doctrine/annotations 2.0.1

The "doctrine/annotations" is a PHP package that provides a Docblock Annotations Parser library. It allows you to parse structured data out of PHP doc-blocks. With the introduction of attributes in PHP 8, this library is now considered to be feature-complete and will primarily receive only bug and security fixes.

To use the "doctrine/annotations" package in your PHP project, first, you need to add it as a dependency via Composer. You can do this by running composer require doctrine/annotations in your project’s root directory. Once installed, you can use it in your PHP files by including the appropriate namespaces and then using the provided classes and functions. Remember, due to the introduction of attributes in PHP 8, the use of this library should be limited to maintaining and updating existing projects.

Here's a basic usage example:

use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;

$class = new ReflectionClass(SomeClass::class);
$reader = new AnnotationReader();

// Get class annotations
$classAnnotations = $reader->getClassAnnotations($class);

// Get method annotations
$method = $class->getMethod('someMethod');
$methodAnnotations = $reader->getMethodAnnotations($method);

// Get property annotations
$property = $class->getProperty('someProperty');
$propertyAnnotations = $reader->getPropertyAnnotations($property);

For a comprehensive explanation of how to use "doctrine/annotations", you can refer to its official documentation available at the Doctrine Project website. You can find it here. The documentation covers everything from installation to use-cases, and adhering to the coding standards of the Doctrine project.