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Zend Framework: Zend_DataGrid Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_DataGrid is a component that displays the values of a data source in a table where each column represents a field and each row represents a record. The DataGrid component supports the following features:
Binding to data source controls, such as Zend_Db_Select, Zend_Db_Table, XML, CSV, RSS...Build-in columns capabilities (text, hyperlink, checkbox, radiobox, tree, template columns...).Built-in sorting capabilities.Built-in paging capabilities.Built-in row selection capabilities.Programmatic access to the DataGrid object model to dynamically set properties...Customizable appearance through styles.

2. References

• GridView Wikipedia Entry
• .NET Datagrid
• PEAR Structures Datagrid
• JDatagrid
• Framework Prado Datagrid
• Flash Datagrid
• phpGrid
• Example of Screenshots

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

• This component will provide extensibility to create automatically Html Table.
• This component will provide XHTML valid output.

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• Zend_Exception
• Zend_Paginator
• Zend_Form_Element_*
• Zend_View_Helper_*
• Zend_Config_*

5. Theory of Operation

The component will displays grid in HTML, XML... formats with few renderers

6. Milestones / Tasks

• Milestone 1: Initial class design
• Milestone 2: Create prototype
• Milestone 3: Finish proposal and submit for community review
• Milestone 4: Create code-covering unit tests
• Milestone 5: Initial documentation exists.

7. Class Index

• Zend_DataGrid
• Zend_DataGrid_Exception
• Zend_DataGrid_Column
• Zend_DataGrid_DisplayGroup
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Button
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Checkbox
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_DropDownList
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_EditCommand
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_HyperLink
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Image
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Literal
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Radiobox
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Template
• Zend_DataGrid_Column_Exception
• Zend_DataGrid_Renderer_Abstract
• Zend_DataGrid_Renderer_Xhtml
• Zend_DataGrid_Renderer_CVS
• Zend_DataGrid_Renderer_Exception
• Zend_DataGrid_Datasource_Abstract
• Zend_DataGrid_Datasource_Array
• Zend_DataGrid_Datasource_DbSelect
• Zend_DataGrid_Datasource_DbTable
• Zend_DataGrid_Datasource_Xml
• Zend_DataGrid_Datasource_Exception
• Zend_View_Helper_Datagrid

8. Use Cases

9. Class Skeletons

The design of columns