Getter

Reads data from inaccessible properties by using magic methods.

To make a protected or private property readable, provide a method named _magicGet{Property}() which handles the reading. Replace {Property} in the method's name with the name of the actual property (with an uppercase first letter).

> Example: If the property is named $fooBar, the "magic" method has to be > _magicGetFooBar(). This method is then called when $fooBar is read in > a context where it normally would not be accessible.

OverloadingGetter

Overloads a class with readable magic properties.

Internally it reads the protected $_data array whose keys are interpreted as property names.

> Example: Reading Foo->bar will return the value of $_data['bar'].

OverloadingSetter

Overloads a class with writable magic properties.

Internally it writes the protected $_data array whose keys are interpreted as property names.

> Example: Foo->bar = 42; will set $_data['bar'] to 42.

Setter

Writes data to inaccessible properties by using magic methods.

To make a protected or private property writable, provide a method named _magicSet{Property}() which handles the writing. Replace {Property} in the method's name with the name of the actual property (with an uppercase first letter).

> Example: If the property is named $fooBar, the "magic" method has to be > _magicSetFooBar(). This method is then called when $fooBar is written > to in a context where it normally would not be accessible.

Singleton

Allows just a single instance of the class using this trait.

Get the singleton by calling the static method getInstance().

If there is no object yet, the constructor is called with the same arguments as getInstance(). Any later call will just return the already instantiated object (irrespective of the given arguments).

In order for this to work as expected, the constructor has to be implemented as private to prevent direct instantiation of the class.

TypeChecker

A generic data type checker.

This allows to set a list of allowed atomic data types and fully qualified class names. It also provides a method to check if a value's data type matches at least one of these types.