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Please update to the combined package.s Entity Behaviours ----------------- [](#entity-behaviours) Provides some useful interfaces and traits that can be used with entities. The traits implement on basic methods, and still require e.g. publish/unpublish to be implemented. ### Requirements [](#requirements) - PHP 7+ ### Installation [](#installation) Install using composer, or checkout / pull the files from github.com. - composer require somnambulist/entity-behaviours ### Behaviours [](#behaviours) Unlike the somnambulist/laravel-doctrine-behaviours package, these behaviours are intended to be used in a much more controlled and DDD based system. As such they do not implement setters and in some cases even the methods defined in the interfaces as these are core domain methods that should raise events within your system. 1. Activatable Adds `activate()`/`deactivate()` methods to an entity controlling if it is active or not. The entity should implement activate/deactivate methods so that Events can be raised. 2. GloballyTrackable A collection of other interfaces: Identifiable, Nameable, Timestampable, UniversallyIdentifiable. 3. Identifiable Adds an `id()` method that returns the primary identifier (int, string, object) 4. IdentifiableWithTimestamps A combination of Identifiable and Timestampable 5. Nameable Adds a `name()` method that returns the entity name component. 6. NumericallySortable Adds an `ordinal()` and update method for adding a numerical sorting index to an entity. 7. Publishable Adds `publish()`/`unpublish()` for controlling if an Entity is "published". Uses the DateTime value object. publish/unpublish are not implemented as they should raise events when used. 8. Stringable Adds `__toString()` and a `toString()` method that will use try the following methods: - `displayAs()` - `title()` - `name()` If none are present an empty string is returned. 9. Timestampable Adds `createdAt()`/`updatedAt()` methods. Not setters are not defined as the entity should update the updatedAt when it is changed through update calls and not rely on database behaviour. 10. Trackable A collection of other interfaces: Identifiable, Nameable, Timestampable 11. UniversallyIdentifiable Adds a `uuid()` method that returns a Uuid value object. 12. Versionable Adds a `version()` and `incrementVersion()` methods for defining the current entity version. incrementVersion should be hooked in appropriate update methods when the entity is modified. ### Utilities [](#utilities) - EntityAccessor Helper class for accessing property methods/properties. 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