[RFC] New PHP extension API

Toby

Initial proposal:

https://gist.github.com/tobscure/fad353fbe3da13cb83ba69de0b5d7cf4

Toby

Update: Since we are in the process of doing a class re-structure based around concepts (discussions, posts) instead of types (models, validators)... how about an Extension API based around concepts rather than types too?

Also, since a lot of Extenders are just wrappers around the event system, how about we go all the way and wrap every event — removing events from the public API completely?

https://gist.github.com/tobscure/a07da0ca4e80ac7de640d368c3d36ce0

Toby

Toby Here is the tags extension ported over to this new API:

https://gist.github.com/tobscure/4d0449a9563675664294463423923659

sijad

Toby Also, since a lot of Extenders are just wrappers around the event system, how about we go all the way and wrap every event — removing events from the public API completely?

using when before a method name is for extending parent method? when does a extended method execute? after or before of a method? isn't it possible to run arbitrary function in both after and before a method?

please take look at here, magento 2 allows defining plugins to run before, after or around a non final method. you also can define a priority.

Toby

sijad The when methods are simply abstractions of the current DiscussionWas and DiscussionWill events. (This is an event-based API, not monkey-patching.) Everything the magento API offers is possible with this API — you can use whenSaving as a before equivalent (and throw an exception to abort saving) and whenStarted or whenUpdated as an after equivalent.