PHP IDE :: NuSphere Forums :: View topic - Script for code-insight for Factory created objects?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:34 pm

Hi,

I use an object factory to instantiate many of the objects in my script - unfortunately PHPEd can't provide insight into what methods/properties are available in the objects like it can when they are instantiated via the "new" keyword. Are there any scripts available that can achieve this with factory objects?

Code:

$Obj = new className; // provides code insight on public methods/properties

class objectFactory
{
public static function Create($className)
{
return new $className;
}
}

$Obj = objectFactory::Create("className"); // no code insight

Thanks

Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:59 pm

Hi!

I am afraid that this behaviour is common for all IDEs, because in general there is no way to know, what class name is in the variable at the time of class creation.

If possible, I suggest to create extra methods together with phpDoc and use them as creation mediators like:

Code:

/**
* @return MyClass
*/
function newMyClass() {
return new objectFactory::Create("MyClass");
}

$obj = newMyClass(); // code insight works now

You can possibly make these extra methods part of your objectFactory class, so you could call comething like "$obj = objectFactory::createMyClass();".

It is not a perfect solution, but still I hope this helps you a little.