PHP Class Doctrine\OXM\Types\Type

A Type object is obtained by calling the static {@link getType()} method.

Since: 2.0

Author: Richard Fullmer ([email protected])

Public Methods

Method	Description
__toString ( )
addType ( string $name, string $className )	Adds a custom type to the type map.
convertToPHPValue ( mixed $value ) : mixed	Converts a value from its database representation to its PHP representation of this type.
convertToXmlValue ( mixed $value ) : mixed	Converts a value from its PHP representation to its XML representation of this type.
getName ( ) : string	Gets the name of this type.
getType ( string $name ) : Type	Factory method to create type instances.
getTypesMap ( ) : array	Get the types array map which holds all registered types and the corresponding type class
hasType ( string $name ) : boolean	Checks if exists support for a type.
overrideType ( string $name, string $className )	Overrides an already defined type to use a different implementation.

Method	Description
__construct ( )	* Prevent instantiation and force use of the factory method.

public __toString ( )

Adds a custom type to the type map.

public static addType ( string $name, string $className )
$name	string	Name of the type. This should correspond to what getName() returns.
$className	string	The class name of the custom type.

Converts a value from its database representation to its PHP representation of this type.

public convertToPHPValue ( mixed $value ) : mixed
$value	mixed	The value to convert.
return	mixed	The PHP representation of the value.

Converts a value from its PHP representation to its XML representation of this type.

public convertToXmlValue ( mixed $value ) : mixed
$value	mixed	The value to convert.
return	mixed	The XML representation of the value.

Gets the name of this type.

abstract public getName ( ) : string
return	string

Type instances are implemented as flyweights.

public static getType ( string $name ) : Type
$name	string	The name of the type (as returned by getName()).
return	Type

Get the types array map which holds all registered types and the corresponding type class

public static getTypesMap ( ) : array
return	array	$typesMap

Checks if exists support for a type.

public static hasType ( string $name ) : boolean
$name	string	Name of the type
return	boolean	TRUE if type is supported; FALSE otherwise

Overrides an already defined type to use a different implementation.

public static overrideType ( string $name, string $className )
$name	string
$className	string