Mechanisms

Livewire Concept

Magewire is divided into three aspects. First, there is the architecture itself, which includes the module responsible for loading everything within Magento, as well as specific Livewire concepts. Those other two aspects within this architecture are Features and Mechanisms.

In this documentation, we will focus specifically on Mechanisms.

Concept

The idea behind Mechanisms is that they are essential components required for Magewire to function. They form a foundational part of the architecture and cannot be removed or treated as optional.

As such, Mechanisms are typically core elements of Magewire, rather than being designed for injection or replacement through third-party extensions.

Example

We use Resolvers as an example.

Magewire Resolvers are critical components responsible for binding Magewire objects to blocks, effectively transforming them into Magewire components.

Removing Resolvers would constitute a breaking change, as blocks intended to function as Magewire components would no longer be able to do so.

File: etc/frontend/di.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd"
>
    <type name="Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms">
        <arguments>
            <!-- Option #1. -->
            <argument name="items" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="resolve_components" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="type" xsi:type="string">
                        Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\ResolveComponents\ResolveComponents
                    </item>

                    <!-- Optional. -->
                    <item name="sort_order" xsi:type="number">
                        1000
                    </item>
                    <item name="view_model" xsi:type="object">
                        Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\ResolveComponents\ResolveComponentsViewModel
                    </item>
                </item>
            </argument>

            <!-- Option #2. -->
            <item name="resolve_components" xsi:type="string" sortOrder="1000">
                Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\ResolveComponents\ResolveComponents
            </item>
        </arguments>
    </type>
</config>

Mechanisms

The following mechanisms form the backbone of Magewire and are essential to its operation.

Name	Description	Sort Order
Frontend Assets	WIP	1400
Handle Components	WIP	1100
Handle Requests	WIP	1200
Resolver Components	WIP	1000
Persist Middleware	WIP	1050
Data Store	WIP	1250

While Livewire contains various Laravel-specific mechanisms, these are present in the source code but remain unused in the context of Magewire.