Usage

The EasyActivity package stores activity log entries for actions performed on subjects. Activity log entries are stored as database records in the easy_activity_logs table by default (the table name can be changed in the package configuration). See the ActivityLogEntry class for more information on what can be stored in the database record.

An application can either use EonX\EasyActivity\Bridge\Doctrine\DoctrineDbalStatementsProvider to create a table or describe a database entity/model relying on this table by itself.

Resolving actors

To resolve an actor's identifier, name and type, the package relies on EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActorResolverInterface.

Although a default implementation is provided by the package (EonX\EasyActivity\Resolvers\DefaultActorResolver), it only sets the actor's type to the default (system), so your application should register its own implementation of the interface to provide the required values (e.g. from a Security Context).

Resolving subjects

To resolve a subject's identifier, type, data and old data, the package relies on EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActivitySubjectResolverInterface.

The package provides a default implementation (EonX\EasyActivity\Resolvers\DefaultActivitySubjectResolver), but you can implement your own instead.

Creating activity log entries

To create a new activity log entry, an application can use one of the following methods:

• EasyDoctrine: Install the eonx-com/easy-doctrine (opens new window) package that provides events for Doctrine entity creation, update and deletion. EasyActivity has a bridge for EasyDoctrine that contains EonX\EasyActivity\Bridge\EasyDoctrine\EasyDoctrineEntityEventsSubscriber, which will take care of accepting those events and passing them to EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActivityLogEntryFactoryInterface. The bridge also passes the subject list from the EasyActivity configuration to the EasyDoctrine configuration (so the EasyDoctrine knows which Doctrine entities to listen to).
• Eloquent: Use an Eloquent bridge with a listener for Eloquent events that will take care of passing model data to EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActivityLogEntryFactoryInterface (not implemented yet).
• Manual creation: Create activity log entries manually using EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActivityLogEntryFactoryInterface, with either the default EonX\EasyActivity\ActivityLogEntryFactory implementation or your own implementation registered for the interface.

To save a new activity log entry the package relies on EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActivityLoggerInterface. An application can register its own implementation or use one of the following:

• EonX\EasyActivity\Logger\AsyncActivityLogger to save an activity log entry asynchronously (this is the default)
• EonX\EasyActivity\Logger\SyncActivityLogger to save an activity log entry synchronously

Symfony bridge

The Symfony bridge provided with this package allows it to be integrated into a Symfony-based application. Besides Symfony bundle/extension classes, it brings the following functionality:

• The default implementation for EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\ActivitySubjectDataSerializerInterface: EonX\EasyActivity\Bridge\Symfony\Serializers\SymfonyActivitySubjectDataSerializer, which is a simple wrapper for Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface used to serialize activity log entry data. Please note that all the nested objects are serialized as an array containing only the id key by default. You can change the default behaviour with the nested_object_allowed_properties configuration option (see Configuration).
• The Symfony Messenger classes that are used for asynchronous activity log entry storing.
• The default implementation for EonX\EasyActivity\Interfaces\StoreInterface: EonX\EasyActivity\Bridge\Doctrine\DoctrineDbalStore, which stores the activity log entries using a DBAL connection. An application can register its own implementation for this interface to be able to store activity log entries in a different way or using different storage.