FormManagerController extends AbstractBackendController

The form manager controller

Scope: backend

Internal

Table of Contents

Constants

JS_MODULE_NAMES  = ['app', 'viewModel']

Properties

$actionMethodName  : string
Name of the action method
$arguments  : Arguments
$configurationManager  : ConfigurationManagerInterface
$databaseService  : DatabaseService
$defaultViewObjectName  : string
The default view object to use if none of the resolved views can render a response for the current request.
$errorMethodName  : string
Name of the special error action method which is called in case of errors
$eventDispatcher  : EventDispatcherInterface
$formPersistenceManager  : FormPersistenceManagerInterface
$formSettings  : array<string|int, mixed>
$hashService  : HashService
$iconFactory  : IconFactory
$limit  : int
$moduleTemplateFactory  : ModuleTemplateFactory
$mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService  : MvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService
$pageRenderer  : PageRenderer
$reflectionService  : ReflectionService
$request  : RequestInterface
The current request.
$responseFactory  : ResponseFactoryInterface
$settings  : array<string|int, mixed>
Contains the settings of the current extension
$streamFactory  : StreamFactoryInterface
$uriBuilder  : UriBuilder
$validatorResolver  : ValidatorResolver
$view  : ViewInterface
The current view, as resolved by resolveView()

Methods

__construct()  : mixed
addFlashMessage()  : mixed
Creates a Message object and adds it to the FlashMessageQueue.
initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators()  : mixed
Collects the base validators which were defined for the data type of each controller argument and adds them to the argument's validator chain.
initializeObject()  : mixed
injectConfigurationManager()  : mixed
injectEventDispatcher()  : void
injectFormPersistenceManager()  : mixed
injectHashService()  : mixed
injectInternalExtensionService()  : void
injectInternalFlashMessageService()  : void
injectMvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService()  : mixed
injectPropertyMapper()  : void
injectReflectionService()  : mixed
injectResponseFactory()  : mixed
injectStreamFactory()  : mixed
injectValidatorResolver()  : mixed
injectViewResolver()  : mixed
processRequest()  : ResponseInterface
Handles an incoming request and returns a response object
throwStatus()  : never
Sends the specified HTTP status immediately and only stops to run back through the middleware stack.
addBaseUriIfNecessary()  : string
Adds the base uri if not already in place.
addErrorFlashMessage()  : mixed
If an error occurred during this request, this adds a flash message describing the error to the flash message container.
callActionMethod()  : ResponseInterface
Calls the specified action method and passes the arguments.
convertFormNameToIdentifier()  : string
Returns a form identifier which is the lower cased form name.
createAction()  : ResponseInterface
Creates a new Form and redirects to the Form Editor
deleteAction()  : ResponseInterface
Delete a formDefinition identified by the $formPersistenceIdentifier.
duplicateAction()  : ResponseInterface
Duplicates a given formDefinition and redirects to the Form Editor
errorAction()  : ResponseInterface
A special action which is called if the originally intended action could not be called, for example if the arguments were not valid.
forwardToReferringRequest()  : ResponseInterface|null
If information on the request before the current request was sent, this method forwards back to the originating request. This effectively ends processing of the current request, so do not call this method before you have finished the necessary business logic!
getAccessibleFormStorageFolders()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Return a list of all accessible file mountpoints.
getAvailableFormDefinitions()  : array<string|int, mixed>
List all formDefinitions which can be loaded through t form persistence manager. Enrich this data by a reference counter.
getBackendUser()  : BackendUserAuthentication
getErrorFlashMessage()  : string|bool
A template method for displaying custom error flash messages, or to display no flash message at all on errors. Override this to customize the flash message in your action controller.
getFlashMessageQueue()  : FlashMessageQueue
todo: As soon as the incoming request contains the compiled plugin namespace, extbase will offer a trait to create a flash message identifier from the current request. Users then should inject the flash message service themselves if needed.
getFlattenedValidationErrorMessage()  : string
Returns a string with a basic error message about validation failure.
getFormManagerAppInitialData()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Returns the json encoded data which is used by the form editor JavaScript app.
getLanguageService()  : LanguageService
getModuleUrl()  : string
Wrapper used for unit testing.
getProcessedReferencesRows()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Returns an array with information about the references for a formDefinition identified by $persistenceIdentifier.
getRecord()  : array<string|int, mixed>|null
Wrapper used for unit testing.
getRecordTitle()  : string
Wrapper used for unit testing.
htmlResponse()  : ResponseInterface
Returns a response object with either the given html string or the current rendered view as content.
indexAction()  : ResponseInterface
Display the Form Manager. The main showing available forms.
initializeAction()  : mixed
Initializes the controller before invoking an action method.
initializeActionMethodArguments()  : void
Implementation of the arguments initialization in the action controller: Automatically registers arguments of the current action
initializeActionMethodValidators()  : void
Adds the needed validators to the Arguments:
initializeCreateAction()  : void
Initialize the "create" action.
initializeDuplicateAction()  : void
Initialize the duplicate action.
initializeModuleTemplate()  : ModuleTemplate
Init ModuleTemplate and register document header buttons
initializeReferencesAction()  : void
Initialize the references action.
isValidTemplatePath()  : bool
Check if a given $templatePath for a given $prototypeName is valid and accessible.
jsonResponse()  : ResponseInterface
Returns a response object with either the given json string or the current rendered view as content. Mainly to be used for actions / controllers using the JsonView.
mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments()  : mixed
Maps arguments delivered by the request object to the local controller arguments.
redirect()  : ResponseInterface
Redirects the request to another action and / or controller.
redirectToUri()  : ResponseInterface
Redirects the web request to another uri.
referencesAction()  : ResponseInterface
Show references to this persistence identifier
renderAssetsForRequest()  : void
Method which initializes assets that should be attached to the response for the given $request, which contains parameters that an override can use to determine which assets to add via PageRenderer.
resolveActionMethodName()  : string
Resolves and checks the current action method name
resolveResourcePaths()  : array<string|int, mixed>
The functionality of this method has been removed because it caused problems with open_basedir restrictions.
resolveView()  : ViewInterface
Prepares a view for the current action.
setViewConfiguration()  : void

Constants

JS_MODULE_NAMES

protected mixed JS_MODULE_NAMES = ['app', 'viewModel']

Properties

$actionMethodName

Name of the action method

protected string $actionMethodName = 'indexAction'
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$defaultViewObjectName

The default view object to use if none of the resolved views can render a response for the current request.

protected string $defaultViewObjectName = \TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\View\TemplateView::class

$errorMethodName

Name of the special error action method which is called in case of errors

protected string $errorMethodName = 'errorAction'

$eventDispatcher

protected EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher

$formSettings

protected array<string|int, mixed> $formSettings

$hashService

protected HashService $hashService
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$reflectionService

protected ReflectionService $reflectionService
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$responseFactory

protected ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory

$settings

Contains the settings of the current extension

protected array<string|int, mixed> $settings

$streamFactory

protected StreamFactoryInterface $streamFactory

$validatorResolver

protected ValidatorResolver $validatorResolver
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$view

The current view, as resolved by resolveView()

protected ViewInterface $view

Methods

addFlashMessage()

Creates a Message object and adds it to the FlashMessageQueue.

public addFlashMessage(string $messageBody[, string $messageTitle = '' ][, int|ContextualFeedbackSeverity $severity = ContextualFeedbackSeverity::OK ][, bool $storeInSession = true ]) : mixed
Parameters
$messageBody : string
$messageTitle : string = ''

Optional message title

$severity : int|ContextualFeedbackSeverity = ContextualFeedbackSeverity::OK

Optional severity, must be one of \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Type\ContextualFeedbackSeverity cases. Accepts int values as well, which is deprecated.

$storeInSession : bool = true

Optional, defines whether the message should be stored in the session (default) or not

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throws
InvalidArgumentException

if the message body is no string

see
FlashMessage
todo:

Change $severity to allow ContextualFeedbackSeverity only in v13

initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators()

Collects the base validators which were defined for the data type of each controller argument and adds them to the argument's validator chain.

public initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators() : mixed
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

initializeObject()

public initializeObject() : mixed

injectEventDispatcher()

public injectEventDispatcher(EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher) : void
Parameters
$eventDispatcher : EventDispatcherInterface

injectHashService()

public injectHashService(HashService $hashService) : mixed
Parameters
$hashService : HashService
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectInternalExtensionService()

public final injectInternalExtensionService(ExtensionService $extensionService) : void
Parameters
$extensionService : ExtensionService
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectInternalFlashMessageService()

public final injectInternalFlashMessageService(FlashMessageService $flashMessageService) : void
Parameters
$flashMessageService : FlashMessageService
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectPropertyMapper()

public injectPropertyMapper(PropertyMapper $propertyMapper) : void
Parameters
$propertyMapper : PropertyMapper
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectReflectionService()

public injectReflectionService(ReflectionService $reflectionService) : mixed
Parameters
$reflectionService : ReflectionService
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectResponseFactory()

public final injectResponseFactory(ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory) : mixed
Parameters
$responseFactory : ResponseFactoryInterface

injectStreamFactory()

public final injectStreamFactory(StreamFactoryInterface $streamFactory) : mixed
Parameters
$streamFactory : StreamFactoryInterface

injectValidatorResolver()

public injectValidatorResolver(ValidatorResolver $validatorResolver) : mixed
Parameters
$validatorResolver : ValidatorResolver
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

processRequest()

Handles an incoming request and returns a response object

public processRequest(RequestInterface $request) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$request : RequestInterface

The request object

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
ResponseInterface

throwStatus()

Sends the specified HTTP status immediately and only stops to run back through the middleware stack.

public throwStatus(int $statusCode[, string $statusMessage = null ][, string $content = null ]) : never

Note: If any other plugin or content or hook is used within a frontend request, this is skipped by design.

Parameters
$statusCode : int

The HTTP status code

$statusMessage : string = null

A custom HTTP status message

$content : string = null

Body content which further explains the status

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throws
PropagateResponseException
Return values
never

addBaseUriIfNecessary()

Adds the base uri if not already in place.

protected addBaseUriIfNecessary(string $uri) : string
Parameters
$uri : string

The URI

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
string

addErrorFlashMessage()

If an error occurred during this request, this adds a flash message describing the error to the flash message container.

protected addErrorFlashMessage() : mixed
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

callActionMethod()

Calls the specified action method and passes the arguments.

protected callActionMethod(RequestInterface $request) : ResponseInterface

If the action returns a string, it is appended to the content in the response object. If the action doesn't return anything and a valid view exists, the view is rendered automatically.

Parameters
$request : RequestInterface
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
ResponseInterface

convertFormNameToIdentifier()

Returns a form identifier which is the lower cased form name.

protected convertFormNameToIdentifier(string $formName) : string
Parameters
$formName : string
Return values
string

createAction()

Creates a new Form and redirects to the Form Editor

protected createAction(string $formName, string $templatePath, string $prototypeName, string $savePath) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$formName : string
$templatePath : string
$prototypeName : string
$savePath : string
Tags
throws
Exception
throws
PersistenceManagerException
Return values
ResponseInterface

deleteAction()

Delete a formDefinition identified by the $formPersistenceIdentifier.

protected deleteAction(string $formPersistenceIdentifier) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$formPersistenceIdentifier : string
Tags
throws
PersistenceManagerException
Return values
ResponseInterface

duplicateAction()

Duplicates a given formDefinition and redirects to the Form Editor

protected duplicateAction(string $formName, string $formPersistenceIdentifier, string $savePath) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$formName : string
$formPersistenceIdentifier : string
$savePath : string
Tags
throws
PersistenceManagerException
Return values
ResponseInterface

errorAction()

A special action which is called if the originally intended action could not be called, for example if the arguments were not valid.

protected errorAction() : ResponseInterface

The default implementation sets a flash message, request errors and forwards back to the originating action. This is suitable for most actions dealing with form input.

We clear the page cache by default on an error as well, as we need to make sure the data is re-evaluated when the user changes something.

Return values
ResponseInterface

forwardToReferringRequest()

If information on the request before the current request was sent, this method forwards back to the originating request. This effectively ends processing of the current request, so do not call this method before you have finished the necessary business logic!

protected forwardToReferringRequest() : ResponseInterface|null
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
ResponseInterface|null

getAccessibleFormStorageFolders()

Return a list of all accessible file mountpoints.

protected getAccessibleFormStorageFolders() : array<string|int, mixed>

Only registered mount points from persistenceManager.allowedFileMounts are listed. This list will be reduced by the configured mount points for the current backend user.

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getAvailableFormDefinitions()

List all formDefinitions which can be loaded through t form persistence manager. Enrich this data by a reference counter.

protected getAvailableFormDefinitions() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getErrorFlashMessage()

A template method for displaying custom error flash messages, or to display no flash message at all on errors. Override this to customize the flash message in your action controller.

protected getErrorFlashMessage() : string|bool
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
string|bool —

The flash message or FALSE if no flash message should be set

getFlashMessageQueue()

todo: As soon as the incoming request contains the compiled plugin namespace, extbase will offer a trait to create a flash message identifier from the current request. Users then should inject the flash message service themselves if needed.

protected getFlashMessageQueue([string|null $identifier = null ]) : FlashMessageQueue
Parameters
$identifier : string|null = null
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
FlashMessageQueue

getFlattenedValidationErrorMessage()

Returns a string with a basic error message about validation failure.

protected getFlattenedValidationErrorMessage() : string

We may add all validation error messages to a log file in the future, but for security reasons (@see #54074) we do not return these here.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
string

getFormManagerAppInitialData()

Returns the json encoded data which is used by the form editor JavaScript app.

protected getFormManagerAppInitialData() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getModuleUrl()

Wrapper used for unit testing.

protected getModuleUrl(string $moduleName[, array<string|int, mixed> $urlParameters = [] ]) : string
Parameters
$moduleName : string
$urlParameters : array<string|int, mixed> = []
Return values
string

getProcessedReferencesRows()

Returns an array with information about the references for a formDefinition identified by $persistenceIdentifier.

protected getProcessedReferencesRows(string $persistenceIdentifier) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$persistenceIdentifier : string
Tags
throws
InvalidArgumentException
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getRecord()

Wrapper used for unit testing.

protected getRecord(string $table, int $uid) : array<string|int, mixed>|null
Parameters
$table : string
$uid : int
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|null

getRecordTitle()

Wrapper used for unit testing.

protected getRecordTitle(string $table, array<string|int, mixed> $row[, bool $prep = false ]) : string
Parameters
$table : string
$row : array<string|int, mixed>
$prep : bool = false
Return values
string

htmlResponse()

Returns a response object with either the given html string or the current rendered view as content.

protected htmlResponse([string|null $html = null ]) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$html : string|null = null
Return values
ResponseInterface

indexAction()

Display the Form Manager. The main showing available forms.

protected indexAction([int $page = 1 ]) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$page : int = 1
Return values
ResponseInterface

initializeAction()

Initializes the controller before invoking an action method.

protected initializeAction() : mixed

Override this method to solve tasks which all actions have in common.

initializeActionMethodArguments()

Implementation of the arguments initialization in the action controller: Automatically registers arguments of the current action

protected initializeActionMethodArguments() : void

Don't override this method - use initializeAction() instead.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Tags
throws
InvalidArgumentTypeException
see
initializeArguments()

initializeActionMethodValidators()

Adds the needed validators to the Arguments:

protected initializeActionMethodValidators() : void
  • Validators checking the data type from the @param annotation
  • Custom validators specified with validate annotations.
  • Model-based validators (validate annotations in the model)
  • Custom model validator classes
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

initializeCreateAction()

Initialize the "create" action.

protected initializeCreateAction() : void

This action uses the Fluid JsonView::class as view.

initializeDuplicateAction()

Initialize the duplicate action.

protected initializeDuplicateAction() : void

This action uses the Fluid JsonView::class as view.

initializeModuleTemplate()

Init ModuleTemplate and register document header buttons

protected initializeModuleTemplate(ServerRequestInterface $request) : ModuleTemplate
Parameters
$request : ServerRequestInterface
Return values
ModuleTemplate

initializeReferencesAction()

Initialize the references action.

protected initializeReferencesAction() : void

This action uses the Fluid JsonView::class as view.

isValidTemplatePath()

Check if a given $templatePath for a given $prototypeName is valid and accessible.

protected isValidTemplatePath(string $prototypeName, string $templatePath) : bool

Valid template paths has to be configured within formManager.selectablePrototypesConfiguration.[('identifier': $prototypeName)].newFormTemplates.[('templatePath': $templatePath)]

Parameters
$prototypeName : string
$templatePath : string
Return values
bool

jsonResponse()

Returns a response object with either the given json string or the current rendered view as content. Mainly to be used for actions / controllers using the JsonView.

protected jsonResponse([string|null $json = null ]) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$json : string|null = null
Return values
ResponseInterface

mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments()

Maps arguments delivered by the request object to the local controller arguments.

protected mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments() : mixed
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Tags
throws
RequiredArgumentMissingException

redirect()

Redirects the request to another action and / or controller.

protected redirect(string|null $actionName[, string|null $controllerName = null ][, string|null $extensionName = null ][, array<string|int, mixed>|null $arguments = null ][, int|null $pageUid = null ][, null $_ = null ][, int $statusCode = 303 ]) : ResponseInterface

Redirect will be sent to the client which then performs another request to the new URI.

Parameters
$actionName : string|null

Name of the action to forward to

$controllerName : string|null = null

Unqualified object name of the controller to forward to. If not specified, the current controller is used.

$extensionName : string|null = null

Name of the extension containing the controller to forward to. If not specified, the current extension is assumed.

$arguments : array<string|int, mixed>|null = null

Arguments to pass to the target action

$pageUid : int|null = null

Target page uid. If NULL, the current page uid is used

$_ : null = null

(optional) Unused

$statusCode : int = 303

(optional) The HTTP status code for the redirect. Default is "303 See Other

Return values
ResponseInterface

redirectToUri()

Redirects the web request to another uri.

protected redirectToUri(mixed $uri[, null $_ = null ][, int $statusCode = 303 ]) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$uri : mixed

A string representation of a URI

$_ : null = null

(optional) Unused

$statusCode : int = 303

(optional) The HTTP status code for the redirect. Default is "303 See Other"

Return values
ResponseInterface

referencesAction()

Show references to this persistence identifier

protected referencesAction(string $formPersistenceIdentifier) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$formPersistenceIdentifier : string
Tags
throws
PersistenceManagerException
Return values
ResponseInterface

renderAssetsForRequest()

Method which initializes assets that should be attached to the response for the given $request, which contains parameters that an override can use to determine which assets to add via PageRenderer.

protected renderAssetsForRequest(RequestInterface $request) : void

This default implementation will attempt to render the sections "HeaderAssets" and "FooterAssets" from the template that is being rendered, inserting the rendered content into either page header or footer, as appropriate. Both sections are optional and can be used one or both in combination.

You can add assets with this method without worrying about duplicates, if for example you do this in a plugin that gets used multiple time on a page.

Parameters
$request : RequestInterface
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

resolveActionMethodName()

Resolves and checks the current action method name

protected resolveActionMethodName() : string
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Tags
throws
NoSuchActionException

if the action specified in the request object does not exist (and if there's no default action either).

Return values
string —

Method name of the current action

resolveResourcePaths()

The functionality of this method has been removed because it caused problems with open_basedir restrictions.

protected resolveResourcePaths(array<string|int, mixed> $resourcePaths) : array<string|int, mixed>

See https://forge.typo3.org/issues/98545 for details. This method will be removed in TYPO3 v13.

Parameters
$resourcePaths : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

resolveView()

Prepares a view for the current action.

protected resolveView() : ViewInterface

By default, this method tries to locate a view with a name matching the current action.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values
ViewInterface

setViewConfiguration()

protected setViewConfiguration(ViewInterface $view) : void
Parameters
$view : ViewInterface
Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.


        

        
    




    

    

                            

            

                            
    

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