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Update Handler

Form Handler Events

Default form handler Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Model\FormHandler triggers events that enables you to modify processing data or even stop form processing.

There are two type of events:

• FormProcessEvent (Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Event\FormHandler\FormProcessEvent) - triggered during form processing, can stop further form processing via interruptFormProcess method.

• AfterFormProcessEvent (Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Event\FormHandler\FormProcessEvent) - triggered after form processing during saving of form data.

And there are four events triggered in form handler:

• BEFORE_FORM_DATA_SET (Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Event\FormHandler\Events::BEFORE_FORM_DATA_SET) - uses FormProcessEvent, triggered in the very beginning of form processing right before input data set to form instance.

• BEFORE_FORM_SUBMIT (Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Event\FormHandler\Events::BEFORE_FORM_SUBMIT) - uses FormProcessEvent, triggered only for valid form methods (POST or PUT) before request submitting to form instance.

• BEFORE_FLUSH (Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Event\FormHandler\Events::BEFORE_FLUSH) - uses AfterFormProcessEvent, triggered right before flushing of object manager.

• AFTER_FLUSH (Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Event\FormHandler\Events::AFTER_FLUSH) - uses AfterFormProcessEvent, triggered right after flushing of object manager.

To use a custom form handler, trigger these events in the custom handler to support form processing consistency.

Update Handler Facade Service

Service: @oro_form.update_handler

Class: Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Model\UpdateHandlerFacade

The default common way to handle forms in Oro packages is to use the Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Model\UpdateHandlerFacade::update method from the service with your custom arguments provided.

Among usual arguments, there are two most valuable from the point of reuse.

The handler - for custom handler purpose:

• string - an alias of registered by tag oro_form.form.handler Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Form\Handler\FormHandlerInterface implementation service

• callable - a callback to perform handling (see FormHandlerInterface::process() for arguments)

• Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Form\Handler\FormHandlerInterface - an instance of the handler itself

• null - to use default registered under tag oro_form.form.handler handler service that implements interface above

The dataProvider - for custom template data purpose:

@param FormTemplateDataProviderInterface|string|callable|null $resultProvider to provide template data

• string - an alias of registered by tag oro_form.form_template_data_provider service that implements Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Form\Handler\FormHandlerInterface

• callable - callback to provide data (see FormTemplateDataProviderInterface::getData() for arguments)

• Oro\Bundle\FormBundle\Provider\FormTemplateDataProviderInterface - an instance of provider itself

• null - to use default registered provider (usually it returns [‘form’ => FormView $instance])

Custom TemplateDataProvider and FormHandler can be reused in different parts of platform, such as WorkflowBundle Custom Form Configuration.

Example of custom handler and data provider services registration and usage:

Services:

services:
   my_bundle.form.user_handler:
       class: MyBundle\Form\UserHandler
       tags:
           - { name: oro_form.form.handler, alias: user_handler }
   my_bundle.form.user_update_data_provider:
       class: MyBundle\Form\UserUpdateDataProvider
       public: false
       tags:
           - { name: oro_form.form_template_data_provider, alias: user_update_data }

A pseudo controller:

class UserController {
   public function createAction(Request $request)
   {
       return $this->get('oro_form.update_handler')->update(
           new User(),
           $this->get('form_factory')->create(\MyBundle\Form\UserType::class),
           'Success! User created!',
           $request,
           'user_handler', //using an alias tagged my_bundle.form.user_handler service
           'user_update_data' //using an alias tagged my_bundle.form.user_update_data_provider service
       );
   }
}

The separation of responsibilities above (such as division of usual controller update process parts) is a powerful feature that can help you use all OroPlatform-based functionality easier.