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framework/base/Dictionary.php

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Dictionary extends Object implements \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess, \Co
 	 * @param mixed $data the data to be copied from, must be an array or an object implementing `Traversable`
 	 * @throws Exception if data is neither an array nor an iterator.
 	 */
-	public function copyFrom($data)
+	public function fromArray($data)
 	{
 		if (is_array($data) || $data instanceof \Traversable) {
 			if ($this->_d !== array()) {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class Dictionary extends Object implements \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess, \Co
 	 * @param mixed $data the data to be merged with, must be an array or object implementing Traversable
 	 * @param boolean $recursive whether the merging should be recursive.
 	 *
-	 * @throws CException If data is neither an array nor an iterator.
+	 * @throws Exception If data is neither an array nor an iterator.
 	 */
 	public function mergeWith($data, $recursive = true)
 	{

framework/base/Object.php

@@ -342,4 +342,27 @@ class Object
 
 		return $object;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures the object properties with the specified array.
+	 * @param array $array name-value pairs to be used to initialize the properties of this object.
+	 * @return Object the object itself
+	 */
+	public function fromArray($array)
+	{
+		foreach ($array as $name => $value) {
+			$this->$name = $value;
+		}
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the object in terms of an array.
+	 * The default implementation will return the result of PHP function `get_object_vars()`.
+	 * @return array the array representation of this object.
+	 */
+	public function toArray()
+	{
+		return get_object_vars($this);
+	}
 }

framework/base/Vector.php

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class Vector extends Object implements \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess, \Counta
 	 * @param mixed $data the data to be copied from, must be an array or an object implementing `Traversable`
 	 * @throws Exception if data is neither an array nor an object implementing `Traversable`.
 	 */
-	public function copyFrom($data)
+	public function fromArray($data)
 	{
 		if (is_array($data) || $data instanceof \Traversable) {
 			if ($this->_c > 0) {

tests/unit/framework/base/DictionaryTest.php

@@ -83,17 +83,17 @@ class DictionaryTest extends \yiiunit\TestCase
 		$this->assertFalse($this->dictionary->contains('key3'));
 	}
 
-	public function testCopyFrom()
+	public function testFromArray()
 	{
 		$array=array('key3'=>$this->item3,'key4'=>$this->item1);
-		$this->dictionary->copyFrom($array);
+		$this->dictionary->fromArray($array);
 
 		$this->assertEquals(2, $this->dictionary->getCount());
 		$this->assertEquals($this->item3, $this->dictionary['key3']);
 		$this->assertEquals($this->item1, $this->dictionary['key4']);
 
 		$this->setExpectedException('yii\base\Exception');
-		$this->dictionary->copyFrom($this);
+		$this->dictionary->fromArray($this);
 	}
 
 	public function testMergeWith()

tests/unit/framework/base/VectorTest.php

@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ class VectorTest extends \yiiunit\TestCase
 		$this->assertEquals(-1,$this->vector->indexOf($this->item3));
 	}
 
-	public function testCopyFrom()
+	public function testFromArray()
 	{
 		$array=array($this->item3,$this->item1);
-		$this->vector->copyFrom($array);
+		$this->vector->fromArray($array);
 		$this->assertTrue(count($array)==2 && $this->vector[0]===$this->item3 && $this->vector[1]===$this->item1);
 		$this->setExpectedException('yii\base\Exception');
-		$this->vector->copyFrom($this);
+		$this->vector->fromArray($this);
 	}
 
 	public function testMergeWith()