Extend final class php
Note for Java developers: the ‘final’ keyword is not used for class constants in PHP. We use the keyword ‘const’.
Note that you cannot ovverride final methods even if they are defined as private in parent class.
Thus, the following example:
class parentClass <
final private function someMethod () < >
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class childClass extends parentClass <
private function someMethod () < >
>
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dies with error «Fatal error: Cannot override final method parentClass::someMethod() in ***.php on line 7»
Such behaviour looks slight unexpected because in child class we cannot know, which private methods exists in a parent class and vice versa.
So, remember that if you defined a private final method, you cannot place method with the same name in child class.
@thomas at somewhere dot com
The ‘final’ keyword is extremely useful. Inheritance is also useful, but can be abused and becomes problematic in large applications. If you ever come across a finalized class or method that you wish to extend, write a decorator instead.
final class Foo
public method doFoo ()
// do something useful and return a result
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final class FooDecorator
private $foo ;
public function __construct ( Foo $foo )
$this -> foo = $foo ;
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public function doFoo ()
$result = $this -> foo -> doFoo ();
// . customize result .
return $result ;
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>
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You can use final methods to replace class constants. The reason for this is you cannot unit test a class constant used in another class in isolation because you cannot mock a constant. Final methods allow you to have the same functionality as a constant while keeping your code loosely coupled.
Tight coupling example (bad to use constants):
class Foo implements FooInterface
const BAR = 1 ;
public function __construct ()
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interface BazInterface
public function getFooBar ();
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// This class cannot be unit tested in isolation because the actual class Foo must also be loaded to get the value of Foo::BAR
class Baz implements BazInterface
private $foo ;
public function __construct ( FooInterface $foo )
$this -> foo = $foo ;
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public function getFooBar ()
return Foo :: BAR ;
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$foo = new Foo ();
$baz = new Baz ( $foo );
$bar = $baz -> getFooBar ();
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Loose coupling example (eliminated constant usage):
interface FooInterface
public function bar ();
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class Foo implements FooInterface
public function __construct ()
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final public function bar ()
return 1 ;
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>
interface BazInterface
public function getFooBar ();
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// This class can be unit tested in isolation because class Foo does not need to be loaded by mocking FooInterface and calling the final bar method.
class Baz implements BazInterface
private $foo ;
public function __construct ( FooInterface $foo )
$this -> foo = $foo ;
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public function getFooBar ()
return $this -> foo -> bar ();
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$foo = new Foo ();
$baz = new Baz ( $foo );
$bar = $baz -> getFooBar ();
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The use of final keyword is just like that occurs in Java
In java final has three uses
1) prevent class Inheritance
2) prevent method overriding or redifination of
method in subclass
3) and to declare constants
But the third point seems to be missing from the PHP
I guess, as i am a java developer Currently gaining competence in PHP
imo good to know:
class BaseClass
protected static $var = ‘i belong to BaseClass’ ;
public static function test ()
echo ‘
‘ .
‘i am `’ . __METHOD__ . ‘()` and this is my var: `’ . self :: $var . ‘`
‘ ;
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public static function changeVar ( $val )
self :: $var = $val ;
echo ‘
‘ .
‘i am `’ . __METHOD__ . ‘()` and i just changed my $var to: `’ . self :: $var . ‘`
‘ ;
>
final public static function dontCopyMe ( $val )
self :: $var = $val ;
echo ‘
‘ .
‘i am `’ . __METHOD__ . ‘()` and i just changed my $var to: `’ . self :: $var . ‘`
‘ ;
>
>
class ChildClass extends BaseClass
protected static $var = ‘i belong to ChildClass’ ;
public static function test ()
echo ‘
‘ .
‘i am `’ . __METHOD__ . ‘()` and this is my var: `’ . self :: $var . ‘`
‘ .
‘and this is my parent var: `’ . parent :: $var . ‘`’ ;
>
public static function changeVar ( $val )
self :: $var = $val ;
echo ‘
‘ .
‘i am `’ . __METHOD__ . ‘()` and i just changed my $var to: `’ . self :: $var . ‘`
‘ .
‘but the parent $var is still: `’ . parent :: $var . ‘`’ ;
>
public static function dontCopyMe ( $val ) // Fatal error: Cannot override final method BaseClass::dontCopyMe() in .
self :: $var = $val ;
echo ‘
‘ .
‘i am `’ . __METHOD__ . ‘()` and i just changed my $var to: `’ . self :: $var . ‘`
‘ ;
>
>
BaseClass :: test (); // i am `BaseClass::test()` and this is my var: `i belong to BaseClass`
ChildClass :: test (); // i am `ChildClass::test()` and this is my var: `i belong to ChildClass`
// and this is my parent var: `i belong to BaseClass`
ChildClass :: changeVar ( ‘something new’ ); // i am `ChildClass::changeVar()` and i just changed my $var to: `something new`
// but the parent $var is still: `i belong to BaseClass`
BaseClass :: changeVar ( ‘something different’ ); // i am `BaseClass::changeVar()` and i just changed my $var to: `something different`
BaseClass :: dontCopyMe ( ‘a text’ ); // i am `BaseClass::dontCopyMe()` and i just changed my $var to: `a text`
ChildClass :: dontCopyMe ( ‘a text’ ); // Fatal error: Cannot override final method BaseClass::dontCopyMe() in .
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class parentClass public function someMethod () < >
>
class childClass extends parentClass public final function someMethod () < >//override parent function
>
$class = new childClass ;
$class -> someMethod (); //call the override function in chield class
?>
The behaviour of FINAL is not as serious as you may think. A little explample:
class A final private function method ()<>
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class B extends A private function method ()<>
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?>
Normally you would expect some of the following will happen:
— An error that final and private keyword cannot be used together
— No error as the private visibility says, that a method/var/etc. is only visible within the same class
But what happens is PHP is a little curios: «Cannot override final method A::method()»
So its possible to deny method names in subclasses! Don’t know if this is a good behavior, but maybe its useful for your purpose.
Class constants CAN be “finalised” since PHP8.1. To partly contradict to the most popular user contribution, that was written a long time ago, they were still absolutely right.
«Note for Java developers: the ‘final’ keyword is not used for class constants in PHP. We use the keyword ‘const’.»
This is more or less true, regardless of the fact that constant (being defined at class level or not) in PHP are only scalar (int, string, etc) while in Java they may be pure object (ex: java.awat.Color.BLACK). The only possible solution of having such kind of constant is :
class Bar <. >
class Foo public static $FOOBAR ;
static function __init () static $init = false ;
if ( $init ) throw new Exception ( ‘Constants were already initialized’ );
self :: $FOOBAR = new Bar ();
$init = true ;
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Foo :: __init ();
?>
That said, perhaps it is useless unless PHP automatically calls the __init() method.
However, one alternative that could be done in certain case is this :
function __autoload ( $className ) <
. require the file where the class is .
if ( interface_exists ( $className , false )) return;
if ( class_exists ( $className , false )) $rc = new ReflectionClass ( $className );
if (! $rc -> hasMethod ( ‘__init’ )) return;
$m = $rc -> getMethod ( ‘__init’ );
if (!( $m -> isStatic () && $m -> isPrivate ())) throw new Exception ( $className . ‘ __init() method must be private and static !’ );
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$m -> invoke ( null );
return;
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throw new Exception ( ‘Class or interface not found ‘ . $className );
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This can only work when one class is defined per file, since we are assured that __autoload() will be called to load the file containing the class.
test2.php:
class B public static $X ;
private static function __init () echo ‘B’ , «\n» ;
self :: $X = array( 1 , 2 );
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class A public static $Y ;
private static function __init () echo ‘A’ , «\n» ;
self :: $Y = array( 3 , 4 );
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?>
test.php:
function __autoload ( $n ) if ( $n == ‘A’ || $n == ‘B’ ) require ‘test2.php’ ;
. do our __init () trick .
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var_dump ( B :: $X ); // shows B, then array(2) (1, 2)
var_dump ( A :: $Y ); // shows NULL.
?>
@someone
@thomas
Decorating a finalized class is not possible. The decorator that’s mentioned is incomplete. There’s a fundamental flaw in it. Look:
//copy’n’paste your FooBar, Foo definition
$f = new Foo ;
$fd = new FooDecorator ( $f );
var_dump ( $fd instanceof $f ); //FALSE
var_dump ( is_a ( $fd , ‘Foo’ )); //FALSE
fooFoo ( $fd ); //E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR here . ;
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What you’ve created is just an object that happens to have the same methods(a duck type). But if in the client code someone makes decision based on the type of your passed decorator they’ll make incorrect decision — or to be more precise not the one that you, the author of the ‘decorator’ wants them to make.
FYI that’s the correct implementation based on GoF:
class Foo
public method doFoo ()
// do something useful and return a result
>
>
//decorator must inherit the interface(the methods, type info etc.) //of the decorated class by *extending* it.
class FooDecorator extends Foo
private $foo ;
public function __construct ( Foo $foo )
$this -> foo = $foo ;
>
public function doFoo ()
$result = $this -> foo -> doFoo ();
// . customize result .
return $result ;
>
>
function fooFoo ( Foo $f ) <>
$f = new Foo ;
$fd = new FooDecorator ( $f );
var_dump ( $fd instanceof $f ); //true
fooFoo ( $fd ); //no E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR here;
?>
I haven’t come across any legitimate use of a finalizing class/method and I personally think that ‘final’ is has no much use and is just a copy’n’pasted from Java into PHP. The keyword makes code difficult to test. If you have to create a test double from a finalized class because you’ll need create a derived type to shadow the methods you don’t care about. If one of them is finalized you’ve already lost.
Final is not really about overriding or overloading a method.
PHP doesn’t support (yet ?) method ovverriding.
The final keyword however prevent you to redefine a method already previously declared.
Note: Properties cannot be declared final, only classes and methods may be declared as final.
you can use trait:
trait PropertiesTrait public $same = true ;
public $different = false ;
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class PropertiesExample use PropertiesTrait ;
public $same = true ; // Strict Standards
public $different = true ; // 致命错误
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