README

vcn/symfony-autofactory makes it easy to define service factory classes for Symfony.

Usage

Please make sure you have a good understanding of how dependency injection works in Symfony. You can find their documentation here.

To start using vcn/symfony-autofactory, the easiest approach is to install the vcn/symfony-autofactory-bundle. If you ensure all AutoFactory-instances are autoconfigured, the rest will work automatically.

If you do not want to use the bundle, you need to:

• add the AutoFactoryPass to your kernel compiler passes
• ensure that your AutoFactory-instances all have the tag you configured in the AutoFactoryPass

Usage

Basic usage

To create an AutoFactory, create a class that implements the AutoFactory interface. For a class method to be considered a factory it MUST be public, it MUST be static, and it MUST define a class return type.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;

class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    public static function createFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
}

Configuration

The factories can be fine tuned using annotations.

@​Alias

The concept of aliases is demonstrated here in the Symfony documentation. You can add one or more aliases to your dependency by adding one or more @Alias-annotations to your factory method. The annotation MUST receive two named arguments: id: string and public: bool. The names are self-explanatory.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\Alias;

class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    /**
     * @Alias(id="foo.service", public=true)
     */
    public static function createFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
}

@​Autoconfigure

The concept of autoconfiguration is explained here in the Symfony documentation. By default, factories are autoconfigured. You can change this at class-level and at method-level with the @Autoconfigure-annotation. The annotation takes one unnamed boolean parameter.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\Autoconfigure;

/**
 * Override the default, now all factory methods in this class are not autoconfigured by default
* @Autoconfigure(false)
 */
class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    /**
     * But we want autoconfiguration for this specific dependency
     * @Autoconfigure(true)
     */
    public static function createFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
}

@​Autowire

The concept of autowiring is explained here and here in the Symfony documentation. By default, factories are autowired. You can change this at class-level and at method-level with the @Autowire-annotation. The annotation takes one unnamed boolean parameter.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\Autowire;

/**
 * Override the default, now all factory methods in this class are not autowired by default
 * @Autowire(false)
 */
class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    public static function createFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
    
    /**
     * But we want autowiring for this specific method
     * @Autowire(true)
     */
    public static function createBar(): Bar
    {
        return new Bar();
    }
}

@​Bind

The concept of binding arguments is explained here in the Symfony documentation. To bind parameters of a factory method to a dependency specified by id, you can use the @Bind-annotation. The annotation MUST receive two named arguments: arg: string and id: string. The value for arg refers to the name of the argument of the factory method being bound, and should include the leading dollar-sign. The id should refer to a valid service id.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\Bind;

class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    /**
     * @Bind(arg="$barService", id="bar.service")
     */
    public static function createFoo(Bar $barService): Foo
    {
        return new Foo($barService->getSomethingINeed());
    }
}

@​Id

The concept of ids is hinted at here in the Symfony documentation. When no @Id-annotation is used, the fully-qualified class name of the dependency is used as id. You can override this with the @Id-annotation. The annotation MUST receive one unnamed string argument, containing the id to set. Having two or more @Id-annotations is not possible. For the use cases where a dependency should be adressable with multiple ids, please use the @Alias-annotation.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\Bind;

class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    /**
     * @Id("foo.consumer")
     */
    public static function createConsumerFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
    
    /**
     * @Id("foo.business")
     */
    public static function createBusinessFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
    
    /**
     * @Bind(arg="$foo", id="foo.consumer")
     */
    public static function createConsumerBar(Foo $foo): Bar
    {
        return new Bar($foo);
    }
    
    /**
     * @Bind(arg="$foo", id="foo.business")
     */
    public static function createBusinessBar(Foo $foo): Bar
    {
        return new Bar($foo);
    }
}

@​IsPublic

The concept of publicness is explained here in the Symfony documentation. By default, factories are not public. You can change this at class-level and at method-level with the @IsPublic-annotation. The annotation MUST received one unnamed boolean argument.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\IsPublic;

/**
 * Override the default, now all factory methods in this class are public by default
* @IsPublic(true)
 */
class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    public static function createFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
    
    /**
     * We can override again. This dependency will not be public after all. 
     * @IsPublic(false)
     */
    public static function createBar(): Bar
    {
        return new Bar();
    }
}

@​Tag

The concept of tags is explained here in the Symfony documentation. You can add one or more @Tag-annotations to any factory method. Every @Tag-annotation MUST have one unnamed string argument defining the name, and MAY have more named arguments defining additional tag attributes.

<?php

use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\AutoFactory;
use Vcn\Symfony\AutoFactory\Annotation\Tag;

class FooFactory implements AutoFactory
{
    /**
     * @Tag("some.tag")
     * @Tag("foo.tag", important=true, bar="baz")
     */
    public static function createFoo(): Foo
    {
        return new Foo();
    }
}

Examples

Examples can be found in the examples-directory.