MMMerchantService Class Reference

Inherits from	NSObject
Declared in	MMMerchantService.h MMMerchantService.m

Overview

Provides an additional layer over top
of MMDBFetcher. This class functions
as the the ‘Service Layer’.

Tasks

+ sharedService
– getMerchantWithMerchantID:
– getDefaultCompressedMerchantsForLocation:
– getCompressedMerchantsForLocation:withName:
– getCompressedMerchantsForLocation:withCuisineType:

Class Methods

sharedService

Retrieves the singleton of this

+ (instancetype)sharedService

Discussion

class.

*

@return A MMMerchantService object which
```
   is a singleton of this class.
```

Declared In

MMMerchantService.h

Instance Methods

getCompressedMerchantsForLocation:withCuisineType:

Retrieves a list of merchants that are within a certain threshold of

- (RACSignal *)getCompressedMerchantsForLocation:(CLLocation *)location withCuisineType:(NSString *)cuisine

Discussion

the given location. Also, the list of merchants must server the type
of cusine that is specifed. Again, the information returned
is only a subset of the available information for a merchants.

*

@param location The location.
@param cuisine The type of cusine.

*

@return An NSMutableArray of MMerchant objects.

Declared In

MMMerchantService.h

getCompressedMerchantsForLocation:withName:

Retrieves a list of merchants that are within a certain threshold of

- (RACSignal *)getCompressedMerchantsForLocation:(CLLocation *)location withName:(NSString *)merchantName

Discussion

the given location. Also, the list of merchants must be either a partial
or full match to the given merchant name. Again, the information returned
is only a subset of the available information for a merchants.

*

@param location The location.
@param merchantName The merchant name to search for.

*

@return An NSMutableArray of MMerchant objects.

Declared In

MMMerchantService.h

getDefaultCompressedMerchantsForLocation:

Retrieves a list of merchants that are within a certain

- (RACSignal *)getDefaultCompressedMerchantsForLocation:(CLLocation *)location

Discussion

threshold of the specified location. The merchant objects
only contain a subset of the available information for
a merchant object.

*

@param location The location object.

*

@return A NSMutableArray of MMMerchant objects.

Declared In

MMMerchantService.h

getMerchantWithMerchantID:

Retrieves the merchant that corresponds

- (RACSignal *)getMerchantWithMerchantID:(NSNumber *)merchantId

Discussion

with the given merchant ID.

*

@param merchantId The ID of the merchant to retrive.

*

@return An MMMerchant object.

Declared In

MMMerchantService.h