Collection

interface Collection implements Countable, IteratorAggregate, ArrayAccess

The missing (SPL) Collection/Array/OrderedMap interface.

A Collection resembles the nature of a regular PHP array. That is, it is essentially an ordered map that can also be used like a list.

A Collection has an internal iterator just like a PHP array. In addition, a Collection can be iterated with external iterators, which is preferable. To use an external iterator simply use the foreach language construct to iterate over the collection (which calls {@link getIterator()} internally) or explicitly retrieve an iterator though {@link getIterator()} which can then be used to iterate over the collection. You can not rely on the internal iterator of the collection being at a certain position unless you explicitly positioned it before. Prefer iteration with external iterators.

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namespace Doctrine\Common\Collections;

use ArrayAccess;
use Closure;
use Countable;
use IteratorAggregate;

/**
 * The missing (SPL) Collection/Array/OrderedMap interface.
 *
 * A Collection resembles the nature of a regular PHP array. That is,
 * it is essentially an <b>ordered map</b> that can also be used
 * like a list.
 *
 * A Collection has an internal iterator just like a PHP array. In addition,
 * a Collection can be iterated with external iterators, which is preferable.
 * To use an external iterator simply use the foreach language construct to
 * iterate over the collection (which calls {@link getIterator()} internally) or
 * explicitly retrieve an iterator though {@link getIterator()} which can then be
 * used to iterate over the collection.
 * You can not rely on the internal iterator of the collection being at a certain
 * position unless you explicitly positioned it before. Prefer iteration with
 * external iterators.
 *
 * @since  2.0
 * @author Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>
 * @author Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
 * @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
 */
interface Collection extends Countable, IteratorAggregate, ArrayAccess
{
    /**
     * Adds an element at the end of the collection.
     *
     * @param mixed $element The element to add.
     *
     * @return boolean Always TRUE.
     */
    public function add($element);

    /**
     * Clears the collection, removing all elements.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function clear();

    /**
     * Checks whether an element is contained in the collection.
     * This is an O(n) operation, where n is the size of the collection.
     *
     * @param mixed $element The element to search for.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if the collection contains the element, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function contains($element);

    /**
     * Checks whether the collection is empty (contains no elements).
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if the collection is empty, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function isEmpty();

    /**
     * Removes the element at the specified index from the collection.
     *
     * @param string|integer $key The kex/index of the element to remove.
     *
     * @return mixed The removed element or NULL, if the collection did not contain the element.
     */
    public function remove($key);

    /**
     * Removes the specified element from the collection, if it is found.
     *
     * @param mixed $element The element to remove.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if this collection contained the specified element, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function removeElement($element);

    /**
     * Checks whether the collection contains an element with the specified key/index.
     *
     * @param string|integer $key The key/index to check for.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if the collection contains an element with the specified key/index,
     *                 FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function containsKey($key);

    /**
     * Gets the element at the specified key/index.
     *
     * @param string|integer $key The key/index of the element to retrieve.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function get($key);

    /**
     * Gets all keys/indices of the collection.
     *
     * @return array The keys/indices of the collection, in the order of the corresponding
     *               elements in the collection.
     */
    public function getKeys();

    /**
     * Gets all values of the collection.
     *
     * @return array The values of all elements in the collection, in the order they
     *               appear in the collection.
     */
    public function getValues();

    /**
     * Sets an element in the collection at the specified key/index.
     *
     * @param string|integer $key   The key/index of the element to set.
     * @param mixed          $value The element to set.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function set($key, $value);

    /**
     * Gets a native PHP array representation of the collection.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function toArray();

    /**
     * Sets the internal iterator to the first element in the collection and returns this element.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function first();

    /**
     * Sets the internal iterator to the last element in the collection and returns this element.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function last();

    /**
     * Gets the key/index of the element at the current iterator position.
     *
     * @return int|string
     */
    public function key();

    /**
     * Gets the element of the collection at the current iterator position.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function current();

    /**
     * Moves the internal iterator position to the next element and returns this element.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function next();

    /**
     * Tests for the existence of an element that satisfies the given predicate.
     *
     * @param Closure $p The predicate.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if the predicate is TRUE for at least one element, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function exists(Closure $p);

    /**
     * Returns all the elements of this collection that satisfy the predicate p.
     * The order of the elements is preserved.
     *
     * @param Closure $p The predicate used for filtering.
     *
     * @return Collection A collection with the results of the filter operation.
     */
    public function filter(Closure $p);

    /**
     * Tests whether the given predicate p holds for all elements of this collection.
     *
     * @param Closure $p The predicate.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE, if the predicate yields TRUE for all elements, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function forAll(Closure $p);

    /**
     * Applies the given function to each element in the collection and returns
     * a new collection with the elements returned by the function.
     *
     * @param Closure $func
     *
     * @return Collection
     */
    public function map(Closure $func);

    /**
     * Partitions this collection in two collections according to a predicate.
     * Keys are preserved in the resulting collections.
     *
     * @param Closure $p The predicate on which to partition.
     *
     * @return array An array with two elements. The first element contains the collection
     *               of elements where the predicate returned TRUE, the second element
     *               contains the collection of elements where the predicate returned FALSE.
     */
    public function partition(Closure $p);

    /**
     * Gets the index/key of a given element. The comparison of two elements is strict,
     * that means not only the value but also the type must match.
     * For objects this means reference equality.
     *
     * @param mixed $element The element to search for.
     *
     * @return int|string|bool The key/index of the element or FALSE if the element was not found.
     */
    public function indexOf($element);

    /**
     * Extracts a slice of $length elements starting at position $offset from the Collection.
     *
     * If $length is null it returns all elements from $offset to the end of the Collection.
     * Keys have to be preserved by this method. Calling this method will only return the
     * selected slice and NOT change the elements contained in the collection slice is called on.
     *
     * @param int      $offset The offset to start from.
     * @param int|null $length The maximum number of elements to return, or null for no limit.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function slice($offset, $length = null);
}