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nikolas-lada/reflection-factory
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The tiny Factory static class which loads parameters and injects them into constructors by reflection.

v1.0.0(6y ago)08GPL-2.0PHPPHP >= 7.1

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Reflection factory - repeat your code less!
===========================================

[](#reflection-factory---repeat-your-code-less)

The factory class which loads parameters and injects them into constructors by reflection.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require nikolas-lada/reflection-factory
```

It requires PHP version 7.1+.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For \\stdClass:

```
use \NikolasLada\ReflectionFactory\ReflectionFactory;

$data = new \stdClass;

/**
 * no matter of property order
 */
$data->created = '2018-03-20 12:00:00';
$data->id = 1;
$data->updated = \null;

$beforeCreate = function() use ($data) {
  $data->created = new \DateTime($data->created);

  if (!\is_null($data->updated)) {
    $data->updated = new \DateTime($data->updated);
  }

  return $data;
};

$article = ReflectionFactory::createFromStdClass(
    \NikolasLada\ReflectionFactory\Tests\Domain\Article::class,
    $data,
    $beforeCreate
);

// or

$article = ReflectionFactory::create(
    \NikolasLada\ReflectionFactory\Tests\Domain\Article::class,
    $data,
    $beforeCreate
);
```

For array:

```
use \NikolasLada\ReflectionFactory\ReflectionFactory;

$data = [];

/**
 * The createFromArray method depends on order items in array!
 */
$data['id'] = 1;
$data['created'] = '2018-03-20 12:00:00';
$data['updated'] = '2018-03-20 12:01:13';

$data['created'] = new \DateTime($data['created']);

if (!\is_null($data['updated'])) {
  $data['updated'] = new \DateTime($data['updated']);
}

$article = ReflectionFactory::createFromArray(
    \NikolasLada\ReflectionFactory\Tests\Domain\Article::class,
    $data
);

// or

$beforeCreate = function() use ($data) {
  $data['created'] = new \DateTime($data['created']);

  return $data;
};

$article = ReflectionFactory::create(
    \NikolasLada\ReflectionFactory\Tests\Domain\Article::class,
    $data,
    $beforeCreate
);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The Reflection factory library is open-sourced software licensed under:

- [GNU GPL 2.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0),
- [GNU GPL 3.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0),
- [GNU LGPL 3.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0) and
- [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~683 days

Total

2

Last Release

2287d ago

Major Versions

0.0.0 → v1.0.02020-02-02

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

factoryreflectionutil

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