How to create a Bundle?

A Bundle is created by the command

app/console init:bundle '<Namespace>' <directory normally below src>

Example:

app/console init:bundle 'Vendor' HelloBundle

A new directory was created at:

mapbender3/application/src/Vendor/HelloBundle

Autoloading

When you activate a Bundle you have to tell the system, in which directory(s) the classes of the Bundles are stored.

This is done by the app/autoload.php.

The function registerNamespaces the array is enlarged by the registered directories.

$loader->registerNamespaces(array(
   //...
    'Mapbender'        => __DIR__.'/../mapbender/src'
));

The row means that the system will look for the namespace Mapbender at first in the directory Mapbender below mapbender/src.

In this case the class Mapbender\CoreBundle\Component\Element should be loaded.

Also the namespace-component (devided by ) will be interpreted as a directory name and the closing classname (Element) will be interpreted as a file. So in this case Element.php will be expected.

How to activate a Bundle?

The Bundle will be activated in the file app/AppKernel.php. You have to add the Bundle to the array $bundles:

$bundles = array(
 //...
 new Mapbender\CoreBundle\MapbenderCoreBundle(),
 new Mapbender\WmsBundle\MapbenderWmsBundle(),

 new Vendor\VendorHelloBundle()
);

How to activate the Routings?

The routing is a mapping of URLs (for example / or /application) to the call of a Controller from a Bundle. To do so you have to edit the file app/config/routing.yml. At the moment Mapbender3 uses the following way:

app/config/routing.yml:

_welcome:
   resource: "@MapbenderCoreBundle/Controller/WelcomeController.php"
   type: annotation

This means: Parse the mentioned file and look for Route-Annotations, which refer to funtcions.

<?php
namespace Mapbender\CoreBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
// annotations are imported to Symfony like classes. This is why you have to use the following call:
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;

/**
 * Welcome controller.
 *
 * @author Christian Wygoda <arsgeografica@gmail.com>
 */
class WelcomeController extends Controller {
       /**
        * @Route("/", name="mapbender_welcome")
        * @Template()
        */
   public function indexAction() {
       //TODO: Get ORM Applications, too
       $apps = $this->getYamlApplications();
       return array(
           'apps' => $apps
       );
   }
// ...

How to activate a new Element for the administration interface

When you wrote a new functionality for Mapbender3 your new element will not show up in the administration.

You have to register it first in

• mapbender/src/Mapbender/CoreBundle/MapbenderCoreBundle.php

public function getElements()
{
    return array(
        'Mapbender\CoreBundle\Element\AboutDialog',
        'Mapbender\CoreBundle\Element\ActivityIndicator',
        'Mapbender\CoreBundle\Element\Button',
        ...

        'Workshop\DemoBundle\Element\SuperElement'
        );
}

Now your element should show up in the element list.