SimpleReflection::getParent PHP Method

    public function getParent()
    {
        $reflection = new ReflectionClass($this->interface);
        $parent = $reflection->getParentClass();
        if ($parent) {
            return $parent->getName();
        }
        return false;
    }

 /**
  *    Scans the now complete ignore list, and adds
  *    all parent classes to the list. If a class
  *    is not a runnable test case, then it's parents
  *    wouldn't be either. This is syntactic sugar
  *    to cut down on ommissions of ignore()'s or
  *    missing abstract declarations. This cannot
  *    be done whilst loading classes wiithout forcing
  *    a particular order on the class declarations and
  *    the ignore() calls. It's just nice to have the ignore()
  *    calls at the top of the file before the actual declarations.
  *    @param array $classes     Class names of interest.
  *    @static
  *    @access public
  */
 function ignoreParentsIfIgnored($classes) {
     $registry = &SimpleTest::_getRegistry();
     foreach ($classes as $class) {
         if (SimpleTest::isIgnored($class)) {
             $reflection = new SimpleReflection($class);
             if ($parent = $reflection->getParent()) {
                 SimpleTest::ignore($parent);
             }
         }
     }
 }