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User-defined interfaces in PHP 5: Implementing (X)HTML Widgets
By: Alejandro Gervasio
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    2005-12-26


    Table of Contents:
  • User-defined interfaces in PHP 5: Implementing (X)HTML Widgets
  • Generic (X)HTML generation: defining the "HTMLRenderer" interface
  • Working with interface implementers: defining (X)HTML widget classes
  • Object-based (X)HTML rendering: more (X)HTML widgets to define
  • Completing the list of (X)HTML widgets: defining classes for rendering headers and forms

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    User-defined interfaces in PHP 5: Implementing (X)HTML Widgets - Object-based (X)HTML rendering: more (X)HTML widgets to define
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    Once the first "Table" widget has been defined and studied in detail, explaining the logic of the remaining (X)HTML widgets is a fairly easy thing. As expected, divs, paragraphs, or lists implement the same "HTMLRenderer" interface, which directly implies the existence of a concrete definition for the "toHTML()" method. With this concept in mind, I'll continue defining a few more widget classes, starting with the "Div" class:

    // class Div
    class Div implements HTMLRenderer{
        private $output='<div ';
        private $data;
        private $attributes=array();
        public function __construct($attributes=array()){
            $this->attributes=$attributes;
        }
        public function setData($data){
            $this->data=$data;
        }
        public function toHTML(){
            foreach($this->attributes as $attribute=>$value){
                $this->output.=$attribute.'="'.$value.'" ';
            }
            $this->output=substr_replace($this->output,'>',-1);
            $this->output.=($this->data instanceof HTMLRenderer)?$this->data->toHTML():$this->data;
            $this->output.='</div>';
            return $this->output;
        }
    }

    Closely similar to the "Table" class, the above "Div" class exposes the same methods for assigning class properties, in conjunction with the core "toHTML()" method. In this case, the method also defines a recursive implementation of the "HTMLRenderer" interface, so building nested elements is possible by checking the type of object passed through the "instance of" operator. As discussed before, the same logic is applied to each widget class, so understanding them is quite simple.

    Now, let's define a few more (X)HTML widget classes, in this case for rendering paragraphs and HTML lists. Here are the corresponding classes:

    // class Paragraph
    class Paragraph implements HTMLRenderer{
        private $output='<p ';
        private $data;
        private $attributes=array();
        public function __construct($attributes=array()){
            $this->attributes=$attributes;
        }
        public function setData($data){
            $this->data=$data;
        }
        public function toHTML(){
            foreach($this->attributes as $attribute=>$value){
                $this->output.=$attribute.'="'.$value.'" ';
            }
            $this->output=substr_replace($this->output,'>',-1);
            $this->output.=($this->data instanceof HTMLRenderer)?$this->data->toHTML():$this->data;
            $this->output.='</p>';
            return $this->output;
        }
    }

    // class HTMLlist
    class HTMLlist implements HTMLRenderer{
        private $output='<ul ';
        private $data=array();
        private $attributes=array();
        public function __construct($attributes=array()){
            $this->attributes=$attributes;
        }
        public function setData($data=array()){
            if(count($data)<1){
                throw new Exception('Empty data set');
            }
            $this->data=$data;
        }
        public function toHTML(){
            foreach($this->attributes as $attribute=>$value){
                $this->output.=$attribute.'="'.$value.'" ';
            }
            $this->output=substr_replace($this->output,'>',-1);
            foreach($this->data as $data){
                $data=($data instanceof HTMLRenderer)?$data->toHTML():$data;
                $this->output.='<li>'.$data.'</li>';
            }
            $this->output.='</ul>';
            return $this->output;
        }
    }

    Certainly, the above defined classes looks very similar to the previous ones, thus they implement the same "HTMLRenderer" interface. Particularly, the first one takes care of rendering paragraphs, while the second one is tasked with displaying unordered lists. Again, I put strong emphasis on the specific implementation of the "toHTML()" method for both classes.

    The next step consists of listing the remaining (X)HTML widgets, by defining the corresponding classes for displaying headers and forms.



     
     
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