From 1e606d1ed31589bf6f83b554a99408a7730e4576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Pivetta <ocramius@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:08:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #1178 - adding note about
 `ClassMetadataInfo#getTypeOfColumn()` being unreliable/dangerous

---
 lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index 769b80f25..bbfae15f0 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -1998,7 +1998,10 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
      *
      * @param string $columnName
      *
-     * @return \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type
+     * @return \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type|string|null
+     *
+     * @deprecated this method is bogous and unreliable, since it cannot resolve the type of a column that is
+     *             derived by a referenced field on a different entity.
      */
     public function getTypeOfColumn($columnName)
     {