/**
* @param $name
* @return Dictionary
*/
public function getDictionary($name)
{
// If there is no dictionary by that name in the dictionaries
// attached to the current file,
if (0 == count($this->dictionaries) || !array_key_exists($name, $this->dictionaries)) {
//if this file is root file (no parent), error!
if (null == $this->parentFile) {
return null;
}
//otherwise, search the parent file's dictionaries for the dictionary with specified name.
return $this->parentFile->getDictionary($name);
}
//This will throw an exception if the entry is not found
//in the current file's named dictionary, instead of searching parent's hierarchy for
//dictionaries with the same name.
return $this->dictionaries[$name];
}
