jclaveau / php-logical-filter

     */

    public function applyOn($data_to_filter, $action_on_matches=null, $filterer=null)

    {

        if (! $filterer) {

            $filterer = $this->getDefaultFilterer();

        }

        elseif (is_callable($filterer)) {

            $filterer = new CustomizableFilterer($filterer);

        }

        elseif (! $filterer instanceof Filterer) {

            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(

                 "The given \$filterer must be null or a callable or a instance "

                ."of Filterer instead of: ".var_export($filterer, true)

            );

        }

        if ($data_to_filter instanceof LogicalFilter) {

            $filtered_rules = $filterer->apply( $this, $data_to_filter->getRules() );

     */

    public function validates($value_to_check, $key_to_check=null, $filterer=null)

    {

        if (! $filterer) {

            $filterer = $this->getDefaultFilterer();

        }

        elseif (is_callable($filterer)) {

            $filterer = new CustomizableFilterer($filterer);

        }

        elseif (! $filterer instanceof Filterer) {

            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(

                 "The given \$filterer must be null or a callable or a instance "

                ."of Filterer instead of: ".var_export($filterer, true)

            );

        }

        return $filterer->hasMatchingCase($this, $value_to_check, $key_to_check);

    }