added possibility for setting user-defined params

lib/Doctrine.php

@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ final class Doctrine
     const ATTR_LOAD_REFERENCES          = 153;
     const ATTR_RECORD_LISTENER          = 154;
     const ATTR_THROW_EXCEPTIONS         = 155;
+    const ATTR_DEFAULT_PARAM_NAMESPACE  = 156;
 
     /**
      * LIMIT CONSTANTS

lib/Doctrine/Configurable.php

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Configurable extends Doctrine_Locator_Injectable
      */
     protected $_impl = array();
     
+    /**
+     * @var array $_params                  an array of user defined parameters
+     */
+    protected $_params = array();
+
     /**
      * setAttribute
      * sets a given attribute
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Configurable extends Doctrine_Locator_Injectable
             case Doctrine::ATTR_LOAD_REFERENCES:
             case Doctrine::ATTR_RECORD_LISTENER:
             case Doctrine::ATTR_THROW_EXCEPTIONS:
+            case Doctrine::ATTR_DEFAULT_PARAM_NAMESPACE:
 
                 break;
             case Doctrine::ATTR_SEQCOL_NAME:
@@ -143,6 +149,31 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Configurable extends Doctrine_Locator_Injectable
 
     }
 
+    public function setParam($name, $value, $namespace = null) 
+    {
+    	if ($namespace = null) {
+    	    $namespace = $this->getAttribute(Doctrine::ATTR_DEFAULT_PARAM_NAMESPACE);
+    	}
+    	
+    	$this->_params[$namespace][$name] = $value;
+    	
+    	return $this;
+    }
+    
+    public function getParam($name, $value, $namespace) 
+    {
+    	if ($namespace = null) {
+    	    $namespace = $this->getAttribute(Doctrine::ATTR_DEFAULT_PARAM_NAMESPACE);
+    	}
+    	
+        if ( ! isset($this->_params[$name])) {
+            if (isset($this->parent)) {
+                return $this->parent->getParam($name);
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+        return $this->_params[$name];
+    }
     /**
      * setImpl
      * binds given class to given template name

lib/Doctrine/Manager.php

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class Doctrine_Manager extends Doctrine_Configurable implements Countable, Itera
                         Doctrine::ATTR_PORTABILITY              => Doctrine::PORTABILITY_ALL,
                         Doctrine::ATTR_EXPORT                   => Doctrine::EXPORT_ALL,
                         Doctrine::ATTR_DECIMAL_PLACES           => 2,
+                        Doctrine::ATTR_DEFAULT_PARAM_NAMESPACE  => 'doctrine',
                         );
             foreach ($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
                 $old = $this->getAttribute($attribute);