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neunerlei/lockpick
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A list of tools that helps you overcome some arbitrary restrictions while coding

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Lock picks
==========

[](#lock-picks)

TLDR
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[](#tldr)

This is a package that allows you to disable ALL locks that another author might have imposed on code you use in your project. It contains some tools that I use for years now and work quite well.

WARNING
-------

[](#warning)

- Expect there to be a LOT of reflection and string manipulation happening 🙈
- If you break open third-party code be sure that **YOU KNOW** what you are doing, and that the code might change and so your code needs to be flexible enough not to break.

Rambling
--------

[](#rambling)

While I understand why principles like SOLID exist, and why you can easily get in trouble if you start to modify third-party code. In a day-to-day basis, where you need to find solutions; `private` and `final` are two words that bring me to the brink of cringe every time I see them. Making something private AND final in code other developers might use is like locking someone into a room without lights, windows and a door they could use to do their job. If you as an author use `protected` and someone modifies that code, without it being clearly marked as "@api" it should be fairly clear that there might be dragons. But, please, please guys and gals all around the world, don't take away the option from others to fix a bug, or extend a feature you did.

Installation
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[](#installation)

Install this package using composer:

```
composer require neunerlei/lockpick

```

What's in the box
-----------------

[](#whats-in-the-box)

### Class lock-pick

[](#class-lock-pick)

The `Neunerlei\Lockpick\Util\ClassLockpick` class is minimal invasive tool to do stuff with objects that are locked for extension. For example, if there is a private property you want to get the data from, or call a private method. The usage is simple and comes with minimal overhead:

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