Add return type is array of objects?

[Danack]

Hi,

If possible, please could you add a flag to the meta data entries that indicate that the a function will return an array* of objects rather than a single object, to support code like:

class mockTest {
    function foo() { }
}

function mockObjects($classname) {
    $objects = array(
        new $classname(),
        new $classname(),
        new $classname()
    );

    return $objects;
}

$objects = mockObjects('mockTest');

//$objects is currently type-hinted to be of type 'mockTest' rather than 'mockTest[]' 

cheers Dan

• I possibly mean Traversable here rather than array, I'm not sure which would be correct.

[pbyrne84]

Interesting, I'll see what I can do. Back to the PsiViewer I go :)

[pbyrne84]

I couldn't find a way so I asked Alexy http://devnet.jetbrains.com/message/5513098#5513098

[pbyrne84]

Better late than never https://github.com/pbyrne84/DynamicReturnTypePlugin/blob/master/deploy/DynamicReturnTypePlugin.zip

You should just be able to set up a mask like this

, { "function": "\mockObjects", "position": 0, "mask" : "%s[]" }

[pbyrne84]

Should be done for your edge case, not class constants though at the mo