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devsdmf/annotations
===================

A simple and directly handler for docblock and annotations for PHP

1.0.1(6y ago)24.0k1[2 issues](https://github.com/devsdmf/annotations/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.4

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Annotations Handler
===================

[](#annotations-handler)

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A simple and directly handler for docblock and annotations for PHP

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

[](#installation)

Just add the following dependency line to your *composer.json* file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "devsdmf/annotations": "1.*"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Devsdmf\Annotations\Reader;
use ReflectionClass;

$reflector = new ReflectionClass('MyClass');
$reader = new Reader();

$annotation = $reader->getClassAnnotations($reflector);
```

*The example above work with the most of Reflector interface implementations, see the available adapters below.*

Adapters
--------

[](#adapters)

- ReflectionClass
- ReflectionFunction
- ReflectionMethod
- ReflectionObject
- ReflectionProperty

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

To run the test suite, you need install the require-dev dependencies:

```
$ composer install --dev
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit

```

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1813 days

Total

2

Last Release

2327d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1649565?v=4)[Lucas Mendes](/maintainers/devsdmf)[@devsdmf](https://github.com/devsdmf)

---

Top Contributors

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Tags

parserannotationsdocblockdevsdmf

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