Updated Developer Information: Method canViewItemAttachments() (and others) has been deprecated and will be removed in Showcase 4.0

[Bob]

This is a notice to 3rd party developers that extend Showcase...

As per title, the method canViewItemAttachments in the Item Entity has been deprecated and will be permanently removed in Showcase 4.0.

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewItemAttachments()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('viewItemAttach');
    }

Also deprecated in the Item Entity are the following methods, which all have NEW methods added to the Item Entity.

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewUpdateAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewUpdateImages()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('viewUpdateAttach');
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewReviewAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewReviewImages()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('viewReviewAttach');
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewCommentAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewCommentImages()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('viewCommentAttach');
    }

Also deprecated in the Comment Entity is the following method which has a NEW method added to the Comment Entity.

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewCommentImages()
    {
        $content = $this->Content;
   
        return $content->hasPermission('viewCommentAttach');
    }

Also deprecated in the Item Update Entity is the following method which has a NEW method added to the Item Update Entity.

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewUpdateImages()
    {
        return $this->Item->hasPermission('viewUpdateAttach');
    }

Also deprecated in the Item Rating Entity is the following method which has a NEW method added to the Item Rating Entity.

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canViewAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canViewReviewImages()
    {
        $item = $this->Item;
       
        return $item->hasPermission('viewReviewAttach');
    }

 

[Bob]

Also deprecated in the Category Entity are the following methods which have NEW methods added to the Category Entity. These deprecated methods will be permanently removed in Showcase 4.0.

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canUploadAndManageUpdateAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canUploadAndManageUpdateImages()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('uploadItemAttach');
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canUploadAndManageReviewAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canUploadAndManageReviewImages()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('uploadReviewAttach');
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Use canUploadAndManageCommentAttachments instead
     *
     */
    public function canUploadAndManageCommentImages()
    {
        return $this->hasPermission('uploadCommentAttach');
    }