Zend Framework: Zend_Application_Resource_Smtp Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_Application_Resource_Emailtransport is a resource class for creating concrete Zend_Mail_Transport_Abstract instances.

2. References

• Zend_Application
• Zend_Mail

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

• This component will include a factory resource that delegates creating the email transport to a concrete resource implementation.
• This component will include concrete implementations for existing transports.

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• Zend_Application_Resource_ResourceAbstract
• Zend_Mail
• Zend_Mail_Transport_Sendmail
• Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp

5. Theory of Operation

The component will implement the ResourceAbstract interface. It will allow setting of the adapter to be used and arbitrary options that will be passed onto a concrete email transport resource on initialization.

6. Milestones / Tasks

• Milestone 1: design notes will be published here
• Milestone 2: Working prototype checked into the incubator supporting use case #1
• Milestone 4: Unit tests exist, work, and are checked into SVN.
• Milestone 5: Initial documentation exists.

7. Class Index

• Zend_Application_Resource_Emailtransport
• Zend_Application_Resource_Emailtransport_Sendmail
• Zend_Application_Resource_Emailtransport_Smtp

8. Use Cases

Basic sendmail setup

SMTP with authentication over SSL and setting the transport as default

Custom Emailtransport adapter

9. Class Skeletons