Common components for the Shopavel ecommerce package
A laravel collection has the same behaviour as an array, with some helper methods, you can extend these to provide additional checks or functionality.
Collections use "dot" syntax for array access, for example: $collection->put('foo.bar', 'baz') is equivalent to $collection['foo']['bar'] = 'baz'.
An immutable collection once created can not be changed, the put(), pop() etc. methods will throw a CollectionException.
A Collector is a trait that provides a setCollection method and allows access to the collection items via a magic __get method.
All packaged shopavel controllers extend Shopavel\Controllers\Controller, which provides the same functionality as the default BaseController.
A presenter allows you to format a model's attributes when output to a view. For example, the DatePresenterTrait formats the created_at and updated_at attributes to use the localized '%x' flag (php.net/strftime).
To use a presenter you should pass your model into the constructor, for example $foo = new FooPresenter($foo) where $foo is a eloquent model. When you then call {{ $foo->created_at }} in your view, the method created_at() will be called on the presenter instead, giving you a chance to format the data.
You can convert multiple models into presenters using:
$foos = $this->foo->all()->each(function($foo)
{
return $this->presenter->newInstance($foo);
});Nested sets provide a fast way to create hierarchical relationships, e.g. categories. You can read more on wikipedia or at the etrepat/baum github repo.
A transaction is any process or group of processes that can be taken on a database model. By extending Shopavel\Transactions\Transaction you can pass an array of validators when constructing your transaction. The validate() method can be called to check the object through these validators.
Validators can be used to provide checks against objects prior to committing a transaction. If an issue is encountered an exception should be thrown.
Locations are nested set nodes, this allows you to define any depth of location as needed from continents to states, districts or even any arbitrary non-geographical location.
Addresses allow you to define up to 4 additional lines along with a location.
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