AthensFramework/core

Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder
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Class AbstractBuilder is a parent class for all Builder classes.




* Class name: AbstractBuilder
* Namespace: Athens\Core\Etc
* This is an **abstract** class







Methods
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### begin

    static Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder::begin()





* Visibility: **public**
* This method is **static**.




### clear

    \Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder::clear()





* Visibility: **public**




### setId

    \Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder::setId(string $id)

Set the unique identifier for the element to be built.



* Visibility: **public**


#### Arguments
* $id **string**



### addClass

    \Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder::addClass(string $class)

Add a display class name to the element to be built.



* Visibility: **public**


#### Arguments
* $class **string**



### addData

    \Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder::addData(string $key, string $value)

Add a data field to the element to be built.

For example, when building a field:

FieldBuilder->begin()
    ->addData('owned-by', 'bob')
    ...
    ->build();

When written to HTML, the resulting field will have
an HTML5 data attribute like:

    <... data-owned-by='bob' .../>

* Visibility: **public**


#### Arguments
* $key **string**
* $value **string**



### build

    mixed Athens\Core\Etc\AbstractBuilder::build()

Return the element under construction.

Returns an instance of the object type under construction.

* Visibility: **public**
* This method is **abstract**.