symfony · fabpot · Apr 23, 2012 · Apr 23, 2012 · lsmith77 · Apr 23, 2012
diff --git a/CHANGELOG-2.1.md b/CHANGELOG-2.1.md
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ To get the diff between two versions, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/c
    "input"
  * ValidatorTypeGuesser now guesses "collection" for array type constraint
  * added method `guessPattern` to FormTypeGuesserInterface to guess which pattern to use in the HTML5 attribute "pattern"
+ * deprecated method `guessMinLength` in favor of `guessPattern`
 
 ### HttpFoundation
 

diff --git a/UPGRADE-2.1.md b/UPGRADE-2.1.md
@@ -372,6 +372,29 @@
 
   * [BC BREAK] renamed "field_*" theme blocks to "form_*" and "field_widget" to
     "input"
+
+  * The method `guessMinLength()` of FormTypeGuesserInterface was deprecated
+    and will be removed in Symfony 2.3. You should use the new method
+    `guessPattern()` instead which may return any regular expression that
+    is inserted in the HTML5 attribute "pattern".
+
+    Before:
+
+    public function guessMinLength($class, $property)
+    {
+        if (/* condition */) {
+            return new ValueGuess($minLength, Guess::LOW_CONFIDENCE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    After:
+
+    public function guessPattern($class, $property)
+    {
+        if (/* condition */) {
+            return new ValueGuess('.{' . $minLength . ',}', Guess::LOW_CONFIDENCE);
+        }
+    }
 
 ### Validator
 

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/DoctrineOrmTypeGuesser.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/DoctrineOrmTypeGuesser.php
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ public function guessMaxLength($class, $property)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function guessMinLength($class, $property)
+    {
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Propel1/Form/PropelTypeGuesser.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Propel1/Form/PropelTypeGuesser.php
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ public function guessMaxLength($class, $property)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function guessMinLength($class, $property)
+    {
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Validator/ValidatorTypeGuesser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Validator/ValidatorTypeGuesser.php
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public function guessMaxLength($class, $property)
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function guessMinLength($class, $property)
+    {
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
@@ -206,7 +213,7 @@ public function guessMaxLengthForConstraint(Constraint $constraint)
 
     /**
      * Guesses a field's pattern based on the given constraint
-     * 
+     *
      * @param  Constraint $constraint  The constraint to guess for
      *
      * @return Guess The guess for the pattern
@@ -228,7 +235,7 @@ public function guessPatternForConstraint(Constraint $constraint)
 
             case 'Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Size':
                 return new ValueGuess(sprintf('.{%s,%s}', strlen((string) $constraint->min), strlen((string) $constraint->max)), Guess::LOW_CONFIDENCE);
-            
+
             case 'Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Type':
                 if (in_array($constraint->type, array('double', 'float', 'numeric', 'real'))) {
                     return new ValueGuess(null, Guess::MEDIUM_CONFIDENCE);

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormFactory.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormFactory.php
@@ -327,24 +327,32 @@ public function createBuilderForProperty($class, $property, $data = null, array
 
         $typeGuess = $this->guesser->guessType($class, $property);
         $maxLengthGuess = $this->guesser->guessMaxLength($class, $property);
+        // Keep $minLengthGuess for BC until Symfony 2.3
+        $minLengthGuess = $this->guesser->guessMinLength($class, $property);
         $requiredGuess = $this->guesser->guessRequired($class, $property);
         $patternGuess = $this->guesser->guessPattern($class, $property);
 
         $type = $typeGuess ? $typeGuess->getType() : 'text';
 
         $maxLength = $maxLengthGuess ? $maxLengthGuess->getValue() : null;
+        $minLength = $minLengthGuess ? $minLengthGuess->getValue() : null;
         $pattern   = $patternGuess ? $patternGuess->getValue() : null;
 
+        // overrides $minLength, if set
+        if (null !== $pattern) {
+            $options = array_merge(array('pattern' => $pattern), $options);
+        }
+
         if (null !== $maxLength) {
             $options = array_merge(array('max_length' => $maxLength), $options);
         }
 
-        if ($requiredGuess) {
-            $options = array_merge(array('required' => $requiredGuess->getValue()), $options);
+        if (null !== $minLength && $minLength > 0) {
+            $options = array_merge(array('pattern' => '.{'.$minLength.','.$maxLength.'}'), $options);
         }
 
-        if (null !== $pattern) {
-            $options = array_merge(array('pattern' => $pattern), $options);
+        if ($requiredGuess) {
+            $options = array_merge(array('required' => $requiredGuess->getValue()), $options);
         }
 
         // user options may override guessed options

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormTypeGuesserChain.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormTypeGuesserChain.php
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ public function guessMaxLength($class, $property)
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function guessMinLength($class, $property)
+    {
+        return $this->guess(function ($guesser) use ($class, $property) {
+            return $guesser->guessMinLength($class, $property);
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormTypeGuesserInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormTypeGuesserInterface.php
@@ -43,9 +43,21 @@ function guessRequired($class, $property);
      */
     function guessMaxLength($class, $property);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a guess about the field's minimum length
+     *
+     * @param  string $class      The fully qualified class name
+     * @param  string $property   The name of the property to guess for
+     *
+     * @return Guess  A guess for the field's minimum length
+     *
+     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.1, to be removed in 2.3.
+     */
+    function guessMinLength($class, $property);
+
     /**
      * Returns a guess about the field's pattern
-     * 
+     *
      * - When you have a min value, you guess a min length of this min (LOW_CONFIDENCE) , lines below
      * - If this value is a float type, this is wrong so you guess null with MEDIUM_CONFIDENCE to override the previous guess.
      * Example:

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormFactoryTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormFactoryTest.php
@@ -458,6 +458,74 @@ public function testCreateBuilderUsesMaxLengthIfFound()
         $this->assertEquals('builderInstance', $builder);
     }
 
+    public function testCreateBuilderUsesMinLengthIfFound()
+    {
+        $this->guesser1->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('guessMinLength')
+                ->with('Application\Author', 'firstName')
+                ->will($this->returnValue(new ValueGuess(
+                    2,
+                    Guess::MEDIUM_CONFIDENCE
+                )));
+
+        $this->guesser2->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('guessMinLength')
+                ->with('Application\Author', 'firstName')
+                ->will($this->returnValue(new ValueGuess(
+                    5,
+                    Guess::HIGH_CONFIDENCE
+                )));
+
+        $factory = $this->createMockFactory(array('createNamedBuilder'));
+
+        $factory->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('createNamedBuilder')
+            ->with('text', 'firstName', null, array('pattern' => '.{5,}'))
+            ->will($this->returnValue('builderInstance'));
+
+        $builder = $factory->createBuilderForProperty(
+            'Application\Author',
+            'firstName'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals('builderInstance', $builder);
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateBuilderPrefersPatternOverMinLength()
+    {
+        // min length is deprecated
+        $this->guesser1->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('guessMinLength')
+                ->with('Application\Author', 'firstName')
+                ->will($this->returnValue(new ValueGuess(
+                    2,
+                    Guess::HIGH_CONFIDENCE
+                )));
+
+        // pattern is preferred even though confidence is lower
+        $this->guesser2->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('guessPattern')
+                ->with('Application\Author', 'firstName')
+                ->will($this->returnValue(new ValueGuess(
+                    '.{5,10}',
+                    Guess::LOW_CONFIDENCE
+                )));
+
+        $factory = $this->createMockFactory(array('createNamedBuilder'));
+
+        $factory->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('createNamedBuilder')
+            ->with('text', 'firstName', null, array('pattern' => '.{5,10}'))
+            ->will($this->returnValue('builderInstance'));
+
+        $builder = $factory->createBuilderForProperty(
+            'Application\Author',
+            'firstName'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals('builderInstance', $builder);
+    }
+
     public function testCreateBuilderUsesRequiredSettingWithHighestConfidence()
     {
         $this->guesser1->expects($this->once())
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ public function guessMaxLength($class, $property) @@
             }
         }
+        /**
+         * {@inheritDoc}
+         */
+        public function guessMinLength($class, $property)
+        {
+        }
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
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