Descriptor Auto-loading is a feature that let's your package end users load your packages with fewer lines or character of code with the simple class method call

$this->load->package("vendor/package_name");

All you have to do to make this possible is by using the autoload key in your package descriptor (splint.json) file. You can use this file to autoload the following resource types.

• Libraries (PHP Classes)
• Models
• Helpers &
• Configs

{
  "autoload": {
      "libraries": [
        ["ClassName", "alias"]
      ]
    }
}

{
  "autoload": {
    "libraries: [
      ["ClassName", {"arg1" => "val1", "arg2" => "val2"}, "alias"]
    ]
  }
}

{
  "autoload": {
    "libraries": [
      ["ClassName", "@config_file_name", "alias"]
    ]
  }
}

The end user will have to create a config file located at application/config/config_file_name.php to contain the following.

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
 
$config["config_file_name"] = [
  "arg1" => "value1",
  "arg2" => "value2",
  "argN" => "valueN"
]
?>

Notice that the key of the array in the $config variable is the same as the name of the config file.

Splint will not throw an Exception if this file doesn't exist. You must check the argument array in your class constructor and verify use the isset() function to check for present values.

{
  "autoload": {
    "models": [
      ["ModelClassName", "alias"]
    ]
  }
}

{
  "autoload": {
    "helpers": [
      ["helper1", "helper2", "helperN"]
    ]
  }
}

{
  "autoload": {
    "configs": [
      ["config1", "config2", "configN"]
    ]
  }
}

With this, developers should indicate in their README files what they used as their aliases for the resources loaded. (If they used descriptor auto-loading). so end users can go ahead and do something like the one below.

// Quick Load Library.
$this->load->package("splint/platform");
 
// Use loaded resources (Library Class for Instance).
$this->alias->some_method();

Design Guides ⇒

⇐ Splint JSON Package Descriptor

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