3. Y O U M I G H T WA N T
T O U S E
C F F R A C TA L I F…
• You need to transform your
business models to
different types of data in
many different places.
• You need to include and
exclude relationships
depending on the
endpoint.
• You don't want to repeat
yourself all over the place.
4. function get( event, rc, prc ){
event.paramValue( "format", "json" );
switch( rc.format ){
case "xml":{
var serializer = getInstance( "XMLSerializer@cffractal" );
break;
}
default:{
var serializer = getInstance( "SimpleSerializer@cffractal" );
}
}
event.renderData(
data = fractal.builder()
.collection( getInstance( "Family" ).getFamilyData() )
.withTransformer( "FamilyTransformer" )
.withSerializer( serializer )
.convert(),
type = rc.format
)
}
FA M I LY. C F C
5. M O R E
R E A S O N S
• “Includes” conventions -
default and available
• Nested tranformers
• Consistency in responses
to consumers
• Encapsulation and
separation of concern
7. var model = {
"foo" = "bar",
"baz" = "qux"
};
// becomes
var transformed = {
"foo" = "bar",
"baz" = "qux",
"meta" = {}
};
S I M P L E S E R I A L I Z E R
8. var model = {
"foo" = "bar",
"baz" = "qux"
};
// becomes
var transformed = {
"data" = {
"foo" = "bar",
"baz" = "qux"
},
"meta" = {}
};
D ATA S E R I A L I Z E R
9. var items = [
{ "id" = "F29958B1-5A2B-4785-BE0A11297D0B5373", "name" = "foo" },
{ "id" = "42A6EB0A-1196-4A76-8B9BE67422A54B26", "name" = "bar" }
];
// becomes
var transformed = {
"results" = [
"F29958B1-5A2B-4785-BE0A11297D0B5373",
"42A6EB0A-1196-4A76-8B9BE67422A54B26"
],
"resultsMap" = {
"F29958B1-5A2B-4785-BE0A11297D0B5373" = {
"id" = "F29958B1-5A2B-4785-BE0A11297D0B5373",
"name" = "foo"
},
"42A6EB0A-1196-4A76-8B9BE67422A54B26" = {
"id" = "42A6EB0A-1196-4A76-8B9BE67422A54B26",
"name" = "bar"
}
},
"meta" = {}
};
R E S U LT S M A P S E R I A L I Z E R
10. var model = {
"foo" = "bar",
"baz" = "qux"
};
// becomes
var transformed = "
<root>
<data>
<foo>bar</foo>
<baz>qux</baz>
</data>
<meta></meta>
</root>
";
X M L S E R I A L I Z E R
