merged branch felicitus/master (PR #7494)

This PR was squashed before being merged into the master branch (closes #7494).

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[master] Better documentation for

Fixes #7492

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b1e14b2 [master] Better documentation for

Author: fabpot

Encoder/DecoderInterface.php

@@ -21,16 +21,20 @@ interface DecoderInterface
     /**
      * Decodes a string into PHP data
      *
-     * @param scalar $data   Data to decode
-     * @param string $format Format name
-     * @param array  $context options that decoders have access to.
+     * @param scalar $data      Data to decode
+     * @param string $format    Format name
+     * @param array  $context   options that decoders have access to.
+     *
+     * The format parameter specifies which format the data is in; valid values depend on the specific implementation.
+     * Authors implementing this interface are encouraged to document which formats they support in a non-inherited
+     * phpdoc comment.
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function decode($data, $format, array $context = array());
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether the serializer can decode from given format
+     * Checks whether the deserializer can decode from given format
      *
      * @param string $format format name
      *

Encoder/JsonDecode.php

@@ -18,15 +18,31 @@
  */
 class JsonDecode implements DecoderInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * Specifies if the returned result should be an associative array or a nested stdClass object hierarchy
+     * @var bool
+     */
     private $associative;
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the recursion depth
+     * @var int
+     */
     private $recursionDepth;
+
     private $lastError = JSON_ERROR_NONE;
     protected $serializer;
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new JsonDecode instance.
+     *
+     * @param bool $associative True to return the result associative array, false for a nested stdClass hierarchy.
+     * @param int  $depth       Specifies the recursion depth
+     */
     public function __construct($associative = false, $depth = 512)
     {
         $this->associative = $associative;
-        $this->recursionDepth = $depth;
+        $this->recursionDepth = (int)$depth;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,12 +58,27 @@ public function getLastError()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Decodes a JSON string into PHP data
+     * @param string $data      The encoded JSON string to decode
+     * @param string $format    Must be set to JsonEncoder::FORMAT
+     * @param array  $context   An optional set of options for the JSON decoder; see below.
+     *
+     * The $context array is a simple key=>value array, with the following supported keys:
      *
-     * @param string $data JSON
-     * @param string $format
+     * json_decode_associative: boolean
+     *      If true, returns the object as associative array.
+     *      If false, returns the object as nested StdClass
+     *      If not specified, this method will use the default set in JsonDecode::__construct
+     *
+     * json_decode_recursion_depth: integer
+     *      Specifies the maximum recursion depth
+     *      If not specified, this method will use the default set in JsonDecode::__construct
+     *
+     * json_decode_options: integer
+     *      Specifies additional options as per documentation for json_decode. Only supported with PHP 5.4.0 and higher.
      *
      * @return mixed
+     *
+     * @see http://php.net/json_decode json_decode
      */
     public function decode($data, $format, array $context = array())
     {