Container Interoperability
The "container-interop" project attempts to achieve the interoperability of container objects (service locators, dependency injection containers, etc.) through discussions and trial, and by establishing common interfaces.
If PHP projects that provide container implementations begin to adopt these common interfaces, then PHP applications and projects that use containers can depend on the common interfaces instead of specific implementations. This facilitates a high-level of interoperability and flexibility that allows users to consume any container implementation that can be adapted to these interfaces.
The work done in this project is not officially endorsed by the PHP-FIG, but it is being worked on by members of PHP-FIG and other good developers. We adhere to the spirit and ideals of PHP-FIG, and hope this project will pave the way for one or more future PSRs.
Installation
You can install this package through Composer:
{
"require": {
"container-interop/container-interop": "~1.0"
}
}The packages adheres to the SemVer specification, and there will be full backward compatibility between minor versions.
Interfaces
Available
ContainerInterface. Meta Document. Describes the interface of a container that exposes methods to read its entries.
Proposed
ParentAwareContainerInterface: Join the discussions
Compatible projects
Workflow
Everyone is welcome to join and contribute.
The general workflow looks like this:
- Someone opens a discussion (GitHub issue) to suggest an interface
- Feedback is gathered
- The interface is added to a development branch
- We release alpha versions so that the interface can be experimented with
- Discussions and edits ensue until the interface is deemed stable by a general consensus
- A new minor version of the package is released
We try to not break BC by creating new interfaces instead of editing existing ones.
While we currently work on interfaces, we are open to anything that might help towards interoperability, may that be code, best practices, etc.