Allow schema to be extracted from static factory methods #27

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opened 2026-08-29 10:11:17 +02:00 by c.fahner · 0 comments

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Entities should be able to implement an interface that defines a static factory method and which overrides the default behavior of extracting fields from the constructor.

The method Schema::fromConstructorParameters() should then also be dropped in favor of a more generally named ::fromClass().

Currently the schema can only be extracted from the constructor parameters. This prevents constructing different subclasses of the entity based on the document contents. More generally it makes it more difficult to use the constructor for passing values that are not related to database storage. Entities should be able to implement an interface that defines a static factory method and which overrides the default behavior of extracting fields from the constructor. The method `Schema::fromConstructorParameters()` should then also be dropped in favor of a more generally named `::fromClass()`.

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c.fahner changed title from ~~Allow schema to be extracted from static constructor methods~~ to Allow schema to be extracted from static factory methods

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