Retrieve a large number of plugin params

Question

In my plugin xml file I have a large number of parameters to retrieve, about 100. Presently, to set a more friendly name to parameters, I am retrieving them like this:

public function __construct(& $subject, $config)
{
    parent::__construct($subject, $config);
    $this->loadLanguage();

    // Load login parameters
    $this->simple_name001 = $this->params->get('complex_name001', 'default_value');
    $this->simple_name... = $this->params->get('complex_name...', 'default_value');
    $this->simple_name100 = $this->params->get('complex_name100', 'default_value');

What's the proper way to handle with this? Should I handle this in a external file (and then use like an array)?

Answer 1

$this->params is the Registry class which implements ArrayAccess so the properties of the registry can be accessed as an array. This allows you to do something like this:

$i = 1;

foreach ($this->params as $parameter)
{
    $property = 'simple_name' . $i;
    $this->{$property} = $parameter;

    $i++;
}