lithium\analysis\Inspector::type()

public static method

Determines if a given $identifier is a class property, a class method, a class itself, or a namespace identifier.

Parameters

string $identifier
The identifier to be analyzed

Returns

string

Identifier type. One of property, method, class or namespace.

Source

	public static function type($identifier) {
		$identifier = ltrim($identifier, '\\');

		if (strpos($identifier, '::')) {
			return (strpos($identifier, '$') !== false) ? 'property' : 'method';
		}
		if (is_readable(Libraries::path($identifier))) {
			if (class_exists($identifier) && in_array($identifier, get_declared_classes())) {
				return 'class';
			}
		}
		return 'namespace';
	}