Registering your own provider
=============================

Registering your own menu provider allows you to feed your menu with your own
data, accessed by your code. It can for example go through a PHPCR repository
and create the corresponding menu elements.

Create first your Provider class, in the Provider directory of your bundle:


```php
<?php

namespace Acme\DemoBundle\Provider;

use Knp\Menu\FactoryInterface;
use Knp\Menu\Provider\MenuProviderInterface;

class CustomMenuProvider implements MenuProviderInterface
{
    /**
     * @var FactoryInterface
     */
    protected $factory = null;


    /**
     * @param FactoryInterface $factory the menu factory used to create the menu item
     */
    public function __construct(FactoryInterface $factory)
    {
        $this->factory = $factory;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves a menu by its name
     *
     * @param string $name
     * @param array $options
     * @return \Knp\Menu\ItemInterface
     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if the menu does not exists
     */
    public function get($name, array $options = array())
    {
        if ('demo' == $name) { //several menu could call this provider

            $menu = /* construct / get a \Knp\Menu\NodeInterface */;

            if ($menu === null) {
                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The menu "%s" is not defined.', $name));
            }

            /*
             * Populate your menu here
             */

            $menuItem = $this->factory->createFromNode($menu);

            return $menuItem;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether a menu exists in this provider
     *
     * @param string $name
     * @param array $options
     * @return bool
     */
    public function has($name, array $options = array())
    {
        $menu = /* find the menu called $name */;

        return $menu !== null;
    }
}
```

Then, configure the services linked to this new provider.

```yaml
services:
  acme_demo_menu.provider:
        class: Acme\DemoBundle\Provider\CustomMenuProvider
        arguments:
          - @knp_menu.factory
        tags:
          - { name: knp_menu.provider }
```

Finally, to generate the menu, for example inside a twig template type:

```jinja
{{ knp_menu_render('demo') }}
```

The [Symfony CMF MenuBundle](https://github.com/symfony-cmf/MenuBundle) provides a complete working example.