Re: [Php-java-bridge-users] How to extend a Java class in PHP?

Thank you. Now I see how it has to be done.

Although it's not as fluffy as I would have wished but I guess it will  
work. :-)

Cheers,
Alexander Thomas

Am 02.07.2009 um 14:54 schrieb php...@li... 
:

> You could use the visitor- or the decorator design pattern to  
> intercept the
> method calls from your Java class.
>
> It all depends on your requirements. If your java class is a data  
> structure
> with a few methods, I would use a visitor. To override specific  
> methods from
> the superclass I would use a decorator.
>
> Please see a standard text book or wikipedia.org for details.
>
> As far as the bridge is concerned, all you need is java_closure() to  
> convert
> your PHP object into a Java object. After that you can apply whatever
> pattern you prefer to merge the two java instances.
>
> Regards,
> Jost Boekemeier
>
> 2. Jul 2009 12:52 nachm. schrieb am <
> php...@li...>:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> first of all thanks for this great piece of software that makes it
> easy to use powerful Java libs in a PHP based application. That's
> really awesome.
>
> Currently I'm working on a PDF generation using iText and I'm
> surprised that it's quite easy to find my way around. But of course I
> wouldn't post this if there wasn't this one thing that is not working
> for me: writing a PHP class that derives from a Java class.
>
> Before you guys scream "RTFM!", I really tried to find this out myself
> but all I could find was the FAQ file in the documentation. This
> points to java_closure() and to an example in the file script_api.php
> in the tests folder.
>
> Reading the documentation of java_closure() and the example only the
> implementation of java interfaces in a PHP class is described (which
> will definitely be useful for me later - I'm sure).
>
> So my question: can someone please explain how a PHP class can extend
> a Java class?
>
> Any hint would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Regards,
> Alexander Thomas
>
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