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<?php function hashcode($str){ // return sha1($str); return $str; } class SomethingBuilder { private $name; private $super; function __construct($name){ $this->name = $name; } function getName(){ return $this->name; } function setSuper(SomethingBuilder $super = null){ $this->super = $super; } function getSuper(){ return $this->super; } function getHash(){ return hashcode(spl_object_hash($this)); } function equals($other){ return $this->getHash() === $other->getHash(); } } class Something { protected $super; protected $name; function __construct(SomethingBuilder $builder){ $this->name = $builder->getName(); $argBuilder = $builder; $immutables = []; $builders = []; do{ if(isset($immutables[$builder->getHash()])) break; // this should rather be a private class, which php doesn't have yet, but better than nothing. $immutable = $builder === $argBuilder ? $this : new class($builder->getName()) extends Something{ function __construct($name){ $this->name = $name; } }; $immutables[$builder->getHash()] = $immutable; $builders[$builder->getHash()] = $builder; }while($builder = $builder->getSuper()); foreach($immutables as $builderHash => $immutable){ $immutable->super = $immutables[$builders[$builderHash]->getSuper()->getHash()]; } } function getName(){ return $this->name; } function getSuper(){ return $this->super; } function getHash($origin = null){ if($this === $origin){ return hashcode("*RECURSION*"); }else{ return hashcode( "Something" . "{" . $this->getName() . "|" . $this->getSuper()->getHash($origin ?? $this) . "}" ); } } function equals($other){ return $this->getHash() === $other->getHash(); } } $a = new SomethingBuilder("A"); $b = new SomethingBuilder("B"); $c = new SomethingBuilder("C"); $a->setSuper($c); $b->setSuper($a); $c->setSuper($b); $immutable = new Something($a); var_dump($immutable->getHash()); var_dump($immutable->getSuper()->getHash()); var_dump($immutable->getSuper()->getSuper()->getHash()); var_dump($immutable->getSuper()->getSuper()->getSuper()->getHash()); var_dump($immutable->getSuper()->getSuper()->getSuper()->getSuper()->getHash()); assert($immutable === $immutable->getSuper()->getSuper()->getSuper()); assert( $immutable->equals( $immutable->getSuper()->getSuper()->getSuper() ) ); echo "\n\n"; $a = new SomethingBuilder("A"); $a->setSuper($a); $immutable = new Something($a); var_dump($immutable->getHash()); var_dump($immutable->getSuper()->getHash()); assert($immutable === $immutable->getSuper()); assert($immutable->equals($immutable->getSuper()));