<?php
 
/**
 *
 */
 
/**
 * Midori_Object is the core base class for all of the objects
 * in the midori library and hold the basic methods for creating
 * objects with type information in php.  
 * 
 * <p>Midori_Object is design to help create plain old php objects that 
 * utilize {@link http://us.php.net/oop5.magic magic methods} for properties
 * which means pretty much all properties within the library are public.</p>
 * 
 * <pre class="brush: php">
 *
 *   /**
 *    * 
 *    * 
 *    * @property string $type
 *    *\/ 
 *   class Car extends Midori_Object
 *   {
 *   		
 *      /**
 *       * @ignore
 *       *\/
 *   	protected function getType()
 *      {
 *   		return $this->get("type");
 *      }
 *      
 *      /**
 *       * @ignore 
 *       *\/
 *      protected function setType($value)
 *      { 
 *      	$this->set("type", $value);
 *      }
 *	}
 * </pre>
 * 
 * 
 * @author Michael Herndon
 * @package Midori
 * 
 */
class Midori_Object
{
 
	private $fields = array();
 
	/**
	 * static constructor for chaining purposes.
	 * 
	 * <code>
	 *   $obj = Midori_String::ctr("i am a woman")
	 *   			->replace("woman", "man");
	 *   echo $obj; //i am a man
	 * </code>
	 *
	 * @returns Midori_Object
	 */
	public static function ctr()
	{
		return new Midori_Object();
	}
 
 
	/**
	 * generic get method that pulls a property from the private
	 * fields array which is used to hold values for cloning purposes
	 * and help with api changes by having properties with gets/sets
	 * 
	 * @param string $property
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function get($property)
	{
		return isset($this->fields[$property]) ? $this->fields[$property] : null;
	}
 
	/**
	 * generic set method that sets a value in the private fields array
	 * which is used to hold properties for cloning purposes and help
	 * with api changes of having properties
	 * 
	 * @param $property
	 * @param $value
	 * @return unknown_type
	 */
	protected function set($property, $value)
	{
		$this->fields[$property] = $value;
	}
 
	/**
	 * gets the name the of the current class. 
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @see get_class()
	 * @param boolean $returnPhpString
	 * @return Midori_String|string
	 */
	public function getClassName($returnPhpString = false)
	{
		$name = get_class($this);
		return $returnPhpString ? $name : new Midori_String($name);
	}
 
	/**
	 * gets the reflected type information about the class.
     *
     * @see Reflection
	 * @return ReflectionObject
	 */
	public function getReflectedType()
	{
		return new ReflectionObject($this);
	}
 
	/**
	 * determines if the current object is equal to the
	 * object being passed into this method.
	 * 
	 * @param mixed $obj
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function equals($obj)
	{
		return ($obj == ($this));
	}
 
	/**
	 * coverts the object into a string value, by the object
	 * will generally return the name of the object.
	 * 
	 * @param boolean $returnPhpString
	 * @return Midori_String|string
	 */
	public function toString($returnPhpString = false)
	{
		return $this->getClassName($returnPhpString); 
	}
 
 
		/**
	 * magic method __get, looks for getters inside the class.
	 * 
	 * @param string $property
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function __get($property)
	{
		$get = "get".$property;
		return $this->$get();
	}
 
	/**
	 * magic method __set, looks for the setter insder the class
	 * 
	 * @param string $property
	 * @param mixed $value
	 */
	public function __set($property, $value)
	{
		$set = "set".$property;
		$this->$set($value);
	}
 
 
	/**
	 * magic method __clone clones the current object and returns
	 * the cloned object.
	 * 
	 * @return self
	 */
	public function __clone()
	{
		$class = $this->getClassName(true);
		$obj->fields = $this->fields;
		return $obj;
	}
 
	/**
	 * magic method __toString returns the string value of the object
	 * and primary used for echo/print/string concatination statments.
	 * 
	 * @return string 
	 */
	public function __toString()
	{
		return $this->getClassName(true);
	}
 
}