unique() */ class UniqueGenerator { protected $generator; protected $maxRetries; protected $uniques = array(); public function __construct(Generator $generator, $maxRetries) { $this->generator = $generator; $this->maxRetries = $maxRetries; } /** * Catch and proxy all generator calls but return only unique values */ public function __get($attribute) { return $this->__call($attribute, array()); } /** * Catch and proxy all generator calls with arguments but return only unique values */ public function __call($name, $arguments) { if (!isset($this->uniques[$name])) { $this->uniques[$name] = array(); } $i = 0; do { $res = call_user_func_array(array($this->generator, $name), $arguments); $i++; if ($i > $this->maxRetries) { throw new \OverflowException(sprintf('Maximum retries of %d reached without finding a unique value', $this->maxRetries)); } } while (array_key_exists($res, $this->uniques[$name])); $this->uniques[$name][$res]= null; return $res; } }