Common Module (module for Omeka S)

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Common Module is a module for Omeka S that allows to manage internal features used in various modules: bulk functions, form elements, view helpers, one-time tasks for install and settings, etc., so it avoids the developer to copy-paste common code between modules.

• View helpers

• AssetUrl for internal assets

• EasyMeta to get ids, terms and labels from properties, classes, templates, vocabularies; to get main data types too (literal, resource or uri); to get resource api names from any names used in Omeka and modules.

• Form elements

• Array Text

• Custom Vocabs Select
• Data Textarea
• Data Type Select
• Group Textarea
• Ini Textarea
• Media Ingester Select
• Media Renderer Select
• Media Type Select
• Sites Page Select
• Optional Checkbox
• Optional Date
• Optional DateTime
• Optional Multi Checkbox
• Optional Number
• Optional Radio
• Optional Select
• Optional Url
• Optional Item Set Select
• Optional Property Select
• Optional Resource Select
• Optional Resource Class Select
• Optional Resource Template Select
• Optional Role Select
• Optional Site Select
• Optional User Select

• Url Query

• PSR-3

• The logger can log messages in a standard, simple and translatable way.

• The class PsrMessage allows to use PSR-3 messages and is compliant with C-style messages (with sprintf: %s, %d, etc.).

• One-Time tasks

Internally, the logic is "config over code": so all settings have just to be set in the main config/module.config.php file, inside a key with the lowercas emodule name, with sub-keys config, settings, site_settings, user_settings and block_settings. All the forms have just to be standard Laminas forms.

Eventual install and uninstall sql can be set in data/install/ and upgrade code in data/scripts. Another class allows to check and install resources (vocabularies, resource templates, custom vocabs, etc.).

• Improved media type detection

In many cases, in particular with xml or json, the media type should be refined to make features working. For example text/xml is not precise enough for the module IiifServer to manage xml ocr alto files, that should be identified with the right media type application/alto+xml. The same issue occurs with xml mets, tei, json-ld, etc.

Installation

See general end user documentation for installing a module.

• From the zip

Download the last release Common.zip from the list of releases, and uncompress it in the modules directory.

• From the source and for development

If the module was installed from the source, rename the name of the folder of the module to Common.

Then install it like any other Omeka module and follow the config instructions.

Usage (for developer)

PSR-3

Role of PSR-3

The PHP Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG) represents the majority of php frameworks, in particular all main CMS.

PSR-3 means that the message and its context may be separated in the logs, so they can be translated and managed by any other compliant tools. This is useful in particular when an external database is used to store logs.

The message uses placeholders that are not in C-style of the function sprintf (%s, %d, etc.), but in moustache-style, identified with { and }, without spaces.

The new and old format are automatically managed by the messenger and the logger.

So, instead of logging like this:

// Classic logging (not translatable).
$this->logger()->info(sprintf($message, ...$args));
$this->logger()->info(sprintf('The %s #%d has been updated.', 'item', 43));
// output: The item #43 has been updated.

A PSR-3 standard log is:

// PSR-3 logging.
$this->logger()->info($message, $context);
$this->logger()->info(
    'The {resource} #{id} has been updated.', // @translate
    ['resource' => 'item', 'id' => 43]
);
// output: The item #43 has been updated.

If an Exception object is passed in the context data, it must be in the exception key.

Because the logs are translatable at user level, with a message and context, the message must not be translated when logging.

Helpers

• PSR-3 Message

If the message may be reused or for the messenger, the helper PsrMessage() can be used, with all the values:

// For logging, it is useless to use PsrMessage, since it is natively supported
// by the logging.
$message = new \Common\Stdlib\PsrMessage(
    'The {resource} #{id} has been updated by user #{userId}.', // @translate
    ['resource' => 'item', 'id' => 43, 'userId' => $user->id()]
);
$this->logger()->info($message->getMessage(), $message->getContext());
echo $message;
// With translation.
echo $message->setTranslator($translator);

• Messages

The method getTranslatedMessages() allows to get all translated messages as array. It can be used for a json output.

The method log() allows to convert all messages into logs, for example to manage background jobs and keep track of front-end messages of errors of some modules.

• Messenger

A form with any level of sub-messages can be managed.

• Plugin jSend

The plugin jSend() allows to output a JsonModel formatted as [jSend] to simplify exchanges with a third party.

Translator

The translator to set in PsrMessage() is available through $this->translator() in controller and view.

Compatibility

• Compatibility with messenger

The helper messenger() is compatible and can translate PSR-3 messages.

• Compatibility with the default stream logger

The PSR-3 messages are converted into simple messages for the default logger. Other extra data are appended.

• Compatibility with core messages

The logger stores the core messages as it, without context, so they can be displayed. They are not translatable if they use placeholders.

• Compatibility with thrown exceptions

An exception should not be translated early. Nevertheless, if you really need it, you can use:

# Where `$this->translator` is the MvcTranslator from services, either:
throw new \RuntimeException($this->translator->translate($message));
throw new \Exception($message->setTranslator($this->translator)->translate());

Plural

By construction, the plural is not managed: only one message is saved in the log. So, if any, the plural message should be prepared before the logging.

One-time tasks

Unlike old module Generic, there are two ways to get the one-time features inside any module: the trait (recommended) or the abstract class (deprecated).

To use them, replace the following:

namespace MyModule;

use Omeka\Module\AbstractModule;

class Module extends AbstractModule
{
}

with this class with the trait:

namespace MyModule;

if (!class_exists(\Common\TraitModule::class)) {
    require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/Common/TraitModule.php';
}

use Common\TraitModule;
use Omeka\Module\AbstractModule;

class Module extends AbstractModule
{
    const NAMESPACE = __NAMESPACE__;

    use TraitModule;
}

Or extend the abstract class (not recommended):

if (!class_exists(\Common\AbstractModule::class)) {
    require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/Common/AbstractModule.php';
}

use Common\AbstractModule;

class Module extends AbstractModule
{
    const NAMESPACE = __NAMESPACE__;
}

WARNING: with an abstract class, parent::method() in the module calls the method of the abstract class (Common\AbstractModule), but with a trait, parent::method() is the method of Omeka\AbstractModule if it exists. Furthermore, it is not possible to call a method of the trait that is overridden by the class Module. This is why there are methods suffixed with "Auto" that can be used in such a case.

Installing resources

To install resources, the class ManageModuleAndResources.php can be used. It is callable via the module $this->getManageModuleAndResources(). It contains tools to manage and update vocabs, custom vocabs, and templates via files located inside data/, that will be automatically imported.

TODO

• [ ] Use key "psr_log" instead of "log" (see https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-log/service-manager/#psrloggerabstractadapterfactory).
• [ ] Use materialized views for EasyMeta?

Warning

Use it at your own risk.

It’s always recommended to backup your files and your databases and to check your archives regularly so you can roll back if needed.

Troubleshooting

See online issues on the module issues page on GitLab.

License

This module is published under the CeCILL v2.1 license, compatible with GNU/GPL and approved by FSF and OSI.

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Copyright

• Copyright Daniel Berthereau, 2017-2025 (see Daniel-KM on GitLab)