<?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;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyPathInterface;
/**
* A form group bundling multiple forms in a hierarchical structure.
*
* @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
*/
interface FormInterface extends \ArrayAccess, \Traversable, \Countable
{
/**
* Sets the parent form.
*
* @param FormInterface|null $parent The parent form or null if it's the root
*
* @return $this
*
* @throws Exception\AlreadySubmittedException if the form has already been submitted
* @throws Exception\LogicException when trying to set a parent for a form with
* an empty name
*/
public function setParent(self $parent = null);
/**
* Returns the parent form.
*
* @return self|null The parent form or null if there is none
*/
public function getParent();
/**
* Adds or replaces a child to the form.
*
* @param FormInterface|string $child The FormInterface instance or the name of the child
* @param string|null $type The child's type, if a name was passed
* @param array $options The child's options, if a name was passed
*
* @return $this
*
* @throws Exception\AlreadySubmittedException if the form has already been submitted
* @throws Exception\LogicException when trying to add a child to a non-compound form
* @throws Exception\UnexpectedTypeException if $child or $type has an unexpected type
*/
public function add($child, $type = null, array $options = []);
/**
* Returns the child with the given name.
*
* @param string $name The name of the child
*
* @return self
*
* @throws Exception\OutOfBoundsException if the named child does not exist
*/
public function get($name);
/**
* Returns whether a child with the given name exists.
*
* @param string $name The name of the child
*
* @return bool
*/
public function has($name);
/**
* Removes a child from the form.
*
* @param string $name The name of the child to remove
*
* @return $this
*
* @throws Exception\AlreadySubmittedException if the form has already been submitted
*/
public function remove($name);
/**
* Returns all children in this group.
*
* @return self[]
*/
public function all();
/**
* Returns the errors of this form.
*
* @param bool $deep Whether to include errors of child forms as well
* @param bool $flatten Whether to flatten the list of errors in case
* $deep is set to true
*
* @return FormErrorIterator An iterator over the {@link FormError}
* instances that where added to this form
*/
public function getErrors($deep = false, $flatten = true);
/**
* Updates the form with default model data.
*
* @param mixed $modelData The data formatted as expected for the underlying object
*
* @return $this
*
* @throws Exception\AlreadySubmittedException If the form has already been submitted
* @throws Exception\LogicException if the view data does not match the expected type
* according to {@link FormConfigInterface::getDataClass}
* @throws Exception\RuntimeException If listeners try to call setData in a cycle or if
* the form inherits data from its parent
* @throws Exception\TransformationFailedException if the synchronization failed
*/
public function setData($modelData);
/**
* Returns the model data in the format needed for the underlying object.
*
* @return mixed When the field is not submitted, the default data is returned.
* When the field is submitted, the default data has been bound
* to the submitted view data.
*
* @throws Exception\RuntimeException If the form inherits data but has no parent
*/
public function getData();
/**
* Returns the normalized data of the field, used as internal bridge
* between model data and view data.
*
* @return mixed When the field is not submitted, the default data is returned.
* When the field is submitted, the normalized submitted data
* is returned if the field is synchronized with the view data,
* null otherwise.
*
* @throws Exception\RuntimeException If the form inherits data but has no parent
*/
public function getNormData();
/**
* Returns the view data of the field.
*
* It may be defined by {@link FormConfigInterface::getDataClass}.
*
* There are two cases:
*
* - When the form is compound the view data is mapped to the children.
* Each child will use its mapped data as model data.
* It can be an array, an object or null.
*
* - When the form is simple its view data is used to be bound
* to the submitted data.
* It can be a string or an array.
*
* In both cases the view data is the actual altered data on submission.
*
* @return mixed
*
* @throws Exception\RuntimeException If the form inherits data but has no parent
*/
public function getViewData();
/**
* Returns the extra submitted data.
*
* @return array The submitted data which do not belong to a child
*/
public function getExtraData();
/**
* Returns the form's configuration.
*
* @return FormConfigInterface The configuration instance
*/
public function getConfig();
/**
* Returns whether the form is submitted.
*
* @return bool true if the form is submitted, false otherwise
*/
public function isSubmitted();
/**
* Returns the name by which the form is identified in forms.
*
* Only root forms are allowed to have an empty name.
*
* @return string The name of the form
*/
public function getName();
/**
* Returns the property path that the form is mapped to.
*
* @return PropertyPathInterface|null The property path instance
*/
public function getPropertyPath();
/**
* Adds an error to this form.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function addError(FormError $error);
/**
* Returns whether the form and all children are valid.
*
* If the form is not submitted, this method always returns false (but will throw an exception in 4.0).
*
* @return bool
*/
public function isValid();
/**
* Returns whether the form is required to be filled out.
*
* If the form has a parent and the parent is not required, this method
* will always return false. Otherwise the value set with setRequired()
* is returned.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function isRequired();
/**
* Returns whether this form is disabled.
*
* The content of a disabled form is displayed, but not allowed to be
* modified. The validation of modified disabled forms should fail.
*
* Forms whose parents are disabled are considered disabled regardless of
* their own state.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function isDisabled();
/**
* Returns whether the form is empty.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function isEmpty();
/**
* Returns whether the data in the different formats is synchronized.
*
* If the data is not synchronized, you can get the transformation failure
* by calling {@link getTransformationFailure()}.
*
* If the form is not submitted, this method always returns true.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function isSynchronized();
/**
* Returns the data transformation failure, if any, during submission.
*
* @return Exception\TransformationFailedException|null The transformation failure or null
*/
public function getTransformationFailure();
/**
* Initializes the form tree.
*
* Should be called on the root form after constructing the tree.
*
* @return $this
*
* @throws Exception\RuntimeException If the form is not the root
*/
public function initialize();
/**
* Inspects the given request and calls {@link submit()} if the form was
* submitted.
*
* Internally, the request is forwarded to the configured
* {@link RequestHandlerInterface} instance, which determines whether to
* submit the form or not.
*
* @param mixed $request The request to handle
*
* @return $this
*/
public function handleRequest($request = null);
/**
* Submits data to the form.
*
* @param string|array|null $submittedData The submitted data
* @param bool $clearMissing Whether to set fields to NULL
* when they are missing in the
* submitted data. This argument
* is only used in compound form
*
* @return $this
*
* @throws Exception\AlreadySubmittedException if the form has already been submitted
*/
public function submit($submittedData, $clearMissing = true);
/**
* Returns the root of the form tree.
*
* @return self The root of the tree, may be the instance itself
*/
public function getRoot();
/**
* Returns whether the field is the root of the form tree.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function isRoot();
/**
* @return FormView The view
*/
public function createView(FormView $parent = null);
}