Public Member Functions
	__construct (string $bodyTemplate, array $tags=[])

	getBodyTemplate ()

	getTags ()

	render (?Formatter $formatter=null)

	__toString ()

Detailed Description

Object representing to description for a DocBlock.

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 also

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 also
\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.

See also: DescriptionFactory to create a new Description.; Description\Formatter for the formatting of the body and tags.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ __construct()

phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description::__construct	(	string	$bodyTemplate,
		array	$tags = `[]`
	)

Initializes a Description with its body (template) and a listing of the tags used in the body template.

Parameters

Tag[] $tags

Member Function Documentation

◆ __toString()

phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description::__toString ( )

Returns a plain string representation of this description.

◆ getBodyTemplate()

phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description::getBodyTemplate ( )

Returns the body template.

◆ getTags()

phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description::getTags ( )

Returns the tags for this DocBlock.

Returns: Tag[]

◆ render()

phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description::render ( ?Formatter $formatter = null )

Renders this description as a string where the provided formatter will format the tags in the expected string format.

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

vendor/phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock/src/DocBlock/Description.php

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