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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * PHP Basics
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Sebastian Meyer <sebastian.meyer@opencultureconsulting.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OCC\Basics\Traits;
+
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+
+use function array_map;
+use function array_sum;
+use function array_values;
+use function count;
+use function function_exists;
+use function in_array;
+use function is_a;
+use function is_array;
+use function is_bool;
+use function is_callable;
+use function is_countable;
+use function is_double;
+use function is_float;
+use function is_int;
+use function is_integer;
+use function is_iterable;
+use function is_long;
+use function is_null;
+use function is_numeric;
+use function is_resource;
+use function is_scalar;
+use function is_string;
+use function is_object;
+use function ltrim;
+
+/**
+ * A generic data type checker.
+ *
+ * This allows to set a list of allowed atomic data types and fully qualified
+ * class names. It also provides a method to check if a value's data type
+ * matches at least one of these types.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastian Meyer <sebastian.meyer@opencultureconsulting.com>
+ * @package Basics\Traits
+ *
+ * @api
+ */
+trait TypeChecker
+{
+    /**
+     * The allowed data types.
+     *
+     * @var string[]
+     *
+     * @internal
+     */
+    protected array $_allowedTypes = [];
+
+    /**
+     * Get allowed data types.
+     *
+     * @return string[] The list of allowed data types
+     *
+     * @api
+     */
+    public function getAllowedTypes(): array
+    {
+        return $this->_allowedTypes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a value's data type is allowed.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $value The value to check
+     *
+     * @return bool Whether the value's data type is allowed
+     *
+     * @api
+     */
+    public function hasAllowedType(mixed $value): bool
+    {
+        if (count($this->getAllowedTypes()) === 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        foreach ($this->getAllowedTypes() as $type) {
+            $function = 'is_' . $type;
+            if (function_exists($function) && $function($value)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            /** @var class-string $fqcn */
+            $fqcn = ltrim($type, '\\');
+            if (is_object($value) && is_a($value, $fqcn)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a data type is allowed.
+     *
+     * @param string $type The type to check
+     *
+     * @return bool Whether the data type is allowed
+     *
+     * @api
+     */
+    public function isAllowedType(string $type): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($type, $this->getAllowedTypes(), true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set allowed data types.
+     *
+     * @param string[] $allowedTypes Allowed data types
+     *
+     * @return void
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException if any value of `$allowedTypes` is not a string
+     *
+     * @api
+     */
+    public function setAllowedTypes(array $allowedTypes = []): void
+    {
+        if (array_sum(array_map('is_string', $allowedTypes)) !== count($allowedTypes)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
+                'Allowed types must be array of strings or empty array.'
+            );
+        }
+        $this->_allowedTypes = array_values($allowedTypes);
+    }
+}