xmlauthor-example-command

A git project that acts as an example of an xmlauthor command.

Prerequisites

• Git
• PHP 5.5.9+
• Composer installed globally

Install

• Install dependencies

  composer install

• Try hello-world command:

  bin/hello-world --configFilename=XmlAuthoringProjectSettings.yaml.dist

Building own command

• New commands should:

  • be written to run in a Symfony 3.4 console application. See Symfony's documentation on creating commands.have their own git repository project
  • have tests (one or more of PHPUnit/Behat/etc) stored within the project repository
  • be compatible with Symfony 3.4, and
  • make good use of the symfony/console project. i.e. $ composer require symfony/console:~3.4
  • adhere to the convention that allows the command to be automatically registered.
  • be installed by end users as a composer package
  • reuse existing libraries where possible. Such as;
    • PHP's Standard PHP Library
  • use PSR-4 autoloading where possible.
  • be cross-platform compatible; Run on the command line on Windows 10, MacOS High Sierra and Linux.
  • provide README.md instructions on how to install and use the command from .

• Example command:

  # src/Command/NewCommand.php
  namespace XmlSquad\PackageName\Command;
  
  use XmlSquad\Library\Command\AbstractCommand;
  
  class NewCommand extends AbstractCommand
  {
      public function __construct()
      {
          # Specify command's name
          parent::__construct('new-command');
      }
  
      /**
       * {@inheritdoc}
       */
      protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
      {
          try {
              $configFilename = $input->getOption('configFilename');
              $configOptions = $this->getConfigOptions($configFilename);
  
              dump($configOptions);
          } catch (FileNotFoundException $e) {
              $output->writeln(
                  $e->getMessage(), OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL
              );
          }
      }
  }

Test

vendor/bin/phpunit

TODO

[ ] Tests with virtual filesystem