* @copyright © 2014 Bryan Davis and Wikimedia Foundation. */ class ObjectFactory { /** * Instantiate an object based on a specification array. * * The specification array must contain a 'class' key with string value * that specifies the class name to instantiate or a 'factory' key with * a callable (is_callable() === true). It can optionally contain * an 'args' key that provides arguments to pass to the * constructor/callable. * * Object construction using a specification having both 'class' and * 'args' members will call the constructor of the class using * ReflectionClass::newInstanceArgs. The use of ReflectionClass carries * a performance penalty and should not be used to create large numbers of * objects. If this is needed, consider introducing a factory method that * can be called via call_user_func_array() instead. * * Values in the arguments collection which are Closure instances will be * expanded by invoking them with no arguments before passing the * resulting value on to the constructor/callable. This can be used to * pass DatabaseBase instances or other live objects to the * constructor/callable. This behavior can be suppressed by adding * closure_expansion => false to the specification. * * @param array $spec Object specification * @return object * @throws InvalidArgumentException when object specification does not * contain 'class' or 'factory' keys * @throws ReflectionException when 'args' are supplied and 'class' * constructor is non-public or non-existent */ public static function getObjectFromSpec( $spec ) { $args = isset( $spec['args'] ) ? $spec['args'] : array(); if ( !isset( $spec['closure_expansion'] ) || $spec['closure_expansion'] === true ) { $args = array_map( function ( $value ) { if ( is_object( $value ) && $value instanceof Closure ) { // If an argument is a Closure, call it. return $value(); } else { return $value; } }, $args ); } if ( isset( $spec['class'] ) ) { $clazz = $spec['class']; if ( !$args ) { $obj = new $clazz(); } else { $ref = new ReflectionClass( $clazz ); $obj = $ref->newInstanceArgs( $args ); } } elseif ( isset( $spec['factory'] ) ) { $obj = call_user_func_array( $spec['factory'], $args ); } else { throw new InvalidArgumentException( 'Provided specification lacks both factory and class parameters.' ); } return $obj; } }