/**
* Create an object of class aSimilarClass that has similar contents to the
* receiver.
*
* 'as' seems to be a reserved word, so 'asA' is used instead.
*
* @param string $aSimilarClass
* @return object
* @access public
* @since 5/5/05
*/
function &asA($aSimilarClass)
{
$obj =& SObject::newFrom($aSimilarClass, $this);
return $obj;
}
function test_new_from()
{
$octopus = new OctopusObject();
$dog = SObject::newFrom('DogObject', $octopus);
$this->assertEqual($dog->numberOfLegs, 8);
$this->assertEqual($dog->numberOfTails, 1);
$props = get_object_vars($dog);
$this->assertFalse(in_array('numberOfSuckers', $props));
// Same class
$octopus->numberOfLegs = 20;
$octopus->numberOfSuckers = 100;
$octopus2 = SObject::newFrom('OctopusObject', $octopus);
$this->assertEqual($octopus2->numberOfLegs, 20);
$this->assertEqual($octopus2->numberOfSuckers, 100);
$props = get_object_vars($octopus2);
$this->assertEqual(count($props), 2);
}