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alks/metadata
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Provides metadata generation for PHP classes

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Metadata Driver
===============

[](#metadata-driver)

Provides metadata for PHP classes and their members using a collection of metadata drivers

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require alks/metadata
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The library comes with 3 metadata driver implementations.

- The **Reflection** Metadata driver collects data using the PHP Reflection API
- The **Doc Comment** Metadata driver parses [PHPDoc](https://www.phpdoc.org/) doc blocks
- The **Annotation** Metadata driver parses [Doctrine Annotations](https://github.com/doctrine/annotations)

Basically each driver extends the one(s) above him (the doc comment driver will use the reflection api as well). In order to use the library generate an instance of the default MetadataDriver and register which drivers (and caches) to use:

```