3.9. Specification

3.9.1. Purpose

Builds a clear specification of business rules, where objects can be checked against. The composite specification class has one method called isSatisfiedBy that returns either true or false depending on whether the given object satisfies the specification.

3.9.2. Examples

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3.9.3. UML Diagram

3.9.4. Code

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Item.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification;

class Item
{
    public function __construct(private float $price)
    {
    }

    public function getPrice(): float
    {
        return $this->price;
    }
}

Specification.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification;

interface Specification
{
    public function isSatisfiedBy(Item $item): bool;
}

OrSpecification.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification;

class OrSpecification implements Specification
{
    /**
     * @var Specification[]
     */
    private array $specifications;

    /**
     * @param Specification[] $specifications
     */
    public function __construct(Specification ...$specifications)
    {
        $this->specifications = $specifications;
    }

    /*
     * if at least one specification is true, return true, else return false
     */
    public function isSatisfiedBy(Item $item): bool
    {
        foreach ($this->specifications as $specification) {
            if ($specification->isSatisfiedBy($item)) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}

PriceSpecification.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification;

class PriceSpecification implements Specification
{
    public function __construct(private ?float $minPrice, private ?float $maxPrice)
    {
    }

    public function isSatisfiedBy(Item $item): bool
    {
        if ($this->maxPrice !== null && $item->getPrice() > $this->maxPrice) {
            return false;
        }

        if ($this->minPrice !== null && $item->getPrice() < $this->minPrice) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

AndSpecification.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification;

class AndSpecification implements Specification
{
    /**
     * @var Specification[]
     */
    private array $specifications;

    /**
     * @param Specification[] $specifications
     */
    public function __construct(Specification ...$specifications)
    {
        $this->specifications = $specifications;
    }

    /**
     * if at least one specification is false, return false, else return true.
     */
    public function isSatisfiedBy(Item $item): bool
    {
        foreach ($this->specifications as $specification) {
            if (!$specification->isSatisfiedBy($item)) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return true;
    }
}

NotSpecification.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification;

class NotSpecification implements Specification
{
    public function __construct(private Specification $specification)
    {
    }

    public function isSatisfiedBy(Item $item): bool
    {
        return !$this->specification->isSatisfiedBy($item);
    }
}

3.9.5. Test

Tests/SpecificationTest.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification\Tests;

use DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification\Item;
use DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification\NotSpecification;
use DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification\OrSpecification;
use DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification\AndSpecification;
use DesignPatterns\Behavioral\Specification\PriceSpecification;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

class SpecificationTest extends TestCase
{
    public function testCanOr()
    {
        $spec1 = new PriceSpecification(50, 99);
        $spec2 = new PriceSpecification(101, 200);

        $orSpec = new OrSpecification($spec1, $spec2);

        $this->assertFalse($orSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(100)));
        $this->assertTrue($orSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(51)));
        $this->assertTrue($orSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(150)));
    }

    public function testCanAnd()
    {
        $spec1 = new PriceSpecification(50, 100);
        $spec2 = new PriceSpecification(80, 200);

        $andSpec = new AndSpecification($spec1, $spec2);

        $this->assertFalse($andSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(150)));
        $this->assertFalse($andSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(1)));
        $this->assertFalse($andSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(51)));
        $this->assertTrue($andSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(100)));
    }

    public function testCanNot()
    {
        $spec1 = new PriceSpecification(50, 100);
        $notSpec = new NotSpecification($spec1);

        $this->assertTrue($notSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(150)));
        $this->assertFalse($notSpec->isSatisfiedBy(new Item(50)));
    }
}