Reader.php

<?php

namespace Doctrine\Common\Annotations;

use ReflectionClass;
use ReflectionMethod;
use ReflectionProperty;

/**
 * Interface for annotation readers.
 */
interface Reader {
    
    /**
     * Gets the annotations applied to a class.
     *
     * @param ReflectionClass $class The ReflectionClass of the class from which
     * the class annotations should be read.
     *
     * @return array<object> An array of Annotations.
     */
    public function getClassAnnotations(ReflectionClass $class);
    
    /**
     * Gets a class annotation.
     *
     * @param ReflectionClass $class          The ReflectionClass of the class from which
     *          the class annotations should be read.
     * @param class-string<T> $annotationName The name of the annotation.
     *
     * @return T|null The Annotation or NULL, if the requested annotation does not exist.
     *
     * @template T
     */
    public function getClassAnnotation(ReflectionClass $class, $annotationName);
    
    /**
     * Gets the annotations applied to a method.
     *
     * @param ReflectionMethod $method The ReflectionMethod of the method from which
     * the annotations should be read.
     *
     * @return array<object> An array of Annotations.
     */
    public function getMethodAnnotations(ReflectionMethod $method);
    
    /**
     * Gets a method annotation.
     *
     * @param ReflectionMethod $method         The ReflectionMethod to read the annotations from.
     * @param class-string<T>  $annotationName The name of the annotation.
     *
     * @return T|null The Annotation or NULL, if the requested annotation does not exist.
     *
     * @template T
     */
    public function getMethodAnnotation(ReflectionMethod $method, $annotationName);
    
    /**
     * Gets the annotations applied to a property.
     *
     * @param ReflectionProperty $property The ReflectionProperty of the property
     * from which the annotations should be read.
     *
     * @return array<object> An array of Annotations.
     */
    public function getPropertyAnnotations(ReflectionProperty $property);
    
    /**
     * Gets a property annotation.
     *
     * @param ReflectionProperty $property       The ReflectionProperty to read the annotations from.
     * @param class-string<T>    $annotationName The name of the annotation.
     *
     * @return T|null The Annotation or NULL, if the requested annotation does not exist.
     *
     * @template T
     */
    public function getPropertyAnnotation(ReflectionProperty $property, $annotationName);

}