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icecave/traitor
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Compose new classes using interfaces and traits at runtime.

1.0.0(11y ago)3211[1 PRs](https://github.com/IcecaveStudios/traitor/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.4

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Traitor
=======

[](#traitor)

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**Traitor** is a PHP library for dynamically generating classes that implement certain interfaces by use of traits. The primary purpose is for creating test mocks.

- Install via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) package [icecave/traitor](https://packagist.org/packages/icecave/traitor)
- Read the [API documentation](http://icecavestudios.github.io/traitor/artifacts/documentation/api/)

Example
-------

[](#example)

The example below creates an instance of an object that implements the `SomeInterface` interface by using the `SomeTrait`trait. It is passed the values `1`, `2`, and `3` as constructor parameters.

```
use Icecave\Traitor\Traitor;

$instance = Traitor::create()
    ->implements_(SomeInterface::CLASS)
    ->use_(SomeTrait::CLASS)
    ->instance(1, 2, 3);
```

Contact us
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[](#contact-us)

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###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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

Every ~6 days

Total

2

Last Release

4269d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02014-09-09

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

testingmockingcodemockinterfacetraitgenerate

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