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JREAM
JREAM

Reputation: 5931

Class Structure and Passing Data

Below I have a series of classes. I am trying to figure out the best way to pass my data from Process.php into each of the following classes. 

/CLI/
    /Process/
        /Condition
            Rule.php
        Condition.php
        Single.php
    Process.php
    Response.php
    Registry.php <-- I don't want to use this, It feels sloppy

At first I wanted to pass data in the hierarchy like below (Im not extending anything at the moment favoring Composition over Inheritance):

\CLI\Process.php

public function run() {
    $condition = new Condition($dataToShare);
}

\CLI\Process\Condition.php

public function __construct($dataToShare) {
    $this->data = $dataToShare;
}

\CLI\Process\Condition\Rule.php

public function __construct($dataToShare) {
    $this->data = $dataToShare;
}

Instead I decided to use a Registry Pattern because I'm paranoid. I feel like the shared data going from class to class and it's messy. Then I found myself setting some Registry values inside a subclass, and it was just as bad!

So a co-worker told me to try an Abstract class so each of these guys can extend it. My problem is that if I extend an Abstract Class then my values won't be set (Because it's a new parent instance).

Is my best option a Singleton? Does anyone have any suggestions to keep this cleaner? I want this to be clean, and I dont want to have this paranoid thought of contaminating data over continually passing it down levels.

While I ask this question it feels like Im speaking Chinese underwater.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 81

Answers (1)

SmasherHell
SmasherHell

Reputation: 884

You can try abstract class and static property to share it with all your instance

Upvotes: 1

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