Posted by L�pher Cypher on 12/30/05 06:57

Hi,

Suppose we have a hierarchical class structure that looks something like
this:

Object
|
+-- Main
|
+-- Object1
| |
| +-- Object11
| |
| +-- Object 12
|
+-- Object2
|
+-- Object3
|
+-- Object4
|
+-- Object41
| |
| +-- Object 411
|
+-- Object 42

Now, the application looks like this:

<?php
$app = new Main(...);
$app->doSomething();
?>

Class Main() is instantiated only once, however it works with all other
classes, which may be instantiated a number of times.

Now suppose there is a scenario:

Main creates Object11.
Object11 calls Object1::foo(), which creates Object2.
Object2 may then create Object1, in which case
Object1 calls its foo(), which creates Object2.
Object2 may then create Object1
..etc. until Object2 decides not to create Object1..

So, basically we'd get:

Main
Object11->foo()
Object2
Object1->foo()
Object2
...

Now, when Object2 instantiates, it assigns a value to its variable, say,
Object2::var, which should be unique. So, after assigning the value,
Object2 has to check it against any other Object2::var.
However, Object2 is not necessarily instantiated under Object1, so,
let's say we have

Main
$obj11 = Object11
$obj2 = Object2
$obj1 = Object1
$obj2 = Object2
$obj3 = Object3
$obj2 = Object2
$obj411 = Object411
$obj42 = Object42
$obj1 = Object1
$obj2 = Object2


Assume $app->obj11->obj2->obj1->obj2::var should be checked against

$app->obj11->obj2::var
$app->obj3->obj2::var
$app->obj411->obj42->obj1->obj2::var

I assumed the easiest way would be to have a global array of all objects
descending from Object and update it in Object's constructor:

function Object() {
global $objects;
$objects[count($objects)] = &$this;
...
}

Then we could simply iterate through $objects, and if object's class is
Object2, compare the var's.
However, this does not work, even through the object is passed by
reference - if the object's variables are updated (by the object itself
or by another object), the global array apparently has a copy of the
initial object state:

$obj2 = new Object2();
results in
$obj2 = Object2( var => 1 )
$objects[0] = Object2( var => 1 )

$obj2->var++;
results in
$obj2 = Object2( var => 2 )
$objects[0] = Object2( var => 1 )

So, I guess, some other mechanism should be used.


Any ideas?

Thanks,
luph

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