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artisansdk/generic
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A user-land implementation of generics in PHP.

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Generics
========

[](#generics)

A PHP-based implementation of generics (templated classes) to aid with stricter type consistency.

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage Guide](#usage-guide)
    - [Motivation Behind the Library](#motivation-behind-the-library)
    - [Run Without Type Checks](#run-without-type-checks)
    - [Creating Custom Generics](#creating-custom-generics)
- [Licensing](#licensing)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The package installs into a PHP application like any other PHP package:

```
composer require artisansdk/generic
```

Usage Guide
-----------

[](#usage-guide)

For examples see `tests/Example.php`. Run the following for a performance test:

```
php tests/Example.php
```

Using a generic is just a matter of instantiating it with the required typed parameters which will be used for type checking from then on:

```