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Code Generator for OroPlatform-based Applications (OroMakerBundle) 

OroMakerBundle provides a set of generators that create basic code for your project blazing fast with deep utilization of Oro Platform functionality.

What Can Be Generated 

  • Bundle

  • Doctrine Entities

  • Validation Configuration for generated entities

  • Translation strings for generated entities and external relations

  • Data Grids for generated entities

  • Data Grids for toMany external relations based on the related entity default Data Grid configuration

  • Configure backend Search

  • Configure ACLs for generated entities when needed

  • Form Types for generated entities

  • CreateOrSelect autocomplete form types with entity selection grid

  • Controllers for CRUD

  • Ability to add toMany relation items from the UI

  • Actions (actions.yml) for the Attach relation functionality

  • Navigation including menu items and shortcuts

  • Enable API for generated entities

  • Basic Import Export configuration. toMany relations are not configured

  • Ability to use entities from the existing application as relation targets

  • toMany relation grids are added to view pages of entities, including existing entities outside the generated bundle

Code Generation 

Installation 

Install Oro Maker Bundle as a dev dependency:

composer require --dev "oro/maker"

Execution 

To run the code generator, prepare the config file that fits your requirements and execute the maker command:

bin/console make:by-config /path_to_examples/example_config.yml

To generate code using a bundle-less structure, add the –bundle-less option to the command. For more information, see Bundle-less Structure.

bin/console make:by-config --bundle-less /path_to_examples/example_config.yml

Configuration File Format 

All information about entities and their fields required for code generation is provided in the YAML format to improve re-usability and create complex bundles quickly. The structure of the config is minimalistic and requires a minimal amount of data.

In most cases, you need to define organization and package name and list entities and their fields with types.

generate:
    options:
        organization: acme
        package: example
    entities:
        seller:
            configuration:
                owner: user
            fields:
                name:
                    type: string
                    required: true
                price:
                    type: float
                description:
                    type: html

Global options section contains two required elements: organization and package names. The entities section follows it. The key is an entity name.

You can configure its owner (possible values: user, organization, business_unit) and frontend_owner (possible values: customer and customer_user) in the optional configuration section of the entity.

In the same section, you can also disable the generation of:

  • CRUD create_crud: false

  • API configure_api: false

  • Import Export create_import_export: false

  • Search configure_search: false

  • Data audit auditable: false

Use the label option to define a custom entity label.

The only requirement for the Entity is to have fields. The field section starts with the field name as a key of the section. Each field must contains type.

Supported field types:

  • boolean

  • integer, smallint, bigint, float, decimal, percent

  • string

  • text

  • email

  • html (TinyMCE used as form type), wysiwyg (GrapesJS editor used)

  • date, datetime

  • image

  • enum

  • enum[] (so-called multi enums)

  • relations

Supported optional field options:

  • default_value

  • label - the label used as a field label

  • values - list of values for enum and multi enum (enum[])

  • required - default false, indicates that field is required and cannot be empty

  • min_length and max_length for the string and text fields

  • disable_data_audit, disable_import_export to disable audit and import-export for the field

  • force_show_on_grid to force field rendering on the grid

Relation Configuration 

  • Relations to existing project entities (FQCN prefixed with @)

  • toMany relations (FQCN or internal entity name optionally suffixed with [])

Optionally for relation field types next options may be set:

  • relation_type (possible values: many-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many)

  • relation_target - FQCN of a related entity or name of the entity within the current config file

  • is_owning_side - can be used for a many-to-many relation to set a relation target as the owning side

Complex Example 

generate:
    options:
        organization: acme
        package: example
    entities:
        home:
            label: Property
            configuration:
                owner: user
            fields:
                title:
                    type: string
                    required: true
                    max_length: 255
                address:
                    type: text
                    disable_data_audit: true
                    disable_import_export: true
                address_description_page:
                    type: '@Oro\Bundle\CMSBundle\Entity\Page'
                photo:
                    label: Preview
                    type: image
                description:
                    type: wysiwyg
                build_year:
                    type: enum
                    values:
                        - 'Older than 1940'
                        - '1940 - 1960'
                        - '1960 and newer'
                available_since:
                    type: date
                equipment:
                    type: enum[]
                    values:
                        - Furniture
                        - Refrigerator
                        - TV
                exclusive_seller:
                    type: '@seller'
                sold_by:
                    type: '@seller[]'
                    relation_type: many-to-many
                buyers:
                    type: relation
                    relation_type: many-to-many
                    relation_target: 'Oro\Bundle\CustomerBundle\Entity\CustomerUser'
                related_products:
                    type: relation
                    relation_type: one-to-many
                    relation_target: 'Oro\Bundle\ProductBundle\Entity\Product'
                view_requests:
                    type: '@view_request[]'
        seller:
            configuration:
                owner: user
            fields:
                title:
                    type: string
                    required: true
                first_name:
                    type: string
                last_name:
                    type: string
                contact_email:
                    type: email
                contact_phone:
                    type: string
                    required: true
                is_private_person:
                    type: boolean
                about:
                    type: html
                contacts:
                    type: relation
                    relation_type: many-to-many
                    relation_target: 'Oro\Bundle\ContactBundle\Entity\Contact'
                moderated_by:
                    type: relation
                    relation_type: many-to-many
                    relation_target: 'Oro\Bundle\UserBundle\Entity\User'
                    is_owning_side: false
        view_request:
            configuration:
                is_related_entity: true
                owner: organization
                frontend_owner: customer_user
            fields:
                proposal_text:
                    type: text
                    required: true
                    force_show_on_grid: true
                    min_length: 100
                    max_length: 2048
                contact_person:
                    type: string

is_related_entity indicates that the entity has no CRUD and is managed through the owning entity.