<?php namespace Hamcrest; /** * Convenient base class for Matchers that require a value of a specific type. * This simply checks the type and then casts. */ abstract class TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher extends TypeSafeMatcher { final public function matchesSafely($item) { return $this->matchesSafelyWithDiagnosticDescription($item, new NullDescription()); } final public function describeMismatchSafely($item, Description $mismatchDescription) { $this->matchesSafelyWithDiagnosticDescription($item, $mismatchDescription); } // -- Protected Methods /** * Subclasses should implement these. The item will already have been checked for * the specific type. */ abstract protected function matchesSafelyWithDiagnosticDescription($item, Description $mismatchDescription); }