AOT factory creation CLI command for ReflectionBasedAbstractFactory mapped factories

[boesing]

Feature Request

Q	A
New Feature	yes
RFC	kinda
BC Break	no

Summary

Currently, there are CLI commands around where it is possible to create mezzio handler factories and stuff by using reflection. I was wondering if it would also be possible to provide a CLI command which takes runtime config from container and creates factories (along with a mapping-file such as mezzio-tools) using the same logic as ReflectionBasedAbstractFactory.

This would enable projects to use a more "generic" runtime factory during development while enabling devs to run that AoT CLI command in CI builds to auto-generate factories. This will remove the reflection stuff during runtime and increases performance with just running a CLI command (and maybe a bit of configuration, i.e. to provide different other PluginManager configuration keys such as validators, etc. - which can also be injected to the config from within our own components).

WDYT?

[boesing]

Seems that the ReflectionBasedAbstractFactory is supporting config parameter while the Factory creation tool is not. Might need to be extended to properly support the AOT command.

[froschdesign]

The documentation says:

A parameter named $config typehinted as an array will receive the application "config" service (i.e., the merged configuration).

https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-servicemanager/reflection-abstract-factory/

But should the entire configuration be used here? That just seems too much.

[boesing]

Thats not to be discussed in this issue.
This issue simply suggest providing an AOT CLI command which can be executed during CI which detects services explicitly using ReflectionBasedAbstractFactory as their factory.

The reflection based abstract factory provides that feature and thus the AOT command should reflect the same logic.
That it is not a good idea to use the whole config in a service in general is another topic.

So for example:

return [
     'dependencies' => [
        'factories' => [
            'WhateverService' => ReflectionBasedAbstractFactory::class, // factory should be generated and configuration should be replaced with the generated factory
        ],
        'abstract_factories' => [
             ReflectionBasedAbstractFactory::class, // ignored
        ],
    ],
];

[boesing]

Implemented with #180