Oro Entity

OroCommerce v6.1 Entity Development

Canonical Entity (PHP 8 Attributes)

This is the reference pattern combining ExtendEntityInterface, ownership, security, and #[ConfigField]:

<?php
namespace Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityConfigBundle\Metadata\Attribute\Config;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityConfigBundle\Metadata\Attribute\ConfigField;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityExtendBundle\Entity\ExtendEntityInterface;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityExtendBundle\Entity\ExtendEntityTrait;
use Oro\Bundle\OrganizationBundle\Entity\Organization;
use Oro\Bundle\UserBundle\Entity\User;

#[ORM\Entity]
#[ORM\Table(name: 'acme_demo_document')]
#[Config(
    routeName: 'acme_demo_document_index',
    routeView: 'acme_demo_document_view',
    defaultValues: [
        'entity' => ['icon' => 'fa-file', 'label' => 'Document', 'plural_label' => 'Documents'],
        'ownership' => [
            'owner_type' => 'USER',
            'owner_field_name' => 'owner',
            'owner_column_name' => 'user_owner_id',
            'organization_field_name' => 'organization',
            'organization_column_name' => 'organization_id',
        ],
        'security' => ['type' => 'ACL', 'permissions' => 'VIEW;CREATE;EDIT;DELETE', 'group_name' => ''],
    ]
)]
class Document implements ExtendEntityInterface
{
    use ExtendEntityTrait;

    #[ORM\Id]
    #[ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy: 'AUTO')]
    #[ORM\Column(type: 'integer')]
    private ?int $id = null;

    #[ORM\Column(type: 'string', length: 255)]
    #[ConfigField(defaultValues: ['dataaudit' => ['auditable' => true]])]
    private string $title;

    #[ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity: User::class)]
    #[ORM\JoinColumn(name: 'user_owner_id', referencedColumnName: 'id', onDelete: 'SET NULL')]
    private ?User $owner = null;

    #[ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity: Organization::class)]
    #[ORM\JoinColumn(name: 'organization_id', referencedColumnName: 'id', onDelete: 'SET NULL')]
    private ?Organization $organization = null;

    // Getters/setters...
}

ExtendEntityInterface

Use ExtendEntityInterface + ExtendEntityTrait only when admins add fields at runtime via System → Entity Management; the trait supplies the magic __get/__set/__isset/__call for them. Entities not extended at runtime do not need it.

Ownership Decision Tree

• Static/reference data? -> GLOBAL
• Shared within org, not by department? -> ORGANIZATION
• Department/team owned? -> BUSINESS_UNIT (include both org + BU fields)
• Personal/assigned to user? -> USER (include both org + user fields)

CRITICAL: USER and BUSINESS_UNIT ownership both require an organization field. Missing it causes silent access control failures. See references/ownership-types.md for full config of all four types.

Migration: Creating a Table

Migrations live in src/Acme/Bundle/DemoBundle/Migrations/Schema/, one subdirectory per version (v1_0/, v1_1/). A Migration implementation builds the table in up(Schema $schema, QueryBag $queries) — worked example, including the ownership columns a USER/BUSINESS_UNIT entity needs, in references/v6.1.md.

Key Pitfalls

1. Missing organization field on USER/BUSINESS_UNIT ownership — Access control fails silently
2. Using old @ORM\ annotations instead of #[ORM\...] attributes — Doctrine won't recognize them in v6.1
3. Enum codes over 21 characters — Oro uses them to generate table names; exceeding the limit causes silent failures
4. Expecting admin-UI field delete to remove the column — it only soft-deletes (config state = Deleted, column kept), which blocks re-creating a field with the same name; see references/removing-extend-fields.md

See Also

• references/ownership-types.md — all four ownership types and their field requirements
• references/entity-patterns.md — enum entities, ConfigField, extending core entities, repositories, commands
• references/v6.1.md — v6.1 specifics, the migration example, common failures
• references/removing-extend-fields.md — RemoveFieldQuery, attribute-family cleanup, POST_UP listeners, multi-host caveats