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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Reflection API idea
From: jared.williams1@ntlworld.com ("Jared Williams")
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Hi,
	This has been do-able in PHP5 for somewhile, (wrote a reflection browser while ago to show such things)
http://www.ren.dotgeek.org/classbrowser/?class=DOMCdataSection

Jared
 
> Here's an idea for the maintainer of the Reflection API, to 
> be able to view the class a method is defined in (if not overridden).
> 
> 
> class Vehicle {
>     function go() {}
>     function crash() {}
> }
> 
> class Car extends Vehicle {
>     function crash() {}
>     function collectInsurance() {}
> }
> 
> class Ford extends Car {
>     function fixOrRepairDaily() {}
> }
> 
> Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass(Car));
> 
> 
> Class [ <user> class Ford extends Car ] {
>   
>   - Methods [4] {
>     Method [ <user> public method fixOrRepairDaily ] {
>     }
> 
>     Method [ <user> public method crash inherited from Car ] {
>     }
> 
>     Method [ <user> public method collectInsurance inherited 
> from Car ] {
>     }
> 
>     Method [ <user> public method go inherited from Vehicle ] {
>     }
>   }
> 
> I am developing on a Windows machine so a Unified Patch isn't 
> easily attainable (with the tools I have at least).
> 
> Psuedo Patch:
> Modify _function_string in zend_reflection_api.c to take a 
> zend_class_entry of the reflecting class or NULL if not used 
> in a class context.
> Then add the "inherited from" section as below (or however 
> you'd like to implement).
> 
> string_printf(str, "%s", fptr->common.function_name); if 
> (fptr->common.scope && memcmp(fptr->common.scope->name, ce->name)) {
>     string_printf(str, " inherited from %s", 
> fptr->common.scope->name); } string_printf(str, " ] {\n");
> 
> 
> Not sure if this works in all situations, I'll leave that for 
> you guys to determine if you think this is useful functionality.
> 
> Bob Silva
> 
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