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<sect1 id="zend.tool.framework.architecture">
    <title>Architecture</title>

    <sect2 id="zend.tool.framework.architecture.registry">
        <title>Registry</title>

        <para>
            Because providers and manifests may come from anywhere in the
            <code>include_path</code>, a registry is provided to simplify access
            to the various pieces of the toolchain. This registry is injected
            into registry-aware components, which may then pull dependencies
            from them as necessary. Most dependencies registered with the
            registry will be sub-component-specific repositories.
        </para>

        <para>
            The interface for the registry consists of the following definition:
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
interface Zend_Tool_Framework_Registry_Interface
{
    public function setClient(Zend_Tool_Framework_Client_Abstract $client);
    public function getClient();
    public function setLoader(Zend_Tool_Framework_Loader_Abstract $loader);
    public function getLoader();
    public function setActionRepository(
        Zend_Tool_Framework_Action_Repository $actionRepository
    );
    public function getActionRepository();
    public function setProviderRepository(
        Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider_Repository $providerRepository
    );
    public function getProviderRepository();
    public function setManifestRepository(
        Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Repository $manifestRepository
    );
    public function getManifestRepository();
    public function setRequest(Zend_Tool_Framework_Client_Request $request);
    public function getRequest();
    public function setResponse(Zend_Tool_Framework_Client_Response $response);
    public function getResponse();
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            The various objects the registry manages will be discussed in their
            appropriate sections.
        </para>

        <para>
            Classes that should be registry-aware should implement
            <classname>Zend_Tool_Framework_Registry_EnabledInterface</classname>. This
            interface merely allows initialization of the registry in the target
            class.
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
interface Zend_Tool_Framework_Registry_EnabledInterface
{
    public function setRegistry(
        Zend_Tool_Framework_Registry_Interface $registry
    );
}
]]></programlisting>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="zend.tool.framework.architecture.providers">
        <title>Providers</title>

        <para>
            <classname>Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider</classname> represents the functional
            or "capability" aspect of the framework.  Fundamentally,
            <classname>Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider</classname> will provide the
            interfaces necessary to produce "providers", or bits of tooling
            functionality that can be called and used inside the
            <classname>Zend_Tool_Framework</classname> toolchain. The simplistic nature of
            implementing this provider interface allows the developer a
            "one-stop-shop" of adding functionality/capabilities to
            <classname>Zend_Tool_Framework</classname>.
        </para>

        <para>
            The provider interface is an empty interface and enforces no methods
            (this is the Marker Interface pattern):
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
interface Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider_Interface
{}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            Or, if you wish, you can implement the base (or abstract) Provider
            which will give you access to the
            <classname>Zend_Tool_Framework_Registry</classname>:
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
abstract class Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider_Abstract
    implements Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider_Interface,
               Zend_Tool_Registry_EnabledInterface
{
    protected $_registry;
    public function setRegistry(
        Zend_Tool_Framework_Registry_Interface $registry
    );
}
]]></programlisting>

    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="zend.tool.framework.architecture.loaders">
        <title>Loaders</title>

        <para>
            The purpose of a Loader is to find Providers and Manifest files that
            contain classes which implement either
            Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider_Interface or
            Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Interface. Once these files are found
            by a loader, providers are loaded into the Provider Repository and
            manifest metadata is loaded into the Manifest Repository.
        </para>


        <para>
            To implement a loader, one must extend the following abstract class:
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
abstract class Zend_Tool_Framework_Loader_Abstract
{

    abstract protected function _getFiles();

    public function load()
    {
        /** ... */
    }
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            The _getFiles() method should return an array of files (absolute
            paths).  The built-in loader supplied with ZF is called the
            IncludePath loader. By default, the Tooling framework will use an
            include path based loader to find files that might include Providers
            or Manifest Metadata objects.
            Zend_Tool_Framework_Loader_IncludePathLoader, without any other
            options, will search for files inside the include path that end in
            Mainfest.php, Tool.php or Provider.php. Once found, they will be
            tested (by the load() method of the
            Zend_Tool_Framework_Loader_Abstract) to determine if they implement
            any of the supported interfaces. If they do, an instance of the
            found class is instantiated, and it is appended to the proper
            repository.
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
class Zend_Tool_Framework_Loader_IncludePathLoader
    extends Zend_Tool_Framework_Loader_Abstract
{

    protected $_filterDenyDirectoryPattern = '.*(/|\\\\).svn';
    protected $_filterAcceptFilePattern = '.*(?:Manifest|Provider)\.php$';

    protected function _getFiles()
    {
        /** ... */
    }
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            As you can see, the IncludePath loader will search all include_paths
            for the files that match the $_filterAcceptFilePattern and NOT match
            the $_filterDenyDirectoryPattern.
        </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="zend.tool.framework.architecture.manifests">
        <title>Manifests</title>

        <para>
            In short, the Manifest shall contain specific or arbitrary metadata
            that is useful to any provider or client, as well as be responsible
            for loading any additional providers into the provider repository.
        </para>

        <para>
            To introduce metadata into the manifest repository, all one must do
            is implement the empty Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Interface, and
            provide a getMetadata() method which shall return an array of
            objects that implement Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Metadata.
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
interface Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Interface
{
    public function getMetadata();
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            Metadata objects are loaded (by a loader defined below) into the
            Manfiest Repository (Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Repository).
            Manifests will be processed after all Providers have been found a
            loaded into the provider repository. This shall allow Manifests to
            created Metadata objects based on what is currently inside the
            provider repository.
        </para>

        <para>
            There are a few different metadata classes that can be used to
            describe metadata.  The Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Metadata is the
            base metadata object.  As you can see by the following code snippet,
            the base metadata class is fairly lightweight and abstract in
            nature:
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
class Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Basic
{

    protected $_type        = 'Global';
    protected $_name        = null;
    protected $_value       = null;
    protected $_reference   = null;

    public function getType();
    public function getName();
    public function getValue();
    public function getReference();
    /** ... */
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            There are other built in metadata classes as well for describing
            more specialized metadata: ActionMetadata and ProviderMetadata.
            These classes will help you describe in more detail metadata that is
            specific to either actions or providers, and the reference is
            expected to be a reference to an action or a provider respectively.
            These classes are described in the follow code snippet.
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
class Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_ActionMetadata
    extends Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Metadata
{

    protected $_type = 'Action';
    protected $_actionName = null;

    public function getActionName();
    /** ... */
}

class Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_ProviderMetadata
    extends Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Metadata
{

    protected $_type = 'Provider';
    protected $_providerName  = null;
    protected $_actionName    = null;
    protected $_specialtyName = null;

    public function getProviderName();
    public function getActionName();
    public function getSpecialtyName();
    /** ... */
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            'Type' in these classes is used to describe the type of metadata the
            object is responsible for.  In the cases of the ActionMetadata, the
            type would be 'Action', and conversely in the case of the
            ProviderMetadata the type is 'Provider'.  These metadata types will
            also include additional structured information about both the
            "thing" they are describing as well as the object (the
            ->getReference()) they are referencing with this new metadata.
        </para>

        <para>
            In order to create your own metadata type, all one must do is extend
            the base Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Metadata class and return
            these new metadata objects via a local Manifest class/object.  These
            user based classes will live in the Manifest Repository
        </para>

        <para>
            Once these metadata objects are in the repository there are then two
            different methods that can be used in order to search for them in
            the repository.
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
class Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Repository
{
    /**
     * To use this method to search, $searchProperties should contain the names
     * and values of the key/value pairs you would like to match within the
     * manifest.
     *
     * For Example:
     *     $manifestRepository->findMetadatas(array(
     *         'action' => 'Foo',
     *         'name'   => 'cliActionName'
     *         ));
     *
     * Will find any metadata objects that have a key with name 'action' value
     * of 'Foo', AND a key named 'name' value of 'cliActionName'
     *
     * Note: to either exclude or include name/value pairs that exist in the
     * search critera but do not appear in the object, pass a bool value to
     * $includeNonExistentProperties
     */
    public function findMetadatas(Array $searchProperties = array(),
                                  $includeNonExistentProperties = true);

    /**
     * The following will return exactly one of the matching search criteria,
     * regardless of how many have been returned.  First one in the manifest is
     * what will be returned.
     */
    public function findMetadata(Array $searchProperties = array(),
                                 $includeNonExistentProperties = true)
    {
        $metadatas = $this->getMetadatas($searchProperties,
                                         $includeNonExistentProperties);
        return array_shift($metadatas);
    }
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            Looking at the search methods above, the signatures allow for
            extremely flexible searching.  In order to find a metadata object,
            simply pass in an array of matching constraints via an array.  If
            the data is accessible through the Property accessor (the
            getSomething() methods implemented on the metadata object), then it
            will be passed back to the user as a "found" metadata object.
        </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="zend.tool.framework.architecture.clients">
        <title>Clients</title>

        <para>
            Clients are the interface which bridges a user or external tool into
            the Zend_Tool_Framework system. Clients can come in all shapes and
            sizes: RPC endpoints, Command Line Interface, or even a web
            interface.  Zend_Tool has implemented the command line interface as
            the default interface for interacting with the Zend_Tool_Framework
            system.
        </para>

        <para>
            To implement a client, one would need to extend the following
            abstract class:
        </para>

        <programlisting role="php"><![CDATA[
abstract class Zend_Tool_Framework_Client_Abstract
{
    /**
     * This method should be implemented by the client implementation to
     * construct and set custom loaders, request and response objects.
     *
     * (not required, but suggested)
     */
    protected function _preInit();

    /**
     * This method should be implemented by the client implementation to parse
     * out and setup the request objects action, provider and parameter
     * information.
     */
    abstract protected function _preDispatch();

    /**
     * This method should be implemented by the client implementation to take
     * the output of the response object and return it (in an client specific
     * way) back to the Tooling Client.
     *
     * (not required, but suggested)
     */
    abstract protected function _postDispatch();
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            As you can see, there is 1 method required to fulfill the needs of a
            client (two othres suggested), the initialization, prehandling and post handling.  For a
            more in depth study of how the command line client works, please see
            <ulink url="http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/standard/trunk/library/Zend/Tool/Framework/Client/Console.php">source code</ulink>.
        </para>

    </sect2>
</sect1>
