Posted by Yarco on 09/17/07 08:37

BTW, what's top post? I reply this on google. Can't see any button
related to this feature.

On Sep 13, 7:27 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Yarco wrote:
> > On Sep 12, 8:13 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >> Yarco wrote:
> >>> For example:
> >>> <?php
> >>> class Test
> >>> {
> >>> private $name = 'yarco';
> >>> }
> >>> $p = new ReflectionPropery('Test', 'name');
> >>> print $p->getValue();
> >>> ?>
> >>> This won't work. See:http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.reflection.php
> >>> ==================
> >>> Note: Trying to get or set private or protected class property's
> >>> values will result in an exception being thrown.
> >>> ==================
> >>> But when we use print_r or var_dump, we could see the private member.
> >>> Why reflection doesn't support this?
> >>> (We have friend class in c++.)
> >> Because that's the way it works. And there are no friend classes in PHP.
>
> >> If you want the value of a private variable, you need a non-private
> >> method to get it.
>
> >> And I suspect the allow print_r() and var_dump() to display the values
> >> because those are debugging aids, while reflection isn't necessarily.
>
> > But when i think of Reflection, it is a method to view everything in
> > an object(member's type and value).
> > If it doesn't support private member, we already have such functions
> > like get_class_XXX...no need reflection.
> >
>
> (Top posting fixed)
>
> That's not what reflection is in OO design. PHP has it right.
> Reflection allows you to look at a class and see what is *publicly*
> available. It is not meant to break encapsulation.
>
> P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
>
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> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
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