improved code comments

app/commands/SwaggerAnnotator.php

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 class SwaggerAnnotator extends Command
 {
     protected static $defaultName = 'swagger:annotate';
+    private static $presenterNamespace = 'App\V1Module\Presenters\\';
+    private static $autogeneratedAnnotationFilePath = 'app/V1Module/presenters/annotations.php';
 
     protected function configure(): void
     {
@@ -28,26 +30,33 @@ protected function configure(): void
 
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
     {
-        $namespacePrefix = 'App\V1Module\Presenters\\';
+        # create a temporary file containing transpiled annotations usable by the external library (Swagger-PHP)
+        $fileBuilder = new FileBuilder(self::$autogeneratedAnnotationFilePath);
+        $fileBuilder->startClass('__Autogenerated_Annotation_Controller__', '1.0', 'ReCodEx API');
 
-        $fileBuilder = new FileBuilder("app/V1Module/presenters/annotations.php");
-        $fileBuilder->startClass("AnnotationController");
+        # get all routes of the api
         $routes = $this->getRoutes();
-        foreach ($routes as $route) {
-            $metadata = $this->extractMetadata($route);
-            $route = $this->extractRoute($route);
+        foreach ($routes as $routeObj) {
+            # extract class and method names of the endpoint
+            $metadata = $this->extractMetadata($routeObj);
+            $route = $this->extractRoute($routeObj);
+            $className = self::$presenterNamespace . $metadata['class'];
 
-            $className = $namespacePrefix . $metadata['class'];
+            # extract data from the existing annotations
             $annotationData = AnnotationHelper::extractAnnotationData($className, $metadata['method'], $route);
 
+            # add an empty method to the file with the transpiled annotations
             $fileBuilder->addAnnotatedMethod($metadata['method'], $annotationData->toSwaggerAnnotations($route));
         }
         $fileBuilder->endClass();
 
-
         return Command::SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Finds all route objects of the API
+     * @return array Returns an array of all found route objects.
+     */
     function getRoutes(): array {
         $router = \App\V1Module\RouterFactory::createRouter();
 
@@ -77,14 +86,23 @@ function getRoutes(): array {
         return $routes;
     }
 
-    private function extractRoute($routeObj) {
+    /**
+     * Extracts the route string from a route object. Replaces '<..>' in the route with '{...}'.
+     * @param mixed $routeObj
+     */
+    private function extractRoute($routeObj): string {
         $mask = self::getPropertyValue($routeObj, "mask");
 
         # sample: replaces '/users/<id>' with '/users/{id}'
         $mask = str_replace(["<", ">"], ["{", "}"], $mask);
         return "/" . $mask;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extracts the class and method names of the endpoint handler.
+     * @param mixed $routeObj The route object representing the endpoint.
+     * @return string[] Returns a dictionary [ "class" => ..., "method" => ...]
+     */
     private function extractMetadata($routeObj) {
         $metadata = self::getPropertyValue($routeObj, "metadata");
         $presenter = $metadata["presenter"]["value"];
@@ -100,6 +118,13 @@ private function extractMetadata($routeObj) {
         ];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper function that can extract a property value from an arbitrary object where
+     * the property can be private.
+     * @param mixed $object The object to extract from.
+     * @param string $propertyName The name of the property.
+     * @return mixed Returns the value of the property.
+     */
     private static function getPropertyValue($object, string $propertyName): mixed
     {
         $class = new \ReflectionClass($object);
@@ -118,6 +143,9 @@ private static function getPropertyValue($object, string $propertyName): mixed
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builder class that handles .php file creation.
+ */
 class FileBuilder {
     private $file;
     private $methodEntries;
@@ -132,16 +160,16 @@ public function __construct(
     private function initFile(string $filename) {
         $this->file = fopen($filename, "w");
         fwrite($this->file, "<?php\n");
+        fwrite($this->file, "/// THIS FILE WAS AUTOGENERATED\n");
         fwrite($this->file, "namespace App\V1Module\Presenters;\n");
         fwrite($this->file, "use OpenApi\Annotations as OA;\n");
     }
 
-    ///TODO: hardcoded info
-    private function createInfoAnnotation() {
+    private function createInfoAnnotation(string $version, string $title) {
         $head = "@OA\\Info";
         $body = new ParenthesesBuilder();
-        $body->addKeyValue("version", "1.0");
-        $body->addKeyValue("title", "ReCodEx API");
+        $body->addKeyValue("version", $version);
+        $body->addKeyValue("title", $title);
         return $head . $body->toString();
     }
 
@@ -151,9 +179,8 @@ private function writeAnnotationLineWithComments(string $annotationLine) {
         fwrite($this->file, "*/\n");
     }
 
-    public function startClass(string $className) {
-        ///TODO: hardcoded
-        $this->writeAnnotationLineWithComments($this->createInfoAnnotation());
+    public function startClass(string $className, string $version, string $title) {
+        $this->writeAnnotationLineWithComments($this->createInfoAnnotation($version, $title));
         fwrite($this->file, "class {$className} {\n");
     }
 
@@ -217,6 +244,11 @@ private function getBodyAnnotation(): string|null {
         return $head . $body->toString() . "))";
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the extracted annotation data to a string parsable by the Swagger-PHP library.
+     * @param string $route The route of the handler this set of data represents.
+     * @return string Returns the transpiled annotations on a single line.
+     */
     public function toSwaggerAnnotations(string $route) {
         $httpMethodAnnotation = $this->getHttpMethodAnnotation();
         $body = new ParenthesesBuilder();
@@ -239,6 +271,9 @@ public function toSwaggerAnnotations(string $route) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builder class that can create strings of the schema: '(key1="value1", key2="value2", standalone1, standalone2, ...)'
+ */
 class ParenthesesBuilder {
     private array $tokens;
 
@@ -269,6 +304,9 @@ public function toString(): string {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Contains data of a single annotation parameter.
+ */
 class AnnotationParameterData {
     public string|null $dataType;
     public string $name;
@@ -353,7 +391,6 @@ private function generateSchemaAnnotation(): string {
 
     /**
      * Converts the object to a @OA\Parameter(...) annotation string
-     * @param string $parameterLocation Where the parameter resides. Can be 'path', 'query', 'header' or 'cookie'.
      */
     public function toParameterAnnotation(): string {
         $head = "@OA\\Parameter";
@@ -381,6 +418,9 @@ public function toPropertyAnnotation(): string {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parser that can parse the annotations of existing recodex endpoints
+ */
 class AnnotationHelper {
     private static function getMethod(string $className, string $methodName): \ReflectionMethod {
         $class = new \ReflectionClass($className);