BaseCollection.md

Meritoo Common Library

Common and useful classes, methods, exceptions etc.

BaseCollection

Namespace

Meritoo\Common\Collection\BaseCollection

Info

It's a set of some elements with the same type, e.g. objects. It's iterable and countable. Provides very useful methods. Some of them:

• getFirst() - returns the first element in the collection
• getLast() - returns the last element in the collection
• isEmpty() - returns information if collection is empty
• add($element, $index = null) - adds given element (at the end of collection)
• addMultiple($elements, $useIndexes = false) - adds given elements (at the end of collection)
• prepend($element) - prepends given element (adds given element at the beginning of collection)
• remove($element) - removes given element

Implementation

You have to implement:

abstract protected function isValidType($element): bool;

This method verifies 1 element before it will be added to collection. Returns information if the element has valid, expected type.

Example (from Meritoo\Common\Collection\Templates class):

protected function isValidType($element): bool
{
    return $element instanceof Template;
}

Methods to overwrite

You can, if you wish, overwrite these methods:

1. To prepare elements used to initialize the collection in your own way:

   protected function prepareElements(array $elements): array

2. To validate type of elements in your own way:

   protected function getElementsWithValidType(array $elements): array

Examples of usage

use Meritoo\Common\Collection\StringCollection;

$emptyCollection = new StringCollection();
var_dump($emptyCollection->isEmpty()); // bool(true)

$elements = [
    'lorem',
    'ipsum',
    123 => 'dolor',
    345 => 'sit',
];

$simpleCollection = new StringCollection($elements);
var_dump($simpleCollection->has('dolor')); // bool(true)

More

1. Base test case (with common methods and data providers)
2. Collection of elements
3. Templates
4. Exceptions
5. Static methods
   1. Arrays
   2. Regex
6. Value Objects

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