unique() */ class UniqueGenerator { protected $generator; protected $maxRetries; protected $moreStuff; protected $uniques = array(); public function __construct(Generator $generator, $maxRetries) { $this->generator = $generator; $this->maxRetries = $maxRetries + 1; } /** * Catch and proxy all generator calls but return only unique values */ public function __get($attribute) { return $this->__call($attribute, array()); } /** * Catch and proxy all generator calls with arguments but return only unique values */ public function __call($name, $arguments) { $i = 0; if (!isset($this->uniques[$name])) { $this->uniques[$name] = array(); } 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', $this->maxRetries)); } } while (in_array($res, $this->uniques[$name])); $this->uniques[$name][]= $res; return $res; } }