* It is therefore read-only, and has no 'setFullname()' accessor method.
*/
function fullName() {
return $this->firstName() . " " . $this->lastName();
}
/**
* Spending limit returns the currency value of the user's spending limit.
* This value is stored as an INT in the database, eliminating the need
* for more expensive DECIMAL or DOUBLE column types.
*/
function spendingLimit() {
return $this->_getData('spendingLimit') / 100;
}
/**
* The set accessor multiplies the currency value by 100, so it can be stored in the database again
* as an INT value.
*/
function setSpendingLimit($newSpendLimit) {
$this->_setData('spendingLimit', $newSpendLimit * 100);
}
/**
* The validateSpendingLimit is not called in this class, but is called automatically by the _setData() method
* in the Record superclass, which in turn is called by the setSpendingLimit() method.
*/
function validateSpendingLimit(&$someLimit) {
if (is_numeric($someLimit) AND $someLimit >= 0) {
return true;
} else {
throw new Exception("Spending limit must be a non-negative integer"); //PHP5 only
}
}
}
/**
* Record is the superclass for all database objects.
*/
abstract class Record {
var $_data = array();
var $_modifiedKeys = array(); // keeps track of which fields have changed since record was created/fetched
/**
* Returns an element from the $_data associative array.
*/
function _getData($attributeName) {
return $this->_data[$attributeName];
}
/**
* If the supplied value passes validation, this
* sets the value in the $_data associative array.
*/
function _setData($attributeName, $value) {
if ($this->validateAttribute($attributeName, $value)) {
if ($value != $this->_data[$attributeName]) {
$this->_data[$attributeName] = $value;
$this->_modifiedKeys[] = $attributeName;
$this->didChange();
} else {
// the new value is identical to the current one
// no change necessary
}
}
}
/**
* For an attribute named "foo", this looks for a method named "validateFoo()"
* and calls it if it exists. Otherwise this returns true (meaning validation passed).
*/
function validateAttribute($attributeName, &$value) {
$methodName = 'validate' . $attributeName;
if (method_exists($this, $methodName)) {
return $this->$methodName($value);
} else {
return true;
}
}
function didChange() {
// notify the objectStore that this record changed
}
}
?>
现在我们拥有了一个抽象的超级类（Record）,我们可以将User类里面大量的代码转移出来，而让这个User的子类来关注User的特殊项目如存取和验证方法。你可能已经注意到在我们的这个纪录类（Record class）没有任何的SQL代码。这并不是疏忽或者遗漏！对象存储类（ObjectStore class）（隐藏在第二部分）将负责所有和数据库的交互，还有我们的超级类Record的实例化。这样使我们的Record类更加瘦小而又有效率，而这对于评价我们处理大量对象的效率的时候是个重要因素。
