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Overwriting StringManipulator's Parse() method

peapea New
edited August 2005 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
I've been trying to overwrite the StringManipulator's Parse() method using an Extension, with the aim to render smilies after all the parsing has happened.

This doesn't work:

$Context->ObjectFactory->SetReference("StringManipulator", "RenderEmo"); class RenderEmo extends StringManipulator { function Parse($String, $Object, $Format, $FormatPurpose) { // this code never gets executed it seems print 'hello.'; } }

Comments

  • subterranesubterrane
    edited August 2005
    I know squat about PHP but don't you have to implement the constructor? Ah, I guess not...it looks optional... /me goes back to work
  • MarkMark Vanilla Staff
    Order of Execution strikes again. Any object contained within the context object cannot be overridden using the object factory because the context object is instantiated before extensions are loaded. You're not the first person to have a problem with this: http://lussumo.com/community/comments.php?DiscussionID=601 It's a necessity of the model to make it work this way.
  • peapea New
    Ah, I was thinking it must have been the ol' OoE. Thanks mark. /me ponders....
  • peapea New
    Well, I ended up editing the HTMLFormatter and Markdown Extensions. Just added some stuff to render smilies. And that works fine.
  • MarkMark Vanilla Staff
    what exactly were you trying to do?
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    ..render smilies?
  • jonezyjonezy New
    edited August 2005
    rofl @ RenderEmo
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    but the question is jonezy, did you actually rofl? This is where the truth comes out!
  • jonezyjonezy New
    holy fuck that was a bit emo never mind.
  • lechlech ✭
    pwnd. mini = 1, jonzey = 0
  • peapea New
    edited August 2005
    Mark: Well, I'm trying to add some default text formatting after the Markdown and HTML formatting, or before it.
  • peapea New
    So I ended up editing those extensions directly. Of course I'd rather find a way to work alongside of those extensions.

    Basically something to parse all the text of a post when it gets displayed, optionally with the ability to check for the type of text (Text, HTML, Markdown, etc.)
  • peapea New
    Also, I'm a Vanilla n00b!
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    Yeah, this has sort of been discussed in regards to chaining together formatters, Mark didnt like the idea but i believe he's gonna implement it anyway because so many people want it. I dont think he's looking forward to the bug reports though.
  • MarkMark Vanilla Staff
    Yeah - along with the comment "formatters", a bunch of people have requested a cross-formatter "filter" that all comments get passed through after the filters have had their turn (or before, I can't remember). You can find it listed on the enhancement list of the wiki (on the bug page). It will be in the next rev.
  • peapea New
    Thanks. :')
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