Php::Constant objects can now also be added to a Php::Class to create class constants

3 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/class.h b/include/class.h
index 2c875fa..76ac114 100644
--- a/include/class.h
+++ b/include/class.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public:
      *  hidden)
      * 
      *  @param  name        Name of the property
-     *  @param  value       Actual property value
+     *  @param  value       Actual default property value
      *  @param  flags       Optional flags
      *  @return Class       Same object to allow chaining
      */
@@ -157,6 +157,31 @@ public:
     Class<T> &property(const char *name, double value,             int flags = Public) { ClassBase::property(name, value, flags); return *this; }
 
     /**
+     *  Create a class constant
+     * 
+     *  The class constant can be used in a php script as "ClassName::CONSTANT_NAME".
+     *  It is a good programming practive to only use uppercase characters for
+     *  constants.
+     * 
+     *  This is an alias for adding a class property with the "Php::Const" flag.
+     * 
+     *  @param  name        Name of the constant
+     *  @param  value       Constant value
+     *  @return Class       Same object to allow chaining
+     */
+    template <typename V>
+    Class<T> &constant(const char *name, V value) { return property(name, value, Const); }
+
+    /**
+     *  Add a Php::Constant to a class to use it as a class constant
+     *  
+     *  @param  constant    The constant to add
+     *  @return Class       Same object to allow chaining
+     */
+    Class<T> &constant(const Constant &constant) { constant.addTo(*this); return *this; }
+    Class<T> &add(const Constant &constant) { constant.addTo(*this); return *this; }
+
+    /**
      *  Properties as methods
      * 
      *  This is a smarter way for adding properties to a class. You can define
diff --git a/include/classbase.h b/include/classbase.h
index 1129298..a70157f 100644
--- a/include/classbase.h
+++ b/include/classbase.h
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ private:
      *  @var    std::shared_ptr<ClassImpl>
      */
     std::shared_ptr<ClassImpl> _impl;
+    
+    /**
+     *  Constants can be used as class properties, and need access to private
+     *  and protected methods
+     */
+    friend class ConstantImpl;
 };
     
 /**
diff --git a/include/constant.h b/include/constant.h
index 619ce46..36b3417 100644
--- a/include/constant.h
+++ b/include/constant.h
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ public:
      *  Destructor
      */
     virtual ~Constant() {}
+    
+    /**
+     *  Add the constant to a class
+     * 
+     *  You normally do not have to call this method yourself. You can simply
+     *  do one of the following method calls to create class constants:
+     * 
+     *      myclass.property("MY_CONSTANT", "value", Php::Const);
+     *      myclass.constant("MY_CONSTANT", "value");
+     *      myclass.add(Php::Constant("MY_CONSTANT", "value"));
+     * 
+     *  All of the calls have the same result, it is up to you to decide which
+     *  one suits you most. If you use the last one - using a Php::Constant
+     *  class - the PHP-CPP library will call this "addTo()" method internally
+     *  to forward the call to one of the other methods.
+     * 
+     *  @param  clss        Class to which the constant is added
+     *  @internal
+     */
+    void addTo(ClassBase &clss);
 
 private:
     /**