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N°8891 - feat(DBObject): Add CopyIfNull() helper to copy attribute only if target is null #771

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Add helper to copy attribute only if target is null
favincen Oct 30, 2025
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refactoring using SetIfNull()
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24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions core/dbobject.class.php
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Expand Up @@ -742,6 +742,30 @@ public function SetIfNull($sAttCode, $value)
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/**
* Helper to copy a value only if the target is currently undefined
*
* Call Copy() only of the internal representation of the target attribute is null.
*
* @api
* @see Copy()
* @see SetIfNull())
*
* @param string $sDestAttCode
* @param string $sSourceAttCode
*
* @return bool true if copy was successfull or was not performed because target attribute isn't null
*
* @throws \CoreException
* @throws \CoreUnexpectedValue
* @throws \Exception
*/
public function CopyIfNull($sDestAttCode, $sSourceAttCode)
{
$this->SetIfNull($sDestAttCode, $this->Get($sSourceAttCode));
return true;
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Note to Combodo: Set() and Copy() do return true unconditionaly upon completion, but SetIfNul() do not return any value. Seems unconsistant to me.
So how do this new CopyIfNull() method should behave concerning returning value ?

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And should SetIfNull() be updated to return a boolean upon completion ?

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/**
* Helper to set a value that fits the attribute max size
*
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