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venne/generics
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Generics in PHP

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\[EXPERIMENT\] Venne\\Generics
==============================

[](#experiment-vennegenerics)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**Basic usage**

Use phpDoc `@template` as definition of template types:

```
/**
 * @template IEntity
 */
class Repository {

	public function save(IEntity $entity)
	{
		...
	}

}
```

Now you can generate own class generated from template. Symbol `_` is default separator between class name and template type.

```
class Article {}

$articleRepository = new Repository_Article;
$articleRepository->save(new Article); // works
$articleRepository->save(11); // fail
```

If you need to use multiple template types, define them in phpDoc:

```
/**
 * @template IEntity, IEntityManager
 */
...
```

and work with it similarly:

```
$articleRepository = new Repository_Article_EntityManager;
...
```

If you want to remove typehint:

```
$repository = new Repository_;
$repository->save('yeah'); // works
$repository->save(33); // works
$repository->save(new stdClass()); // works
...
```

**Working with namespaces**

Use absolute class names:

```
$article = new App\Article;
$article->text = 'Foo';

$articleRepository = new App\Repository_App\Article;
$articleRepository->save($article);
```

Or you can use `use statements`:

```
use App\Article;
use App\Repository_App\Article as ArticleRepository;

$article = new Article;
$article->text = 'Foo';

$articleRepository = new ArticleRepository;
$articleRepository->save($article);
```

**Autowiring**

```
services:
	- ArticleRepository_Article
	- ArticleService
```

```
use ArticleRepository_Article as ArticleRepository;

class ArticleService {

	private $repository;

	public function __construct(ArticleRepository $repository)
	{
		$this->repository = $repository;
	}

}
```

**Inheritance rules**

```
abstract class Entity {}
class Page extends Entity {}
class Article extends Page {}
abstract class Repository {}

/** @template Page */
class PageRepository extends Repository {
	public function(Page $entity) {}
}

$pageRepository = new PageRepository;
$articleRepository = new PageRepository_Article;

echo $pageRepository instanceof Repository; // TRUE
echo $pageRepository instanceof PageRepository; // TRUE

echo $articleRepository instanceof Repository; // TRUE
echo $articleRepository instanceof PageRepository; // FALSE
```

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require venne/generics
```

Configuration in Nette framework
--------------------------------

[](#configuration-in-nette-framework)

```
extensions:
	generics: Venne\Generics\DI\GenericsExtension
```

```
generics:
	separator: '_'
```

Manual configuration
--------------------

[](#manual-configuration)

```
$generics = new Venne\Generics\Generics;
$loader = new Venne\Generics\Loader($generics);
$loader->register();
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

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

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