Developer manual/Models

Group-Office uses models to interact with the database. Group-Office models come with a lot of built in functionality such as:

• Automatic handling of permissions with Access Control Lists
• Searchable with the Group-Office global search function
• Models are linkable to eachother
• Extendable with custom fields

Creating a model

Each model that interacts with the database must extend the GO_Base_Db_ActiveRecord class. The following code is the minimal required for a model:

class GO_Notes_Model_Note extends GO_Base_Db_ActiveRecord {
	
	/**
	 * Returns a static model of itself
	 * 
	 * @param String $className
	 * @return GO_Notes_Model_Note 
	 */
	public static function model($className=__CLASS__)
	{	
		return parent::model($className);
	}
	
	public function getLocalizedName(){
		return GO::t('note','notes');
	}
	
	public function aclField(){
		return 'category.acl_id';	
	}
	
	public function tableName(){
		return 'no_notes';
	}
}