Class hints with modifiers. More...

Public Member Functions
	__construct ( $parent, int $modifier=0)
	Create a new serialization class type hint.

Static Public Member Functions
static	build (string $className, int ... $modifiers)
	Helper function to create nested hints.

Public Attributes
const	DEFAULT = 0
	The default class hint behavior: an exact match for class name, and the serialization for an object will always use curly braces `{}` but the return value from `::toJsonArray()` will always be an array.

const	LIST = 1
	A list of the hinted type.

const	STDCLASS = 2
	A map of the hinted type.

const	USE_SQUARE = 3
	Prefer to use square brackets to serialize this object, when possible.

const	ALLOW_OBJECT = 4
	Tweak the return type of `JsonCodec::toJsonArray()` to return a `stdClass` object instead of array where that makes it possible to generate curly braces instead of adding an extra `JsonCodec::TYPE_ANNOTATION` value.

const	INHERITED = 5
	The value is an `instanceof` the hinted type, and the `JsonClassCodec` for the hinted type will be able to deserialize the object.

	$parent

int	$modifier

Detailed Description

Class hints with modifiers.

@template T

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ __construct()

Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::__construct	(		$parent,
		int	$modifier = 0 )

Create a new serialization class type hint.

Parameters

	class-string<T>\|Hint<T>	$parent
int	$modifier	A hint modifier

Member Function Documentation

◆ build()

static Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::build	(	string	$className,
		int ...	$modifiers )

static

Helper function to create nested hints.

For example, the Foo[][] type can be created as Hint::build(Foo::class, Hint:LIST, Hint::LIST).

Note that, in the grand (?) tradition of C-like types, modifiers are read right-to-left. That is, a "stdClass containing values which are lists of Foo" is written 'backwards' as: Hint::build(Foo::class, Hint::LIST, Hint::STDCLASS).

@phan-template T

Parameters

class-string<T>	$className
int	...$modifiers

Returns: class-string<T>|Hint<T>

Member Data Documentation

◆ ALLOW_OBJECT

const Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::ALLOW_OBJECT = 4

Tweak the return type of JsonCodec::toJsonArray() to return a stdClass object instead of array where that makes it possible to generate curly braces instead of adding an extra JsonCodec::TYPE_ANNOTATION value.

Not compatible with USE_SQUARE.

◆ DEFAULT

const Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::DEFAULT = 0

The default class hint behavior: an exact match for class name, and the serialization for an object will always use curly braces {} but the return value from ::toJsonArray() will always be an array.

This requires adding an explicit JsonCodec::TYPE_ANNOTATION element to lists even if proper type hints are supplied.

◆ INHERITED

const Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::INHERITED = 5

The value is an instanceof the hinted type, and the JsonClassCodec for the hinted type will be able to deserialize the object.

This is useful for tagged objects of various kinds, where a superclass can look at the json data to determine which of its subclasses to instantiate. Note that in this case hints will be taken from the superclass's codec.

◆ STDCLASS

const Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::STDCLASS = 2

A map of the hinted type.

The value is a stdClass object with string keys and property values of the specified type.

◆ USE_SQUARE

const Wikimedia\JsonCodec\Hint::USE_SQUARE = 3

Prefer to use square brackets to serialize this object, when possible.

Not compatible with ALLOW_OBJECT.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

src/Hint.php

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Public Attributes