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happyr/identifier-interface
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Write down your routing mapping at one place

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HappyR Identifier Interface
===========================

[](#happyr-identifier-interface)

This "library" is not much. It is just one interface. The interface makes sure you have a public function called *getId()*.

Say that you are writing AcmeMessageBundle with a Message entity. Each Message should have a relation to a User. You could write something like this:

```
class Message
{
  private $user;

  /* ... */

  public function setUser(IdentifierInterface $user)
  {
    $this->user = $user;
  }

  /* ... */
}

class MessageSenderService
{
  /* ... */
  public function send(Message $message, IdentifierInterface $recipient)
  {
     if ($message->getUser()->getId() == $recipient->getId()) {
        throw new \Exception("You can not send a message to yourself.");
     }

     /* ... */
  }
}
```

You could of course ship your own IdentifierInterface with your AcmeMessageBundle but after a while you will notice that your User entity implements too many interfaces...

```
class User implements SymfonyUserInterface, AcmeMessageBundleIdInterface, OtherBundleInterface, AcmeDemoBundleUserInterface, CompanyBundleIdentifierInterface, MyIndentifierInterface
{
  /* ... */
}
```

When we create **Symfony2** bundles we will always use the HappyR Identifier Interface for both public and interal work.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4517d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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