litgroup/equatable

Provides EquatableInterface for PHP 7+

Equatable for PHP

Provides Equatable for PHP 7+ (inspired by Java)., _(*1)

, _(*2)

Installation

composer require litgroup/equatable:^2.0

What is inside

interface Equatable
{
    /**
     * Checks if this object is equal to another one.
     */
    public function equals(Equatable $another): bool;
}

Example of usage

namespace Acme;

use LitGroup\Equatable\Equatable;

class User
{
    private $username;
    private $email;

    public function __construct(string $username, string $email)
    {
        $this->username = $username;
        $this->email = $email;
    }

    public function getUsername(): string
    {
        return $this->username;
    }

    public function getEmail(): string
    {
        return $this->email;
    }

    /**
     * Example of implementation of Equatable::equals()
     */
    public function equals(Equatable $another): bool
    {
        return 
            $another instanceOf User &&
            $another->getUsername() == $this->getUsername() &&
            $another->getEmail() == $this->getEmail()
        ;
    }
}

LICENSE

See LICENSE file., _(*3)