Feature/delegate factories

docs/languages/en/index.rst

@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
    modules/zend.server.reflection
    modules/zend.service-manager.intro
    modules/zend.service-manager.quick-start
+   modules/zend.service-manager.delegator-factories
    modules/zend.session.config
    modules/zend.session.container
    modules/zend.session.manager
@@ -688,6 +689,7 @@ Zend\\ServiceManager
 
         * :doc:`modules/zend.service-manager.intro`
         * :doc:`modules/zend.service-manager.quick-start`
+        * :doc:`modules/zend.service-manager.delegator-factories`
 
 .. _zend.session
 

docs/languages/en/modules/zend.service-manager.delegator-factories.rst

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+.. _zend.service-manager.delegator-factories:
+
+Delegator service factories
+===========================
+
+``Zend\ServiceManager`` can instantiate `delegators`_ of requested services, decorating them
+as specified in a delegate factory implementing the `delegator factory interface`_.
+
+The delegate pattern is useful in cases when you want to wrap a real service in a `decorator`_,
+or generally intercept actions being performed on the delegate in an `AOP`_ fashioned way.
+
+Delegator factory signature
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+A delegator factory has following signature:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+   namespace Zend\ServiceManager;
+
+   interface DelegatorFactoryInterface
+   {
+       public function createDelegatorWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requestedName, $callback);
+   }
+
+The parameters passed to the ``DelegatorFactoryInterface#createDelegatorWithName`` factory are following:
+
+ - ``$serviceLocator`` is the service locator that is used while creating the delegator for the requested service
+
+ - ``$name`` is the canonical name of the service being requested
+
+ - ``$requestedName`` is the name of the service as originally requested to the service locator
+
+ - ``$callback`` is a `callable`_ that is responsible of instantiating the delegated service (the real service instance)
+
+A Delegator factory use case
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+A typical use case for `delegators`_ is to handle logic before or after a method is called.
+
+In the following example, an event is being triggered before ``Buzzer::buzz()`` is called and some output text
+is prepended.
+
+The delegated object ``Buzzer`` (original object) is defined as following:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+   :linenos:
+
+   class Buzzer
+   {
+       public function buzz()
+       {
+           return 'Buzz!';
+       }
+   }
+
+The delegator class ``BuzzerDelegator`` has following structure:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+   :linenos:
+
+   use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface;
+
+   class BuzzerDelegator extends Buzzer
+   {
+       protected $realBuzzer;
+       protected $eventManager;
+
+       public function __construct(Buzzer $realBuzzer, EventManagerInterface $eventManager)
+       {
+           $this->realBuzzer   = $realBuzzer;
+           $this->eventManager = $eventManager;
+       }
+
+       public function buzz()
+       {
+           $this->eventManager->trigger('buzz', $this);
+
+           return $this->realBuzzer->buzz();
+       }
+   }
+
+To use the ``BuzzerDelegator``, you can run following code:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+   :linenos:
+
+   $wrappedBuzzer = new Buzzer();
+   $eventManager  = new Zend\EventManager\EventManager();
+
+   $eventManager->attach('buzz', function () { echo "Stare at the art!\n"; });
+
+   $buzzer = new BuzzerDelegator($wrappedBuzzer, $eventManager);
+
+   echo $buzzer->buzz(); // "Stare at the art!\nBuzz!"
+
+This logic is fairly simple as long as you have access to the instantiation logic of the
+``$wrappedBuzzer`` object.
+
+You may not always be able to define how ``$wrappedBuzzer`` is created, since a factory for it may be
+defined by some code to which you don't have access, or which you cannot modify without introducing further
+complexity.
+
+Delegator factories solve this specific problem by allowing you to wrap, decorate or modify any existing service.
+
+A simple delegator factory for the ``'buzzer'`` service can be implemented as following:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+   :linenos:
+
+   use Zend\ServiceManager\DelegatorFactoryInterface;
+   use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;
+
+   class BuzzerDelegatorFactory implements DelegatorFactoryInterface
+   {
+       public function createDelegatorWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requestedName, $callback)
+       {
+           $realBuzzer   = call_user_func($callback);
+           $eventManager = $serviceLocator->get('EventManager');
+
+           $eventManager->attach('buzz', function () { echo "Stare at the art!\n"; });
+
+           return new BuzzerDelegator($realBuzzer, $eventManager);
+       }
+   }
+
+You can then instruct the service manager to handle the service ``'buzzer'`` as a delegate:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+   :linenos:
+
+   $serviceManager = new Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager();
+
+   $serviceManager->setInvokableClass('buzzer', 'Buzzer'); // usually not under our control
+
+   // as opposed to normal factory classes, a delegator factory is a
+   // service like any other, and must be registered:
+   $serviceManager->setInvokableClass('buzzer-delegator-factory', 'BuzzerDelegatorFactory');
+
+   // telling the service manager to use a delegator factory to handle service 'buzzer'
+   $serviceManager->addDelegator('buzzer', 'buzzer-delegator-factory');
+
+   // now, when fetching 'buzzer', we get a BuzzerDelegator instead
+   $buzzer = $serviceManager->get('buzzer');
+
+   $buzzer->buzz(); // "Stare at the art!\nBuzz!"
+
+You can also call ``$serviceManager->addDelegator()`` multiple times, with the same or different delegator
+factory service names. Each call will add one decorator around the instantiation logic of that particular
+service.
+
+.. _`AOP`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect-oriented_programming
+.. _`decorator`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern
+.. _`callable`: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.callable.php
+.. _`delegators`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegation_pattern
+.. _`delegator factory interface`: https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/tree/master/library/Zend/ServiceManager/DelegatorFactoryInterface.php