/**
* Adds a node type
*
* Adding a node type will give the ability to a node to have different kind of properties based on the original
* node. You can compare it with inheriting functions from a parent class.
*
* @param EncoderNode $nodeType
* @return EncoderNode Returns the EncoderNode if the node type was successfully added
*/
public static function addNodeType(EncoderNode $nodeType)
{
if ($nodeType->getNodeTypeName() === null) {
throw new EncoderNodeException('The node type you\'re trying to add seems to be a regular node because it has a no type name. Make sure you try to add an EncoderNode with a type name');
}
$nodeName = $nodeType->getNodeName();
$nodeTypeName = $nodeType->getNodeTypeName();
if (self::nodeTypeExists($nodeName, $nodeTypeName)) {
throw new EncoderNodeException(sprintf('Node type with name "%s" and node type name "%s" already exists', $nodeName, $nodeTypeName));
}
$nodeType->typeName = $nodeTypeName;
$nodeTypeId = self::getNodeTypeId($nodeType->getNodeName(), $nodeTypeName);
self::$nodesTypes[$nodeTypeId] = $nodeType;
self::softCleanNodeTypeCache();
return $nodeType;
}
