Autocompletition in eclipse pdt in codeigniter for doctrine 2 models - php

Question

I'm writing a project using codeigniter 2 framework with doctrine 2 as ORM using eclipse PDT. I would like to know if there is a way to have the autocompletition working for the doctrine 2 Entities classes (the ones located in \application\models\Entities folder) I managed to have that working CASUALLY only once, so i know it's possible, now i'm wondering how to get it always working or what i'm doing wrong.
To be clear let's suppose we have this controller:
class Main extends My_Controller {
function index() {
$casualAccount = $this->doctrine->em->find('Entities\Account' , 1);
$casualAccount-> **AUTOCOMPLETITION NOT WORKING HERE**
$this->load->view('welcome_message.php');
}
}
and we have this model in \models\Entities:
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
/**
* Entities\Account
*/
class Account
{
/**
* #var integer $id
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var string $Mail
*/
private $Mail;
/**
* #var string $Password
*/
private $Password;
/**
* #var string $Type
*/
private $Type;
/**
* #var string $First_name
*/
private $First_name;
/**
* #var string $Last_name
*/
private $Last_name;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set Mail
*
* #param string $mail
* #return Account
*/
public function setMail($mail)
{
$this->Mail = $mail;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get Mail
*
* #return string
*/
public function getMail()
{
return $this->Mail;
}
/**
* Set Password
*
* #param string $password
* #return Account
*/
public function setPassword($password)
{
$this->Password = $password;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get Password
*
* #return string
*/
public function getPassword()
{
return $this->Password;
}
/**
* Set Type
*
* #param string $type
* #return Account
*/
public function setType($type)
{
$this->Type = $type;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get Type
*
* #return string
*/
public function getType()
{
return $this->Type;
}
/**
* Set First_name
*
* #param string $firstName
* #return Account
*/
public function setFirstName($firstName)
{
$this->First_name = $firstName;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get First_name
*
* #return string
*/
public function getFirstName()
{
return $this->First_name;
}
/**
* Set Last_name
*
* #param string $lastName
* #return Account
*/
public function setLastName($lastName)
{
$this->Last_name = $lastName;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get Last_name
*
* #return string
*/
public function getLastName()
{
return $this->Last_name;
}
Update.
Manix comment is helping out a little bit. It's possible to declare in the class a variable telling of what class it will be using the following syntax:
class Main extends My_Controller {
/**
* #var Entities\Account
*/
var $casualAccount;
....
}
This could help a little bit but it's still far from the automatic autocompletition eclipse should be capable of.

Answer 1

Let me guess if I a understand. I have never use Eclipse PDT, but should use annotations in inlines variables when it is not clear. The code below helps to the IDE what type of var find() function returns, because this function generate a entity dynamically. There is not an specific type returned.
/**
* #var $casualAccount Entities\Account
*/
$casualAccount = $this->doctrine->em->find('Entities\Account' , 1);
$casualAccount-> **AUTOCOMPLETITION SHOULD WORK AT THIS POINT *
The annotation above is telling to the IDE that $casualAccount is type of Entities\Account.
That is the reason that not always the autocompletition is avaliable. Take a look:
$this->load->library('Foo');
$this->foo-> /* nothing to show */
Autocompletion does not work here because the class reference itself is generated dynamically even you had documented it.