TYPO3 Dynamic Return Type code completion

README.md

TYPO3 Dynamic Return Type code completion

When using PhpStorm:

• install DynamicReturnTypePlugin from http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7251?pr=phpStorm&showAllUpdates=true
• add dynamicReturnTypeMeta.json to your TYPO3 CMS project root
• live a better life

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dynamicReturnTypeMeta.json

{
	"methodCalls": [
		{
			"class": "\\TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\Utility\\GeneralUtility",
			"method": "makeInstance",
			"position": 0
		},
		{
			"class": "\\TYPO3\\CMS\\Extbase\\Object\\ObjectManager",
			"method": "get",
			"position": 0
		},
		{
			"class": "\\TYPO3\\CMS\\Extbase\\Object\\ObjectManager",
			"method": "create",
			"position": 0
		}
	]
}

For those, who have deal with 4.5, following snippet could be quite useful :

{
    "class": "t3lib_div",
    "method": "makeInstance",
    "position": 0
},

I will add some explication of the DynamicReturnType plugin :

$view = t3lib_div::makeInstance('Tx_Fluid_View_StandaloneView');

Using the DynamicReturnTypePlugin, PHPStorm will know that '$view' is of type 'Tx_Fluid_View_StandaloneView' and will be able to autosuggest all of the functions available to an object of that type, as well as do code-inspection to pick up any obvious type errors.