Lightly document WP_Entity_Reader

Author: adamziel

packages/playground/data-liberation/src/entity-readers/WP_Entity_Reader.php

@@ -1,39 +1,64 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ * The Entity Reader ingests content from a source and breaks it down into
+ * individual "entities" that WordPress understands - posts, comments, metadata, etc.
+ *
+ * The reader implements Iterator so you can easily loop through entities:
+ * foreach ($reader as $entity) { ... }
+ */
 abstract class WP_Entity_Reader implements \Iterator {
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the current entity being processed.
+	 *
+	 * @return WP_Imported_Entity|false The current entity, or false if none available
+	 */
 	abstract public function get_entity();
-	abstract public function next_entity();
 
 	/**
-	 * Checks if processing is finished.
+	 * Advances to the next entity in the source content.
 	 *
-	 * @since WP_VERSION
+	 * This is where each data source implements its own logic for parsing the bytes
+	 * and extracting the next meaningful piece of content.
 	 *
-	 * @return bool Whether processing is finished.
+	 * @return bool Whether we successfully moved to the next entity
+	 */
+	abstract public function next_entity();
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if we've processed everything from the source.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool Whether we've processed everything from the source
 	 */
 	abstract public function is_finished(): bool;
 
 	/**
-	 * Gets the last error that occurred.
+	 * Gets any error that occurred during processing.
 	 *
-	 * @since WP_VERSION
+	 * Readers should use this to report issues like invalid source content
+	 * or parsing failures.
 	 *
-	 * @return string|null The error message, or null if no error occurred.
+	 * @since WP_VERSION
+	 * @return string|null Error message if something went wrong, null otherwise
 	 */
 	abstract public function get_last_error(): ?string;
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns a cursor that can be used to restore the reader's state.
+	 * Returns a cursor position that can be used to resume processing later.
 	 *
-	 * @TODO: Define a general interface for entity readers.
+	 * This allows for processing large imports in chunks without losing your place.
+	 * Not all readers support this yet.
 	 *
-	 * @return string
+	 * @TODO: Define a general interface for entity readers.
+	 * @return string Position marker for resuming later
 	 */
 	public function get_reentrancy_cursor() {
 		return '';
 	}
 
+	// The iterator interface:
+
 	public function current(): object {
 		if ( null === $this->get_entity() && ! $this->is_finished() && ! $this->get_last_error() ) {
 			$this->next();