we store our connection string in the application/web config file.
// We can access those values through the ConfigurationManager class.
return ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ConnectionKey"]];
}
}
Then when I need a ConfigurationItem for use, I call it like this:
ConfigurationItems.ConnectionSettings.GetValue();
And it will return me a type safe value, which I can then cache or do whatever I want with.
Here's a sample test:
[TestFixture]
public class ConfigurationItemsTest
{
[Test]
public void ShouldBeAbleToAccessConnectionStringSettings()
{
ConnectionStringSettings item = ConfigurationItems.ConnectionSettings.GetValue();
Assert.IsNotNull(item);
}
}
Hope this helps.
Usually this is handled by an ini file or XML configuration file. Then you just have a class that reads the setting when neeed.
.NET has this built in with the ConfigurationManager classes, but it's quite easy to implement, just read text files, or load XML into DOM or parse them by hand in code.
Having config files in the database is ok, but it does tie you to the database, and creates an extra dependancy for your app that ini/xml files solve.
I did this:
public class MySettings
{
public static double Setting1
{ get { return SettingsCache.Instance.GetDouble("Setting1"); } }
public static string Setting2
{ get { return SettingsCache.Instance.GetString("Setting2"); } }
}
I put this in a separate infrastructure module to remove any issues with circular dependencies.
Doing this I am not tied to any specific configuration method, and have no strings running havoc in my applications code.