OSB enhancements to date

application/classes/staticlist.php

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+<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct access allowed.');
+
+/**
+ * This is class renders standard lists and their values
+ *
+ * @package    OSB
+ * @subpackage Utilities
+ * @category   Helpers
+ * @author     Deon George
+ * @copyright  (c) 2010 Deon George
+ * @license    http://dev.leenooks.net/license.html
+ */
+abstract class StaticList {
+	// This is our list of items that will be rendered
+	protected $list = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Each static list type must provide the table function that contains
+	 * the table of list and values.
+	 */
+	abstract protected function table();
+
+	public static function factory() {
+		throw new Kohana_Exception(':class is calling :method, when it should have its own method',
+			array(':class'=>get_called_class(),':method'=>__METHOD__));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Display a static name for a value
+	 *
+	 * @param key $id value to render
+	 * @see _display()
+	 */
+	public static function display($value) {
+		return static::_display($value);
+	}
+
+	// Due to static scope, sometimes we need to call this function from the child class.
+	protected static function _display($id) {
+		$table = static::factory()->table();
+
+		if (! $table OR empty($table[$id]))
+			return sprintf('No Value (%s)',$id);
+		else
+			return $table[$id];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Renders form input
+	 *
+	 * @param string Form name to render
+	 * @param string Default value to populate in the Form input.
+	 */
+	public static function form($name,$default='',$addblank=FALSE) {
+		$table = static::factory()->table();
+
+		if ($addblank)
+			$table = array_merge(array(''=>'&nbsp;'),$table);
+
+		return Form::Select($name,$table,$default);
+	}
+}
+?>