Where should I place an ImageManager class in Symfony2?

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I have this MongoDB document: MyBundle/Document/Image.

It represents an image, its path, width, and other attributes.

Now I need to manipulate images, and I think that besides my image manipulation library of choice, I should have an app-specific class to deal with this. I think it would be nice to do something like this:

$image_manager = new ImageManager;
$image = $image_repository->find($id);
$thumbnail = $image_manager->createThumbnail($image);

Now, I'm not sure if I want my ImageManager class to also deal with MongoDB queries, like a custom repository, so let's suppose I don't. Then where should I place my ImageManager class?

Do you think it would be wrong to let it handle both kinds of tasks? (eg: createThumbnail and findAllImagesWithoutThumbnail)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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I have the Service folder in my apps at put all the services in there, like:

UserService
User\AvatarService
OrganizationService
etc...

You could, of course, use Manager instead of Service, but the idea is the same.

Mostly, my services have methods like:

find($id)
save(Class $class)
delete(Class $class),
etc...

Some services have other methods. For example, User\AvatarService has the upload() method that handles the uploading of the avatar files.

BTW, I keep my services out of bundles.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Aug 31 '12 at 12:32

Elnur Abdurrakhimov

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So your services *call* the repositories, or your services *are* the repositories plus other functionality? – ChocoDeveloper Aug 31 '12 at 20:55
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Theoretically, my services could call repositories, but since just abstracting controllers from the database layer is enough for me right now, I don't have any custom repositories — so, my services are like repositories but with saving and deleting methods that idiomatically don't belong to a repository. If a need arises, I could move the finder methods to custom repositories and call them from services. – Elnur Abdurrakhimov Sep 01 '12 at 08:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 31 '12 at 07:30

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I use WideImage in symfony2. I just put it in the vendors and add it to AppKernel.php and autoload. And it's visible project wide.

answered Aug 31 '12 at 07:30

Max Małecki

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Yes I'm using Wideimage too, but I don't know if I should call it from within the Image document. – ChocoDeveloper Aug 31 '12 at 20:56

Where should I place an ImageManager class in Symfony2?

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