README

Create automated static frontages for your PHP objects.

Use Veneer to provide easy access to your most commonly used functionality without sacrificing testability.

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Install

composer require decodelabs/veneer

Usage

Say you have a common library class you use regularly:

namespace Some\Random\Library
{
    // This is a library class you use regularly
    class MyThing {
        public function doAThing() {
            echo 'Done!';
        }
    }
}

You can bind a static, automatically generated frontage by:

namespace App\Setup
{
    // This is your environment setup code
    use DecodeLabs\Veneer;
    use Some\Random\Library\MyThing;
    use App\CoolThing;

    Veneer::register(
        MyThing::class, // active object class
        MyThingFrontage::class // frontage class
    );
}

namespace Some\Other\Code
{
    use App\CoolThing;

    // Your general userland code
    CoolThing::doAThing();
}

Plugins

Unfortunately PHP still doesn't have __getStatic() yet so we have to statically declare plugin names at binding time, but they're still useful for creating more expansive interfaces.

Define plugins as properties on your FacadeTarget with a Plugin attribute, include LazyLoad attribute too if it doesn't need to be loaded straight away.

namespace My\Library
{
    use DecodeLabs\Veneer\Plugin;
    use DecodeLabs\Veneer\LazyLoad;

    class MyThing {

        #[Plugin]
        #[LazyLoad]
        public MyPlugin $plugin;
    }


    class MyPlugin
    {
        public function doAThing(): string {
            return 'Hello from plugin1';
        }
    }
}

namespace Some\Other\Code
{
    use My\Library\MyThing;

    MyThing::$plugin->doAThing(); // Hello from plugin1
}

Note, if your target class has a constructor with required parameters, you will need to add decodelabs/slingshot to your project to allow Veneer to instantiate it.

Licensing

Veneer is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for the full license text.