donquixote/annotation-parser

, _(*1)

Donquixote's Annotation Parser

Alternative to other annotation parsers. Specifically doctrine/annotations., _(*2)

use Donquixote\Annotation\Parser\AnnotationParser;

$docText = '
  @Foo(
    x = "7",
    y = @Bar()
  )

  @return bool
';
$parser = new AnnotationParser($docText);
if (false !== $position = strpos('@Foo', $docText)) {
  $annotation = $parser->doctrineAnnotation($position);
}

Difference to the doctrine/annotations

There are two main differences: - Annotations are parsed into an abstract syntax tree (AST), before resolving identifiers and constants. - Unlike in Doctrine, there is no such a concept like "annotation classes". An annotation name is just a string, it is not interpreted a class alias., _(*3)

This being said, I imagine it not too hard to implement Doctrine's "annotation class" concept on top of this library., _(*4)

Use case

For now, I created this to use it in my own projects, such as https://drupal.org/project/cfr. For this project I did not need "annotation classes". I might change my mind in the future., _(*5)

If others find it useful, let me know!, _(*6)