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Introduction

The Objective Forms module contains a series of functions and classes that allow Drupal forms to be treated as Fedora objects. It provides back-end support to to XML Forms so  so that Drupal's built-in form functions and classes can be used when filling out metadata.

Dependencies

• PHP Lib

Provisions

• XML Forms and its sub-modules

Downloads

Objective Forms is part of the Islandora Forms package, downloadable at the https://github.com/Islandora/objective_forms page

Usage

This module allows for the creation of Object Based Drupal Forms. It provides a number of functions and class for processing/populating forms.

Some important notes:

• Each form element is assigned a unique hash Form Property to identify it, as as #hash.
• Each form element that is created and is stored in a registry, and it will persist though out the lifetime of the form even if it's removed from the form. Ancestry of Form Elements is stored, so if a Form Element is cloned we will be able to determine the Form Element that is was cloned from.
• Form Properties can be objects. To define new Form Properties, implement the hook objectify_properties.
• Forms will be auto-populated from from $form_states[‘values’'values'].
• There is a a FormStorage  class class that can be used to store any persistent data.

Requirements

This module requires the following modules/libraries:

• PHP Lib

Installation

Install as usual, see this for further information.

Configuration

N/A

Documentation

Further documentation for this module is available at our wiki.

Troubleshooting/Issues

Having problems or solved a problem? Check out the Islandora google groups for a solution.

• Islandora Group
• Islandora Dev Group

Maintainers/Sponsors

Current maintainers:

• Diego Pino

Development

If you would like to contribute to this module, please check out CONTRIBUTING.md. In addition, we have helpful Documentation for Developers info, as well as our Developers section on the Islandora.ca site.

License

GPLv3

Downloads

Objective Forms is part of the Islandora Forms package, downloadable at the https://github.com/Islandora/objective_forms pageThe Objective Forms module requires no configuration, and functions as soon as it is activated and installed as a Drupal module.