name : FormRendererEngineInterface.php <?php /* * This file is part of the Symfony package. * * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com> * * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE * file that was distributed with this source code. */ namespace Symfony\Component\Form; /** * Adapter for rendering form templates with a specific templating engine. * * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com> */ interface FormRendererEngineInterface { /** * Sets the theme(s) to be used for rendering a view and its children. * * @param FormView $view The view to assign the theme(s) to. * @param mixed $themes The theme(s). The type of these themes * is open to the implementation. */ public function setTheme(FormView $view, $themes); /** * Returns the resource for a block name. * * The resource is first searched in the themes attached to $view, then * in the themes of its parent view and so on, until a resource was found. * * The type of the resource is decided by the implementation. The resource * is later passed to {@link renderBlock()} by the rendering algorithm. * * @param FormView $view The view for determining the used themes. * First the themes attached directly to the * view with {@link setTheme()} are considered, * then the ones of its parent etc. * @param string $blockName The name of the block to render. * * @return mixed The renderer resource or false, if none was found. */ public function getResourceForBlockName(FormView $view, $blockName); /** * Returns the resource for a block hierarchy. * * A block hierarchy is an array which starts with the root of the hierarchy * and continues with the child of that root, the child of that child etc. * The following is an example for a block hierarchy: * * <code> * form_widget * text_widget * url_widget * </code> * * In this example, "url_widget" is the most specific block, while the other * blocks are its ancestors in the hierarchy. * * The second parameter $hierarchyLevel determines the level of the hierarchy * that should be rendered. For example, if $hierarchyLevel is 2 for the * above hierarchy, the engine will first look for the block "url_widget", * then, if that does not exist, for the block "text_widget" etc. * * The type of the resource is decided by the implementation. The resource * is later passed to {@link renderBlock()} by the rendering algorithm. * * @param FormView $view The view for determining the * used themes. First the themes * attached directly to the view * with {@link setTheme()} are * considered, then the ones of * its parent etc. * @param array $blockNameHierarchy The block name hierarchy, with * the root block at the beginning. * @param integer $hierarchyLevel The level in the hierarchy at * which to start looking. Level 0 * indicates the root block, i.e. * the first element of * $blockNameHierarchy. * * @return mixed The renderer resource or false, if none was found. */ public function getResourceForBlockNameHierarchy(FormView $view, array $blockNameHierarchy, $hierarchyLevel); /** * Returns the hierarchy level at which a resource can be found. * * A block hierarchy is an array which starts with the root of the hierarchy * and continues with the child of that root, the child of that child etc. * The following is an example for a block hierarchy: * * <code> * form_widget * text_widget * url_widget * </code> * * The second parameter $hierarchyLevel determines the level of the hierarchy * that should be rendered. * * If we call this method with the hierarchy level 2, the engine will first * look for a resource for block "url_widget". If such a resource exists, * the method returns 2. Otherwise it tries to find a resource for block * "text_widget" (at level 1) and, again, returns 1 if a resource was found. * The method continues to look for resources until the root level was * reached and nothing was found. In this case false is returned. * * The type of the resource is decided by the implementation. The resource * is later passed to {@link renderBlock()} by the rendering algorithm. * * @param FormView $view The view for determining the * used themes. First the themes * attached directly to the view * with {@link setTheme()} are * considered, then the ones of * its parent etc. * @param array $blockNameHierarchy The block name hierarchy, with * the root block at the beginning. * @param integer $hierarchyLevel The level in the hierarchy at * which to start looking. Level 0 * indicates the root block, i.e. * the first element of * $blockNameHierarchy. * * @return integer|Boolean The hierarchy level or false, if no resource was found. */ public function getResourceHierarchyLevel(FormView $view, array $blockNameHierarchy, $hierarchyLevel); /** * Renders a block in the given renderer resource. * * The resource can be obtained by calling {@link getResourceForBlock()} * or {@link getResourceForBlockHierarchy()}. The type of the resource is * decided by the implementation. * * @param FormView $view The view to render. * @param mixed $resource The renderer resource. * @param string $blockName The name of the block to render. * @param array $variables The variables to pass to the template. * * @return string The HTML markup. */ public function renderBlock(FormView $view, $resource, $blockName, array $variables = array()); }