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rollerworks/metadata
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The Rollerworks Metadata Component provides a mechanisms to easily load annotated configuration (or metadata) of Classes, methods and properties from different sources like PHPDoc Annotations, YAML or XML.

v0.5.0(10y ago)07982MITPHPPHP >=5.4

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Rollerworks Metadata Component
==============================

[](#rollerworks-metadata-component)

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The Rollerworks Metadata Component is a PHP library providing a mechanisms to easily load annotated configuration (or metadata) of Classes, methods and properties from different sources like PHPDoc Annotations, YAML or XML.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

You need at least PHP 5.4 and have support for running Phar files (in order to use Composer for installing and updating this library).

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install the Rollerworks Metadata Component is through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

Require the `rollerworks/metadata` package by running:

```
$ php composer.phar require rollerworks/metadata
```

Now, Composer will automatically download all the required files, and install them for you.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

*This library is very young so documentation is currently missing.*

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This library is largely inspired on the Doctrine Common Persistence and Cache library.

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is released under the MIT license. See the bundled LICENSE file for details.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~6 days

Total

5

Last Release

3896d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/328359?v=4)[Luis Cordova](/maintainers/cordoval)[@cordoval](https://github.com/cordoval)

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Top Contributors

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