original_string: protected function _mergeProperty($property, $parentClasses, $options)
      {
          $thisValue = $this->{$property};
          $isAssoc = false;
          if (isset($options['associative']) &&
              in_array($property, (array)$options['associative'])
          ) {
              $isAssoc = true;
          }
  
          if ($isAssoc) {
              $thisValue = Hash::normalize($thisValue);
          }
          foreach ($parentClasses as $class) {
              $parentProperties = get_class_vars($class);
              if (empty($parentProperties[$property])) {
                  continue;
              }
              $parentProperty = $parentProperties[$property];
              if (!is_array($parentProperty)) {
                  continue;
              }
              $thisValue = $this->_mergePropertyData($thisValue, $parentProperty, $isAssoc);
          }
          $this->{$property} = $thisValue;
      }
code: protected function _mergeProperty($property, $parentClasses, $options)
      {
          $thisValue = $this->{$property};
          $isAssoc = false;
          if (isset($options['associative']) &&
              in_array($property, (array)$options['associative'])
          ) {
              $isAssoc = true;
          }
  
          if ($isAssoc) {
              $thisValue = Hash::normalize($thisValue);
          }
          foreach ($parentClasses as $class) {
              $parentProperties = get_class_vars($class);
              if (empty($parentProperties[$property])) {
                  continue;
              }
              $parentProperty = $parentProperties[$property];
              if (!is_array($parentProperty)) {
                  continue;
              }
              $thisValue = $this->_mergePropertyData($thisValue, $parentProperty, $isAssoc);
          }
          $this->{$property} = $thisValue;
      }
code_tokens: protected function _mergeProperty ( $ property , $ parentClasses , $ options ) { $ thisValue = $ this -> { $ property } ; $ isAssoc = false ; if ( isset ( $ options [ 'associative' ] ) && in_array ( $ property , ( array ) $ options [ 'associative' ] ) ) { $ isAssoc = true ; } if ( $ isAssoc ) { $ thisValue = Hash :: normalize ( $ thisValue ) ; } foreach ( $ parentClasses as $ class ) { $ parentProperties = get_class_vars ( $ class ) ; if ( empty ( $ parentProperties [ $ property ] ) ) { continue ; } $ parentProperty = $ parentProperties [ $ property ] ; if ( ! is_array ( $ parentProperty ) ) { continue ; } $ thisValue = $ this -> _mergePropertyData ( $ thisValue , $ parentProperty , $ isAssoc ) ; } $ this -> { $ property } = $ thisValue ; }
docstring: Merge a single property with the values declared in all parent classes.
  
  @param string $property The name of the property being merged.
  @param array $parentClasses An array of classes you want to merge with.
  @param array $options Options for merging the property, see _mergeVars()
  @return void
docstring_tokens: Merge a single property with the values declared in all parent classes .