Req #71037 [NEW]: Interfaces for Reflection API

From: andreas at dqxtech dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 7.0.0 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Interfaces for Reflection API Description: ------------ The native Reflection API should provide interfaces like \IReflectionClass, which can then be used for type hinting. This way, libraries such as https://github.com/Roave/BetterReflection or https://github.com/Andrewsville/PHP-Token-Reflection don't need to extend or wrap core reflection classes, but can instead implement the interface. One problem with this is that some libraries might only want to implement some of the methods of e.g. \ReflectionFunction, but not all of them. To allow this, there would need to be partial interfaces - which could be a longer discussion. I think for a start it would be sufficient to just have one interface for each of the already existing classes of the Reflection API. More interfaces could be added in the future. Test script: --------------- class C {..} function foo(\IReflectionClass $reflectionClass) {..} foo(new \ReflectionClass('C')); class MyReflectionClass implements \IReflectionClass { .. } foo(new MyReflectionClass('C')); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71037&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71037&r=mysqlcfg