Calling action from main class init()

Question

I'm trying to call an action from my main class in Craft 3. This is working fine with my services like this:

AbandonedCart::$plugin->serviceExample->serviceMethod();

I've tried to do something similar for my action but it doesn't work and I can't find any solution to it.

AbandonedCart::$plugin->actionExample->actionFunction();

Any ideas on how to do this?

Thanks in advance, Sam

Answer 1

You need to call your setComponents function before you are trying to access your components otherwise - logically - they are not defined

public function init()
{
    parent::init();
    self::$plugin = $this;

    // define the components / services
    $this->setComponents(
        [
            'serviceExample' => ServiceExample::class
        ];
    );

    // access them
    $this->serviceExample->serviceMethod();
    // if it's easier for you to remember you can as well use the longer/slower syntax
    AbandonedCart::$plugin->serviceExample->serviceMethod();
);