1.8 change. * Passing true (default) emits a deprecation notice. * Passing false returns false. Core constructors always pass false. * Does nothing either way since attributes are initialized by the time * this is called. * @return false|void False is * @deprecated 1.8 Use initializeAttributes() */ protected function initialise_attributes($pre18_api = true) { if ($pre18_api) { elgg_deprecated_notice('initialise_attributes() is deprecated by initializeAttributes()', 1.8); } else { return false; } } /** * Initialize the attributes array. * * This is vital to distinguish between metadata and base parameters. * * @return void */ protected function initializeAttributes() { // Create attributes array if not already created if (!is_array($this->attributes)) { $this->attributes = array(); } $this->attributes['time_created'] = NULL; } /** * Return an attribute or a piece of metadata. * * @param string $name Name * * @return mixed */ public function __get($name) { return $this->get($name); } /** * Set an attribute or a piece of metadata. * * @param string $name Name * @param mixed $value Value * * @return mixed */ public function __set($name, $value) { return $this->set($name, $value); } /** * Test if property is set either as an attribute or metadata. * * @tip Use isset($entity->property) * * @param string $name The name of the attribute or metadata. * * @return bool */ function __isset($name) { return $this->$name !== NULL; } /** * Fetch the specified attribute * * @param string $name The attribute to fetch * * @return mixed The attribute, if it exists. Otherwise, null. */ abstract protected function get($name); /** * Set the specified attribute * * @param string $name The attribute to set * @param mixed $value The value to set it to * * @return The success of your set funtion? */ abstract protected function set($name, $value); /** * Get a URL for this object * * @return string */ abstract public function getURL(); /** * Save this data to the appropriate database table. * * @return bool */ abstract public function save(); /** * Delete this data. * * @return bool */ abstract public function delete(); /** * Returns the UNIX epoch time that this entity was created * * @return int UNIX epoch time */ public function getTimeCreated() { return $this->time_created; } /* * SYSTEM LOG INTERFACE */ /** * Return the class name of the object. * * @return string */ public function getClassName() { return get_class($this); } /** * Return the GUID of the owner of this object. * * @return int * @deprecated 1.8 Use getOwnerGUID() instead */ public function getObjectOwnerGUID() { elgg_deprecated_notice("getObjectOwnerGUID() was deprecated. Use getOwnerGUID().", 1.8); return $this->owner_guid; } /* * ITERATOR INTERFACE */ /* * This lets an entity's attributes be displayed using foreach as a normal array. * Example: http://www.sitepoint.com/print/php5-standard-library */ protected $valid = FALSE; /** * Iterator interface * * @see Iterator::rewind() * * @return void */ public function rewind() { $this->valid = (FALSE !== reset($this->attributes)); } /** * Iterator interface * * @see Iterator::current() * * @return void */ public function current() { return current($this->attributes); } /** * Iterator interface * * @see Iterator::key() * * @return void */ public function key() { return key($this->attributes); } /** * Iterator interface * * @see Iterator::next() * * @return void */ public function next() { $this->valid = (FALSE !== next($this->attributes)); } /** * Iterator interface * * @see Iterator::valid() * * @return void */ public function valid() { return $this->valid; } /* * ARRAY ACCESS INTERFACE */ /* * This lets an entity's attributes be accessed like an associative array. * Example: http://www.sitepoint.com/print/php5-standard-library */ /** * Array access interface * * @see ArrayAccess::offsetSet() * * @param mixed $key Name * @param mixed $value Value * * @return void */ public function offsetSet($key, $value) { if (array_key_exists($key, $this->attributes)) { $this->attributes[$key] = $value; } } /** * Array access interface * * @see ArrayAccess::offsetGet() * * @param mixed $key Name * * @return void */ public function offsetGet($key) { if (array_key_exists($key, $this->attributes)) { return $this->attributes[$key]; } } /** * Array access interface * * @see ArrayAccess::offsetUnset() * * @param mixed $key Name * * @return void */ public function offsetUnset($key) { if (array_key_exists($key, $this->attributes)) { // Full unsetting is dangerous for our objects $this->attributes[$key] = ""; } } /** * Array access interface * * @see ArrayAccess::offsetExists() * * @param int $offset Offset * * @return int */ public function offsetExists($offset) { return array_key_exists($offset, $this->attributes); } }