classes/type.php

<?php
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/** Represents a PHP variable type. Type can be a class or primitive data type.
 *
 * @package PHPDoctor
 */
class Type
{
 
	/** The name of the type.
	 *
	 * @var str
	 */
	var $_name = NULL;
 
	/** The number of dimensions this type has.
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	var $_dimension = 0;
 
	/** Reference to the root element.
	 *
	 * @var rootDoc
	 */
	var $_root = NULL;
 
	/** Constructor
     *
     * @param str name The name of the variable type
     * @param RootDoc root The RootDoc object to tie this type too
	 */
	function type($name, &$root)
    {
		while (substr($name, -2) == '[]') {
			$this->_dimension++;
			$name = substr($name, 0, -2);
		}
		$this->_name = $name;
		$this->_root =& $root;
	}
 
	/** Get name of this type.
	 *
	 * @return str
	 */
	function typeName()
    {
		return $this->_name;
	}
 
	/** Return the type's dimension information, as a string.
	 *
	 * @return str
	 */
	function dimension()
    {
		return str_repeat('[]', $this->_dimension);
	}
 
	/** Get qualified name of this type.
	 *
	 * @return str
     * @todo This method is still to be implemented
	 */
	function qualifiedTypeName()
    {
        return $this->typeName();
    }
 
	/** Returns a string representation of the type.
	 *
	 * @return str
	 */
	function toString()
    {
		return $this->_name.$this->dimension();
	}
 
	/** Return this type as a class.
	 *
	 * @return ClassDoc A classDoc if the type is a class, null if it is a primitive type.
	 */
	function &asClassDoc()
    {
		return $this->_root->classNamed($this->_name);
	}
 
}
 
?>
 

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