/**
* Used to cast a variable to another type. Allows for moderate
* support of strongly-named types.
*
* Will throw an exception if the cast fails, causes unexpected side effects,
* if attempting to cast an object to a value (or vice versa), or if an object
* is being cast to a class that isn't a subclass (e.g. parent). The exception
* thrown will be an InvalidCastException, which extends CallerException.
*
* @param mixed $mixItem the value, array or object that you want to cast
* @param string $strType the type to cast to. Can be a QType::XXX constant (e.g. QType::Integer), or the name of a Class
* @return mixed the passed in value/array/object that has been cast to strType
*/
public static final function Cast($mixItem, $strType)
{
// Automatically Return NULLs
if (is_null($mixItem)) {
return null;
}
// Figure out what PHP thinks the type is
$strPhpType = gettype($mixItem);
switch ($strPhpType) {
case QType::Object:
try {
return QType::CastObjectTo($mixItem, $strType);
} catch (QCallerException $objExc) {
$objExc->IncrementOffset();
throw $objExc;
}
case QType::String:
case QType::Integer:
case QType::Float:
case QType::Boolean:
try {
return QType::CastValueTo($mixItem, $strType);
} catch (QCallerException $objExc) {
$objExc->IncrementOffset();
throw $objExc;
}
case QType::ArrayType:
try {
return QType::CastArrayTo($mixItem, $strType);
} catch (QCallerException $objExc) {
$objExc->IncrementOffset();
throw $objExc;
}
case QType::Resource:
// Cannot Cast Resources
throw new QInvalidCastException('Resources cannot be cast');
default:
// Could not determine type
throw new QInvalidCastException(sprintf('Unable to determine type of item to be cast: %s', $mixItem));
}
}