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PropertyTag extends ParamTag
in package

Application

Reflection class for a @property tag in a Docblock.

REGEX_TAGNAME

PCRE regular expression matching a tag name.


    public
    mixed
    REGEX_TAGNAME
    = '[\w\-\_\\]+'

$content


    protected
        string|null
    $content
     = ''

Content of the tag. When set to NULL, it means it needs to be regenerated.

$description


    protected
        string
    $description
     = ''

Description of the content of this tag

$docblock


    protected
        DocBlock
    $docblock
     = null

The DocBlock which this tag belongs to.

$isVariadic


    protected
        bool
    $isVariadic
     = false

determines whether this is a variadic argument

$location


    protected
        Location
    $location
     = null

Location of the tag.

$parsedDescription


    protected
        array<string|int, mixed>|null
    $parsedDescription
     = null

The description, as an array of strings and Tag objects. When set to NULL, it means it needs to be regenerated.

$tag


    protected
        string
    $tag
     = ''

Name of the tag

$type


    protected
        string
    $type
     = ''

The raw type component.

$types


    protected
        Collection
    $types
     = null

The parsed type component.

$variableName


    protected
        string
    $variableName
     = ''

$tagHandlerMappings


    private
    static    array<string|int, mixed>
    $tagHandlerMappings
     = array('author' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\AuthorTag', 'covers' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\CoversTag', 'deprecated' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\DeprecatedTag', 'example' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ExampleTag', 'link' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\LinkTag', 'method' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\MethodTag', 'param' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ParamTag', 'property-read' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\PropertyReadTag', 'property' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\PropertyTag', 'property-write' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\PropertyWriteTag', 'return' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ReturnTag', 'see' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\SeeTag', 'since' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\SinceTag', 'source' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\SourceTag', 'throw' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ThrowsTag', 'throws' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ThrowsTag', 'uses' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\UsesTag', 'var' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\VarTag', 'version' => '\Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\VersionTag')

An array with a tag as a key, and an FQCN to a class that handles it as an array value. The class is expected to inherit this class.

__construct()

Parses a tag and populates the member variables.


    public
                __construct(string $name, string $content[, DocBlock $docblock = null ][, Location $location = null ]) : mixed

Parameters

$name : string: Name of the tag.
$content : string: The contents of the given tag.
$docblock : DocBlock = null: The DocBlock which this tag belongs to.
$location : Location = null: Location of the tag.

Return values

mixed —

__toString()

Returns the tag as a serialized string


    public
                __toString() : string

Return values

string —

addType()

Add a type to the type section of the variable


    public
                addType(string $type) : $this

Parameters

$type : string

Return values

$this —

createInstance()

Factory method responsible for instantiating the correct sub type.


    public
        final    static    createInstance(string $tag_line[, DocBlock $docblock = null ][, Location $location = null ]) : static

Parameters

$tag_line : string: The text for this tag, including description.
$docblock : DocBlock = null: The DocBlock which this tag belongs to.
$location : Location = null: Location of the tag.

Return values

static —

A new tag object.

export()

Builds a string representation of this object.


    public
            static    export() : void

Return values

void —

getContent()

Gets the content of this tag.


    public
                getContent() : string

Return values

string —

getDescription()

Gets the description component of this tag.


    public
                getDescription() : string

Return values

string —

getDocBlock()

Gets the docblock this tag belongs to.


    public
                getDocBlock() : DocBlock

Return values

DocBlock —

The docblock this tag belongs to.

getLocation()

Gets the location of the tag.


    public
                getLocation() : Location

Return values

Location —

The tag's location.

getName()

Gets the name of this tag.


    public
                getName() : string

Return values

string —

The name of this tag.

getParsedDescription()

Gets the parsed text of this description.


    public
                getParsedDescription() : array<string|int, mixed>

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

An array of strings and tag objects, in the order they occur within the description.

getType()

Returns the type section of the variable.


    public
                getType() : string

Return values

string —

getTypes()

Returns the unique types of the variable.


    public
                getTypes() : array<string|int, string>

Return values

array<string|int, string> —

getVariableName()

Returns the variable's name.


    public
                getVariableName() : string

Return values

string —

isVariadic()

Returns whether this tag is variadic.


    public
                isVariadic() : bool

Return values

bool —

registerTagHandler()

Registers a handler for tags.


    public
        final    static    registerTagHandler(string $tag, string|null $handler) : bool

Registers a handler for tags. The class specified is autoloaded if it's not available. It must inherit from this class.

Parameters

$tag : string: Name of tag to regiser a handler for. When registering a namespaced tag, the full name, along with a prefixing slash MUST be provided.
$handler : string|null: FQCN of handler. Specifing NULL removes the handler for the specified tag, if any.

Return values

bool —

TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.

setContent()

Sets the content of this tag.


    public
                setContent(string $content) : $this

Parameters

$content : string: The new content of this tag.

Return values

$this —

setDescription()

Sets the description component of this tag.


    public
                setDescription(string $description) : $this

Parameters

$description : string: The new description component of this tag.

Return values

$this —

setDocBlock()

Sets the docblock this tag belongs to.


    public
                setDocBlock([DocBlock $docblock = null ]) : $this

Parameters

$docblock : DocBlock = null: The new docblock this tag belongs to. Setting NULL removes any association.

Return values

$this —

setLocation()

Sets the location of the tag.


    public
                setLocation([Location $location = null ]) : $this

Parameters

$location : Location = null: The new location of the tag.

Return values

$this —

setName()

Sets the name of this tag.


    public
                setName(string $name) : $this

Parameters

$name : string: The new name of this tag.

Return values

$this —

setType()

Set the type section of the variable


    public
                setType(string $type) : $this

Parameters

$type : string

Return values

$this —

setVariableName()

Sets the variable's name.


    public
                setVariableName(string $name) : $this

Parameters

$name : string: The new name for this variable.

Return values

$this —

getTypesCollection()

Returns the type collection.


    protected
                getTypesCollection() : void

Return values

void —