A Description object can consist of plain text but can also include tags. A Description Formatter can then combine
a body template with sprintf-style placeholders together with formatted tags in order to reconstitute a complete
description text using the format that you would prefer.
Because parsing a Description text can be a verbose process this is handled by the {@see \DescriptionFactory}. It is
thus recommended to use that to create a Description object, like this:
$description = $descriptionFactory->create('This is a {@see \Description}', $context);
The description factory will interpret the given body and create a body template and list of tags from them, and pass
that onto the constructor if this class.
> The $context variable is a class of type {@see \phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Context} and contains the namespace
> and the namespace aliases that apply to this DocBlock. These are used by the Factory to resolve and expand partial
> type names and FQSENs.
If you do not want to use the DescriptionFactory you can pass a body template and tag listing like this:
$description = new Description(
'This is a %1$s',
[ new See(new Fqsen('\phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description')) ]
);
It is generally recommended to use the Factory as that will also apply escaping rules, while the Description object
is mainly responsible for rendering.
getContents()
public method
Gets the text of this description.
getParsedContents()
public method
Returns the parsed text of this description.
setContent()
public method
Sets the text of this description.
$contents protected_oe property
protected string $contents |
return |
string |
|
$parsedContents protected_oe property
The contents, as an array of strings and Tag objects.
protected $parsedContents |