README

PHP Interface to create value objects to use in your project. Abstract Enum class available that uses the same interface.

Why?

ValueObjects are the ideal way to use in your project. You can force yourself in your project to have data in the way you want.

Documentation

The interface

The interface has three methods you need to implement.

• __toString(): This magic method is needed to represent the ValueObject as a string. Is usefull for logging.
• toNative(): This method must return an array, integer, string... This is needed to test if two value objects are the same or not and for serializing.
• equalsTo(ValueObject $object): The method requires another ValueObject instance. The toNative()-method can be used to check if two value objects are the same. In the Enum it uses the equals method from the parent.

The Enum

The included Enum extends the Enum from MyCLabs. Additionally it implements the interface. This way it's possible to use the functions toNative() and equalsTo() in your application. More importantly an enumaration is also a value object, something that can't be changed when created. When all those classes implements the same interface, its easier for the developer to use them through eachother.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

$ composer require glamorous/value-object

Usage

Amount (Interface example)

Most of the people will say: "this is an integer, why do we need a value object?". Then you should read some articles about value objects again.

use Glamorous\ValueObject;

final class Amount implements ValueObject
{
    private $amount;

    public __construct(int $amount)
    {
        if ($amount < 0) {
            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Amount must be above zero or zero');
        }

        $this->amount = $amount;
    }
}

Status (Enum example)

use Glamorous\Enum;

final class Status extends Enum
{
    const OPEN = 'open';
    const CLOSED = 'closed';
}

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details. To see a list of the contributors: all contributors.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.