/**
* A general menu system class
*
- * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
* @version 0.0.0
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 Roland Haeder, this is free software
* @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
- * @link http://www.ship-simu.org
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
protected function __construct ($className) {
// Call parent constructor
parent::__construct($className);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Renders the menu by loading the base template and a menu-specific
+ * template.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ public function renderMenu () {
+ // Initialize the menu system by preparing it's template instance
+ $templateInstance = ObjectFactory::createObjectByConfiguredName('menu_template_class', array($this));
+
+ // Set it for later use
+ $this->setTemplateInstance($templateInstance);
+
+ // Load the menu template for all
+ $templateInstance->loadMenuTemplate('generic_menu_entries');
+
+ // Get the 'command' from request instance
+ $command = $this->getApplicationInstance()->getRequestInstance()->getRequestElement('command');
- // Clean up a little
- $this->removeNumberFormaters();
- $this->removeSystemArray();
+ // If page is empty, choose default
+ if (empty($command)) {
+ // Use default page as none has been specified
+ $command = $this->getConfigInstance()->getConfigEntry('default_' . $this->getApplicationInstance()->getAppShortName() . '_' . self::getResponseTypeFromSystem() . '_command');
+ } // END - if
+
+ // Load the menu template for this page
+ try {
+ $templateInstance->loadMenuTemplate($command . '_menu_entries');
+ } catch (FileIoException $e) {
+ // Log exception @TODO Maybe to intrusive?
+ self::createDebugInstance(__CLASS__)->debugOutput('[' . __METHOD__ . ':' . __LINE__ . ']: Exception caught: ' . $e->__toString() . ', with message: ' . $e->getMessage());
+ }
+
+ // Render template data here
+ $templateInstance->renderXmlContent();
+ //exit(__METHOD__ . ':!OK');
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the rendered menu to a given template engine by assigning
+ * the rendered content with a template variable.
+ *
+ * @param $templateInstance An instance of a CompileableTemplate class
+ * @return void
+ */
+ public function transferContentToTemplateEngine (CompileableTemplate $templateInstance) {
+ // Assign menu content to variable
+ $templateInstance->assignVariable('menu_content', $this->getTemplateInstance()->getMenuContent());
+ //* DEBUG */ $templateInstance->debugInstance();
}
}