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Author vault class.

Copyright: 2019 Ryan Wyllie <ryan@moodle.com>
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 1 class

author:: (5 methods):
  get_table_alias()
  generate_get_records_sql()
  from_db_records()
  get_authors_for_posts()
  get_context_ids_for_author_ids()


Class: author  - X-Ref

Author vault class.

This should be the only place that accessed the database.

This uses the repository pattern. See:
https://designpatternsphp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/More/Repository/README.html

get_table_alias()   X-Ref
Get the table alias.

return: string

generate_get_records_sql(string $wheresql = null, string $sortsql = null, ?int $userid = null)   X-Ref
Build the SQL to be used in get_records_sql.

param: string|null $wheresql Where conditions for the SQL
param: string|null $sortsql Order by conditions for the SQL
param: int|null $userid The user ID
return: string

from_db_records(array $results)   X-Ref
Convert the DB records into author entities.

param: array $results The DB records
return: author_entity[]

get_authors_for_posts(array $posts)   X-Ref
Get the authors for the given posts.

Returns a distinct list of authors indexed by author id.

param: post_entity[] $posts The list of posts
return: author_entity[]

get_context_ids_for_author_ids(array $authorids)   X-Ref
Get the context ids for a set of author ids. The results are indexed
by the author id.

param: int[] $authorids The list of author ids to fetch.
return: int[] Results indexed by author id.