BaseDirective
in package
A directive is like a function you can call or apply to a block It looks like:
.. function:: main :arg1: value :arg2: otherValue
Some block !
The directive can define variables, create special nodes or change the node that directly follows it
Table of Contents
Methods
- getAliases() : array<string|int, string>
- Allow a directive to be registered under multiple names.
- getName() : string
- Get the directive name
- process() : Node|null
- This is the function called by the parser to process the directive, it can be overloaded to do anything with the document, like tweaking nodes or change the parser context
- processNode() : Node
- This can be overloaded to write a directive that just create one node for the document, which is common
- optionsToArray() : array<string, scalar|null>
Methods
getAliases()
Allow a directive to be registered under multiple names.
public
getAliases() : array<string|int, string>
Aliases can be used for directives whose name has been deprecated or allows for multiple spellings.
Return values
array<string|int, string>getName()
Get the directive name
public
abstract getName() : string
Return values
stringprocess()
This is the function called by the parser to process the directive, it can be overloaded to do anything with the document, like tweaking nodes or change the parser context
public
process(BlockContext $blockContext, Directive $directive) : Node|null
The node that directly follows the directive is also passed to it
Parameters
- $blockContext : BlockContext
-
the current document context with the content of the directive
- $directive : Directive
-
parsed directive containing options and variable
Return values
Node|nullprocessNode()
This can be overloaded to write a directive that just create one node for the document, which is common
public
processNode(BlockContext $blockContext, Directive $directive) : Node
The arguments are the same that process
Parameters
- $blockContext : BlockContext
- $directive : Directive
Return values
NodeoptionsToArray()
protected
optionsToArray(array<string|int, DirectiveOption> $options) : array<string, scalar|null>
Parameters
- $options : array<string|int, DirectiveOption>