feat: add separation of tags into groups

src/Barryvdh/Reflection/DocBlock/Serializer.php

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ class Serializer
     /** @var int|null The max length of a line. */
     protected $lineLength = null;
 
+    /** @var bool Separate tag groups. */
+    protected $separateTags = false;
+
     /**
      * Create a Serializer instance.
      *
@@ -45,17 +48,20 @@ class Serializer
      * @param bool     $indentFirstLine Whether to indent the first line.
      * @param int|null $lineLength      The max length of a line or NULL to
      *     disable line wrapping.
+     * @param bool     $separateTags    Separate tag groups.
      */
     public function __construct(
         $indent = 0,
         $indentString = ' ',
         $indentFirstLine = true,
-        $lineLength = null
+        $lineLength = null,
+        $separateTags = false
     ) {
         $this->setIndentationString($indentString);
         $this->setIndent($indent);
         $this->setIsFirstLineIndented($indentFirstLine);
         $this->setLineLength($lineLength);
+        $this->setSeparateTags($separateTags);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -158,6 +164,29 @@ public function getLineLength()
         return $this->lineLength;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether there should be an empty line between tag groups.
+     *
+     * @param bool $separateTags The new value for this setting.
+     *
+     * @return $this This serializer object.
+     */
+    public function setSeparateTags($separateTags)
+    {
+        $this->separateTags = (bool)$separateTags;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets whether there should be an empty line between tag groups.
+     *
+     * @return bool Whether there should be an empty line between tag groups.
+     */
+    public function getSeparateTags()
+    {
+        return $this->separateTags;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generate a DocBlock comment.
      *
@@ -180,15 +209,23 @@ public function getDocComment(DocBlock $docblock)
 
         $comment = "{$firstIndent}/**\n{$indent} * {$text}\n{$indent} *\n";
 
+        $tags = array_values($docblock->getTags());
+
         /** @var Tag $tag */
-        foreach ($docblock->getTags() as $tag) {
+        foreach ($tags as $key => $tag) {
+            $nextTag = isset($tags[$key + 1]) ? $tags[$key + 1] : null;
+
             $tagText = (string) $tag;
             if ($this->lineLength) {
                 $tagText = wordwrap($tagText, $wrapLength);
             }
             $tagText = str_replace("\n", "\n{$indent} * ", $tagText);
 
             $comment .= "{$indent} * {$tagText}\n";
+
+            if ($this->separateTags && $nextTag !== null && ! $tag->inSameGroup($nextTag)) {
+                $comment .= "{$indent} *\n";
+            }
         }
 
         $comment .= $indent . ' */';

src/Barryvdh/Reflection/DocBlock/Tag.php

@@ -352,6 +352,39 @@ public function setLocation(Location $location = null)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If the given tags should be together or apart.
+     *
+     * @param Tag $tag
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function inSameGroup(Tag $tag)
+    {
+        $firstName = $this->getName();
+        $secondName = $tag->getName();
+
+        if ($firstName === $secondName) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $groups = array(
+            array('deprecated', 'link', 'see', 'since'),
+            array('author', 'copyright', 'license'),
+            array('category', 'package', 'subpackage'),
+            array('property', 'property-read', 'property-write'),
+            array('param', 'return'),
+        );
+
+        foreach ($groups as $group) {
+            if (in_array($firstName, $group, true) && in_array($secondName, $group, true)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds a string representation of this object.
      *