DesignPatternsPHP

`Observer`_
===========

Purpose
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To implement a publish/subscribe behaviour to an object, whenever a
"Subject" object changes it's state, the attached "Observers" will be
notified. It is used to shorten the amount of coupled objects and uses
loose coupling instead.

Examples
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-  a message queue system is observed to show the progress of a job in a
   GUI

Note
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PHP already defines two interfaces that can help to implement this
pattern: SplObserver and SplSubject.

UML Diagram
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.. image:: uml/uml.png
   :alt: Alt Observer UML Diagram
   :align: center

Code
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You can also find these code on `GitHub`_

User.php

.. literalinclude:: User.php
   :language: php
   :linenos:

UserObserver.php

.. literalinclude:: UserObserver.php
   :language: php
   :linenos:

Test
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Tests/ObserverTest.php

.. literalinclude:: Tests/ObserverTest.php
   :language: php
   :linenos:

.. _`GitHub`: https://github.com/domnikl/DesignPatternsPHP/tree/master/Behavioral/Observer
.. _`Observer`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern