CFTypeDetector Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	__construct (array $options=array())
	Create new CFTypeDetector.
	toCFType ($value)
	Create CFType-structure by guessing the data-types.

Protected Member Functions
	defaultValue ()
	Get the default value.
	isAssociativeArray ($value)
	Determine if an array is associative or numerical.

Protected Attributes
boolean	$autoDictionary = false
	flag stating if all arrays should automatically be converted to CFDictionary
boolean	$castNumericStrings = true
	flag stating if "123.23" should be converted to float (true) or preserved as string (false)
callable	$objectToArrayMethod = null
	name of a method that will be used for array to object conversations
boolean	$suppressExceptions = false
	flag stating if exceptions should be suppressed or thrown

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

CFTypeDetector::__construct

(

array

$options = array()

)

Create new CFTypeDetector.

Parameters

array

$options

Configuration for casting values [autoDictionary, suppressExceptions, objectToArrayMethod, castNumericStrings]

Member Function Documentation

defaultValue()

CFTypeDetector::defaultValue ( )

protected

Get the default value.

Return values

CFType

the default value to return if no suitable type could be determined

isAssociativeArray()

CFTypeDetector::isAssociativeArray ( $value )

protected

Determine if an array is associative or numerical.

Numerical Arrays have incrementing index-numbers that don't contain gaps.

Parameters

array

$value

Array to check indexes of

Return values

boolean

true if array is associative, false if array has numeric indexes

toCFType()

CFTypeDetector::toCFType

(

$value

)

Create CFType-structure by guessing the data-types.

CFArray, CFDictionary, CFBoolean, CFNumber and CFString can be created, CFDate and CFData cannot.
Note:Distinguishing between CFArray and CFDictionary is done by examining the keys. Keys must be strictly incrementing integers to evaluate to a CFArray. Since PHP does not offer a function to test for associative arrays, this test causes the input array to be walked twice and thus work rather slow on large collections. If you work with large arrays and can live with all arrays evaluating to CFDictionary, feel free to set the appropriate flag.
Note: If $value is an instance of CFType it is simply returned.
Note: If $value is neither a CFType, array, numeric, boolean nor string, it is omitted.

Parameters

mixed

$value

Value to convert to CFType

Return values

CFType

CFType based on guessed type @uses isAssociativeArray() to check if an array only has numeric indexes

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/plist/classes/CFPropertyList/CFTypeDetector.php