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feature #30994 [Form] Added support for caching choice lists based on options (HeahDude)
This PR was merged into the 5.1-dev branch.
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[Form] Added support for caching choice lists based on options
| Q | A
| ------------- | ---
| Branch? | master
| Bug fix? | no
| New feature? | yes
| BC breaks? | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass? | yes
| Fixed tickets | ~
| License | MIT
| Doc PR | symfony/symfony-docs#13182
Currently, the `CachingFactoryDecorator` is responsible for unnecessary memory usage, anytime a choice option is set with a callback option defined as an anonymous function or a loader, then a new hash is generated for the choice list, while we may expect the list to be reused once "finally" configured in a form type or choice type extension.
A simple case is when using one of the core intl choice types in a collection:
```php
// ...
class SomeFormType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('some_choices', ChoiceType::class, [
// before: cached choice list (unnecessary overhead)
// after: no cache (better perf)
'choices' => $someObjects,
'choice_value' => function (?object $choice) { /* return some string */ },
])
// see below the nested effects
->add('nested_fields', CollectionType::class, [
'entry_type' => NestedFormType::class,
])
// ...
}
// ...
class NestedFormType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
// ...
->add('some_other_choices', ChoiceType::class, [
// before: cached choice list for every entry because we define a new closure instance for each field
// after: no cache, a bit better for the same result, but much better if it were not nested in a collection
'choices' => $someOtherObjects,
'choice_value' => function (?object $otherChoice) { /* return some string */ },
])
->add('some_loaded_choices', ChoiceType::class, [
// before: cached but for every entry since every field will have its
// own instance of loader, generating a new hash
// after: no cache, same pro/cons as above
'choice_loader' => new CallbackChoiceLoader(function() { /* return some choices */}),
// or
'choice_loader' => new SomeLoader(),
])
->add('person', EntityType::class, [
// before: cached but for every entry, because we define extra `choice_*` option
// after: no cache, same pro/cons as above
'class' => SomeEntity::class,
'choice_label' => function (?SomeEntity $choice) { /* return some label */},
])
// before: cached for every entry, because the type define some "choice_*" option
// after: cached only once, better perf since the same loader is used for every entry
->add('country', CountryType::class)
// before: cached for every entry, because the type define some "choice_*" option
// after: no cache, same pro/cons as above
->add('locale', LocaleType::class, [
'preferred_choices' => [ /* some preferred locales */ ],
'group_by' => function (?string $locale, $label) { /* return some group */ },
])
// ...
```
In such cases, we would expect every entries to use the same cached intl choice list, but not, as many list and views as entries will be kept in cache. This is even worse if some callback options like `choice_label`, `choice_value`, `choice_attr`, `choice_name`, `preferred_choices` or `group_by` are used.
This PR helps making cache explicit when needed and ~deprecate~ drop unexpected implicit caching of choice list for most simple cases responsible of unnecessary overhead.
The result is better performance just by upgrading to 5.1 \o/.
But to solve the cases above when cache is needed per options, one should now use the new `ChoiceList` static methods to wrap option values, which is already done internally in this PR.
```php
use Symfony\Component\Form\ChoiceList\ChoiceList;
// ...
class NestedFormType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
// explicitly shared cached choice lists between entries
->add('some_other_choices', ChoiceType::class, [
'choices' => $someOtherObjects,
'choice_value' => ChoiceList::value($this, function (?object $otherChoice) {
/* return some string */
}),
]),
->add('some_loaded_choices', ChoiceType::class, [
'choice_loader' => ChoiceList::lazy($this, function() {
/* return some choices */
})),
// or
'choice_loader' => ChoiceList::loader($this, new SomeLoader()),
]),
->add('person', EntityType::class, [
'class' => SomeEntity::class,
'choice_label' => ChoiceList::label($this, function (?SomeEntity $choice) {
/* return some label */
},
])
// nothing to do :)
->add('country', CountryType::class)
->add('locale', LocaleType::class, [
'preferred_choices' => ChoiceList::preferred($this, [ /* some preferred locales */ ]),
'group_by' => ChoiceList::groupBy($this, function (?string $locale, $label) {
/* return some group */
}),
])
// ...
```
I've done some nice profiling with Blackfire and the simple example above in a fresh website skeleton and only two empty entries as initial data, then submitting an empty form. That gives the following results:
* Rendering the form - Before vs After
<img width="714" alt="Screenshot 2020-02-16 at 9 24 58 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10107633/74612132-de533180-5102-11ea-9cc4-296a16949d90.png">
* Rendering the form - Before vs After with `ChoiceList` helpers
<img width="670" alt="Screenshot 2020-02-16 at 9 26 51 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10107633/74612155-122e5700-5103-11ea-9c16-5d80a7541f4b.png">
* Submitting the form - Before vs After
<img width="670" alt="Screenshot 2020-02-16 at 9 28 01 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10107633/74612172-3be77e00-5103-11ea-9a18-4294e05402d2.png">
* Submitting the form - Before vs After with `ChoiceList` helpers
<img width="670" alt="Screenshot 2020-02-16 at 9 29 10 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10107633/74612193-689b9580-5103-11ea-86b9-5b4906200021.png">
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TODO:
- [x] Docs
- [x] More profiling
- [x] Add some tests
#EUFOSSA
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