symfony/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormFactoryInterface.php

<?php

/*
 * This file is part of the Symfony package.
 *
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */

namespace Symfony\Component\Form;

interface FormFactoryInterface
{
    /**
     * Returns a form.
     *
     * @see createBuilder()
     *
     * @param string|FormTypeInterface $type    The type of the form
     * @param mixed                    $data    The initial data
     * @param array                    $options The options
     * @param FormBuilder              $parent  The parent builder
     *
     * @return FormInterface The form named after the type
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if any given option is not applicable to the given type
     */
    function create($type, $data = null, array $options = array(), FormBuilder $parent = null);

    /**
     * Returns a form.
     *
     * @see createNamedBuilder()
     *
     * @param string|FormTypeInterface $type    The type of the form
     * @param string                   $name    The name of the form
     * @param mixed                    $data    The initial data
     * @param array                    $options The options
     * @param FormBuilder              $parent  The parent builder
     *
     * @return FormInterface The form
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if any given option is not applicable to the given type
     */
    function createNamed($type, $name, $data = null, array $options = array(), FormBuilder $parent = null);

    /**
     * Returns a form for a property of a class.
     *
     * @see createBuilderForProperty()
     *
     * @param string      $class    The fully qualified class name
     * @param string      $property The name of the property to guess for
     * @param mixed       $data     The initial data
     * @param array       $options  The options for the builder
     * @param FormBuilder $parent   The parent builder
     *
     * @return FormInterface The form named after the property
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if any given option is not applicable to the form type
     */
    function createForProperty($class, $property, $data = null, array $options = array(), FormBuilder $parent = null);

    /**
     * Returns a form builder.
     *
     * @param string|FormTypeInterface $type    The type of the form
     * @param mixed                    $data    The initial data
     * @param array                    $options The options
     * @param FormBuilder              $parent  The parent builder
     *
     * @return FormBuilder The form builder
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if any given option is not applicable to the given type
     */
    function createBuilder($type, $data = null, array $options = array(), FormBuilder $parent = null);

    /**
     * Returns a form builder.
     *
     * @param string|FormTypeInterface $type    The type of the form
     * @param string                   $name    The name of the form
     * @param mixed                    $data    The initial data
     * @param array                    $options The options
     * @param FormBuilder              $parent  The parent builder
     *
     * @return FormBuilder The form builder
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if any given option is not applicable to the given type
     */
    function createNamedBuilder($type, $name, $data = null, array $options = array(), FormBuilder $parent = null);

    /**
     * Returns a form builder for a property of a class.
     *
     * If any of the 'max_length', 'required' and type options can be guessed,
     * and are not provided in the options argument, the guessed value is used.
     *
     * @param string      $class    The fully qualified class name
     * @param string      $property The name of the property to guess for
     * @param mixed       $data     The initial data
     * @param array       $options  The options for the builder
     * @param FormBuilder $parent   The parent builder
     *
     * @return FormBuilder The form builder named after the property
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if any given option is not applicable to the form type
     */
    function createBuilderForProperty($class, $property, $data = null, array $options = array(), FormBuilder $parent = null);

    /**
     * Returns a type by name.
     *
     * This methods registers the type extensions from the form extensions.
     *
     * @param string $name The name of the type
     *
     * @return FormTypeInterface The type
     *
     * @throws Exception\FormException if the type can not be retrieved from any extension
     */
    function getType($name);

    /**
     * Returns whether the given type is supported.
     *
     * @param string $name The name of the type
     *
     * @return Boolean Whether the type is supported
     */
    function hasType($name);

    /**
     * Adds a type.
     *
     * @param FormTypeInterface $type The type
     */
    function addType(FormTypeInterface $type);
}