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PHP Specification

This is a library to help implement the specification pattern in PHP.
It provides on-memory validation, on-memory and ORM selection, and specification composite.

Installation

composer require ngmy/specification

Usage

Specification creation and on-memory validation and selection

Create your specification class by inheriting from the AbstractSpecification class.

Then implement the isSatisfiedBy method.
In this method, write the criteria that satisfy the specification.

In addition, use the @extends annotation to write the object type expected by the isSatisfiedBy method to facilitate static analysis.

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use Ngmy\Specification\AbstractSpecification;

/**
 * Popular user specification.
 *
 * @extends AbstractSpecification<User>
 */
class PopularUserSpecification extends AbstractSpecification
{
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function isSatisfiedBy($candidate): bool
    {
        return $candidate->getVotes() > 100;
    }
}

By calling the isSatisfiedBy method with the object to be verified, you can verify that the object satisfies the specification.

$spec = new PopularUserSpecification();
$spec->isSatisfiedBy($user);

Of course, it can also be used for selection.

$spec = new PopularUserSpecification();
$popularUsers = array_filter(function (User $users) use ($spec): void {
    return $spec->isSatisfiedBy($user);
}, $users);

ORM selection

Eloquent

Implement the applyToEloquent method.
Write the selection criteria in this method using the where method, etc.

use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

/**
 * {@inheritdoc}
 */
public function applyToEloquent(Builder $query): void
{
    $query->where('votes', '>', 100);
}

By calling the applyToEloquent method passing the Eloquent builder, you can add selection criteria to the query.

$query = User::query(); // User is your Eloquent model
$spec = new PopularUserSpecification();
$spec->applyToEloquent($query);
$popularUsers = $query->get();

Doctrine

Implement the applyToDoctrine method.
Write the selection criteria in this method using the andWhere method, etc.

use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
use Ngmy\Specification\Support\DoctrineUtils;

/**
 * {@inheritdoc}
 */
public function applyToDoctrine(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder): void
{
    $queryBuilder->andWhere($queryBuilder->expr()->gt(
        DoctrineUtils::getRootAliasedColumnName($queryBuilder, 'votes'),
        DoctrineUtils::createUniqueNamedParameter($this, $queryBuilder, 100),
    ));
}

By calling the applyToDoctrine method passing the query builder, you can add selection criteria to the query.

/** @var \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager $entityManager */
$queryBuilder = $entityManager->createQueryBuilder();
$queryBuilder->select('u')->from(User::class, 'u'); // User is your Doctrine entity
$spec = new PopularUserSpecification();
$spec->applyToDoctrine($queryBuilder);
$popularUsers = $queryBuilder->getQuery()->getResult();

Composite

You can compose specifications with AND, OR, and NOT.
When composing a specification, the criteria writed in the isSatisfiedBy, applyToEloquent and applyToDoctrine methods are also composited.

AND

By passing an instance of another specification to the specification's and method and calling it, you can generate a new specification that is an AND composite of the two specifications.

$spec1 = new Specification1();
$spec2 = new Specification2();
$spec3 = $spec1->and($spec2);

OR

By passing an instance of another specification to the specification's or method and calling it, you can generate a new specification that is an OR composite of the two specifications.

$spec1 = new Specification1();
$spec2 = new Specification2();
$spec3 = $spec1->or($spec2);

NOT

By calling the not method of the specification, you can generate a new specification that is NOT composite of itself.

$spec1 = new Specification1();
$spec2 = $spec1->not();

Example of use

• ngmy/php-specification-example
  • This project is a code example of using the PHP Specification to implement a specification pattern.
    It is written following Domain-Driven Design approach and has a code example of combining a specification and a repository.
    It uses Eloquent and Doctrine for the ORM.

License

PHP Specification is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.