Re: ReflectionClass::getMethod()

From:	Andi Gutmans	Date:	Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:41:59 +0000
Subject:	Re: ReflectionClass::getMethod()
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And now the attachment. At 11:31 AM 12/25/2004 +0100, Sebastian Bergmann wrote:

ilya77@gmail.com wrote: Why not just returning null when a method does not exist? Actually CALLING a non-existing method should be treated as an error... Because try {
       $class  = new ReflectionClass($this);
       $method = $class->getMethod($this->name);
} catch (ReflectionException $e) {
       $this->fail($e->getMessage());
} is clearer than try {
       $class  = new ReflectionClass($this);
} catch (ReflectionException $e) {
       $this->fail($e->getMessage());
} $method = $class->getMethod($this->name); if ($method !== NULL) {
       // ...
} else {
       // ...
} I fail to see why exceptions wee introduced when they are not to be consistently used in functionality that was added at the same time, like for instance the Reflection API. --
Sebastian Bergmann                      http://www.sebastian-bergmann.de/
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