schemata.php

<?php
/**
 * SchemateBehavior - Somewhat ActivRecord'ish for CakePHP.. 
 *
 * @author Kjell Bublitz
 * @link http://cakealot.com
 * @license MIT
 */
class SchemataBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
	
	function setup(&$model, $config){
		$this->Model = $model;
		$model->record = $this->createClass($model);
	}
	
	function beforeSave(&$model){
		
		// currently for existing records only, just to get a feeling
		if (!empty($model->record->id)) {
			foreach($model->record as $key=>$val) $record[$key] = $val;
			$model->__exists = true; // beforeSave is still too late for such modifications..
			if ($modified = $model->hasField('modified') || $updated = $model->hasField('updated')) {
				if ($modified) $record['modified'] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
				else $record['updated'] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
			}
			$model->set($record);
		}
		return true;
	}
	
	function afterFind(&$model, $data = false) {
		if ($data) {
			
			// uuu.. there 10 times better ways, but this is a prove of concept anyway.
			$record = array_pop(Set::extract('/'.$model->alias.'/.', $data[count($data)-1]));
			
			foreach ($record as $key => $value)
				$model->record->{$key} = $value;
		}
	}
	
	
	function createClass() {
		$class = new stdClass();
		$schema = $this->Model->schema();
		#$class->_schema = $schema; // maybe do validation upon assignment, would be cool.
		foreach ($schema as $field => $info) {
			if (!in_array($field, array('modified', 'updated', 'created')))
				$class->{$field} = $info['default'];
		}
		return $class;
	}

	
}