/**
* inspect a variable, and determine which method name to return
*
* @param mixed $item
* the item to describe
* @return string
* the method name that you should call
*/
public function mapTypeToMethodName($item)
{
// we are optimised for objects, because they can be cached
if (is_object($item)) {
$type = get_class($item);
} else {
if (is_string($item) || is_array($item)) {
// it isn't safe to cache these data types
// the result depends upon their contents
return $this->typeMapper->using($item, $this->typeMethods, $this->fallback);
} else {
// this is NULL, boolean, double, integer, resource
//
// NOTE that callable is a pseudotype; it's something that
// other data types can satisfy
$type = gettype($item);
}
}
// have we seen this before?
if (isset($this->dispatchCache[$type])) {
return $this->dispatchCache[$type];
}
// first time we've seen this
$this->dispatchCache[$type] = $this->typeMapper->using($item, $this->typeMethods, $this->fallback);
return $this->dispatchCache[$type];
}
/**
* inspect a variable, and determine which method to call
*
* @param object $item
* the item to describe
* @return string
* the method to call
*/
public function mapTypeToMethodName($item)
{
$type = get_class($item);
// have we seen this before?
if (isset($this->dispatchCache[$type])) {
return $this->dispatchCache[$type];
}
// first time we've seen this
$this->dispatchCache[$type] = $this->typeMapper->using($item, $this->typeMethods, $this->fallback);
return $this->dispatchCache[$type];
}
/**
* inspect a variable, and determine which method to call
*
* @param mixed $item
* the item to describe
* @return string
* the method to call
*/
public function mapTypeToMethodName($item)
{
// this provides the best all-around performance for both
// objects and non-objects
if (is_object($item)) {
$type = get_class($item);
} else {
$type = gettype($item);
}
if (isset($this->dispatchCache[$type])) {
return $this->dispatchCache[$type];
}
// at this point, fall back to using the type mapper
$this->dispatchCache[$type] = $this->typeMapper->using($item, $this->typeMethods, $this->fallback);
return $this->dispatchCache[$type];
}
