Signals & Hooks

Several signals and hooks can be used to modify the behaviour of EXT:news.

Signals

Signals are currently only used in the various controllers. Every action emits a signal which can be used to change its output.

Example

As an example, the action detailAction of the Classes/Controller/NewsController is used.

$assignedValues = array(
        'newsItem' => $news,
        'currentPage' => (int)$currentPage,
);

$this->emitActionSignal('NewsController', self::SIGNAL_NEWS_DETAIL_ACTION, $assignedValues);

To fulfill that signal, you can create a slot in your custom extension. All what it needs is an entry in your ext_localconf.php file:

/** @var \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\SignalSlot\Dispatcher $signalSlotDispatcher */
$signalSlotDispatcher = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance('TYPO3\\CMS\\Extbase\\SignalSlot\\Dispatcher');
$signalSlotDispatcher->connect(
        'GeorgRinger\\News\\Controller\\NewsController',
        'listAction',
        'YourVendor\\yourextkey\\Slots\\NewsControllerSlot', // fully your choice
        'listActionSlot', // fully your choice
        TRUE
);

An example call look like this:

/**
 * @param int $listPid
 * @param string $dateField
 * @param array $data
 * @param QueryResultInterface $news
 * @param array $overwriteDemand
 * @param NewsDemand $demand
 * @param array $extendedVariables
 */
public function dateMenuActionSlot($listPid, $dateField, $data, $news, $overwriteDemand, $demand, $extendedVariables) {
        $data['authors'] = $this->newsAuthorRepository->countByAuthor($demand);
        return [
                'listPid' => $listPid,
                'dateField' => $dateField,
                'data' => $data,
                'news' => $news,
                'overwriteDemand' => $overwriteDemand,
                'demand' => $demand,
                'extendedVariables' => $extendedVariables
        ];
}

Hooks

Domain/Repository/AbstractDemandedRepository.php findDemanded

This hook is very powerful, as it allows to modify the query used to fetch the news records.

Example

This examples modifies the query and adds a constraint that only news records are shown which contain the word yeah.

First, register your implementation in the file ext_localconf.php:

<?php
defined('TYPO3_MODE') or die();

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['news']['Domain/Repository/AbstractDemandedRepository.php']['findDemanded'][$_EXTKEY]
        = 'YourVendor\\Extkey\\Hooks\\Repository->modify';

Now create the file Classes/Hooks/Repository.php:

<?php

namespace YourVendor\Extkey\Hooks;

use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
use \GeorgRinger\News\Domain\Repository\NewsRepository;

class Repository {

        public function modify(array $params, NewsRepository $newsRepository) {
                $this->updateConstraints($params['demand'], $params['respectEnableFields'], $params['query'], $params['constraints']);
        }

        /**
         * @param \GeorgRinger\News\Domain\Model\Dto\NewsDemand $demand
         * @param bool $respectEnableFields
         * @param \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\QueryInterface $query
         * @param array $constraints
         */
        protected function updateConstraints($demand, $respectEnableFields, \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\QueryInterface $query, array &$constraints) {
                $subject = 'yeah';
                $constraints[] = $query->like('title', '%' . $subject . '%');
        }
}

Hint

Please change the vendor and extension key to your real life code.

Controller/NewsController overrideSettings

Use this hook to change the final settings which are for building queries, for the template, …

Example

This examples modifies the query and adds a constraint that only news records are shown which contain the word yeah.

First, register your implementation in the file ext_localconf.php:

<?php
defined('TYPO3_MODE') or die();

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['news']['Controller/NewsController.php']['overrideSettings'][$_EXTKEY]
        = 'YourVendor\\Extkey\\Hooks\\NewsControllerSettings->modify';

Now create the file Classes/Hooks/NewsControllerSettings.php:

<?php

namespace YourVendor\Extkey\Hooks;

class NewsControllerSettings {

        public function modify(array $params) {
                $settings = $params['originalSettings'];
                $settings['fo'] = bar;

                return $settings
        }

Hint

Please change the vendor and extension key to your real life code.