TYPO3.Flow

Consider the following use case:

 1<?php
 2
 3class SampleController extends \TYPO3\FLOW3\MVC\Controller\ActionController
 4    /**
 5     * this magic method is automatically called prior the appropriate createAction
 6     */
 7    public function initializeCreateAction() {
 8        $concreteClassName = $this->dummyFindOutConcreteProductProductClassName();
 9
10        /* @var $this->arguments['product'] \TYPO3\FLOW3\MVC\Controller\Argument (just for this example, please don't use in production code */
11        $this->arguments['product']->setDataType($concreteClassName);
12
13        $this->arguments['product']->getPropertyMappingConfiguration()->setTargetType($intendedRatingClassName);
14        $this->arguments['product']->getPropertyMappingConfiguration()->setTargetTypeForSubProperty('author', 'TYPO3\Party\Domain\Model\Person');
15        $this->arguments['product']->getPropertyMappingConfiguration()->allowCreationForSubProperty('author');
16        $this->arguments['product']->getPropertyMappingConfiguration()->allowCreationForSubProperty('author.name');
17
18    }
19
20    /**
21     * Create a new product; expect any concrete product type.
22     * @param \Acme\Northwind\Domain\Model\AbstractProduct $product So far any kind of product
23     * @return void
24     */
25    public function createAction(\Acme\Northwind\Domain\Model\AbstractProduct $product) {
26    }
27}
28?>

so most possible setter methods of \TYPO3\FLOW3\Property\PropertyMappingConfiguration, and hence \TYPO3\FLOW3\MVC\Controller\MvcPropertyMappingConfiguration should return $this in order to allow a fluent coding, e.g.

1        $this->arguments['product']->getPropertyMappingConfiguration()
2             ->setTargetType($intendedRatingClassName);
3             ->setTargetTypeForSubProperty('author', 'TYPO3\Party\Domain\Model\Person');
4             ->allowCreationForSubProperty('author');
5             ->allowCreationForSubProperty('author.name');
6