Object-Oriented PHP

What Format Do You Want?

One of the major reasons for documenting classes is to make them easier for a client programmer to use. Because the client programmer is primarily interested in the public methods of a class (he wants to know how to use the class, not how it works), you should sort methods and data members by visibility, giving priority to those with public visibility.

If you have ever used a plain text editor to write code you know that syntax highlighting greatly improves readability. For this reason, the ability to change the appearance of keywords is also a desirable characteristic to incorporate into your class.

You've been acquainted with the capabilities of various reflection classes, and now have a fair idea of what kind of off-the-shelf ...