Archive Architecture

Archive has three layers:

  1. ArchiveFactory resolves an archive wrapper for a named adapter
  2. Archive forwards package-level calls to the active adapter
  3. the adapter performs the real PHAR or ZIP work

Factory lifecycle

ArchiveFactory::get() is the usual entry point.

$archive = ArchiveFactory::get(); // defaults to phar

The factory keeps one cached Archive instance per adapter type.

That cache lives inside the DI-managed factory instance, so repeated get('phar') or get('zip') calls return the same wrapper object for the life of the process.

If you switch archive names on a shared instance, later callers of the same adapter type will see that updated name.

Wrapper behavior

Archive is intentionally thin. It exposes getAdapter() and forwards unknown method calls to the current adapter.

That gives you a stable package entry point without forcing every adapter method onto the wrapper class.

If you call a method the adapter does not implement, the wrapper throws an archive exception instead of silently ignoring it.

Adapter state

Both built-in adapters are stateful.

They store:

  • the archive path from setName()
  • an opened archive handle
  • enough internal state to reopen the handle after writes when needed

Because the wrapper and adapter can be shared through the factory cache, treat them as mutable process-local services rather than throwaway value objects.

Storage integration

Both adapters depend on the Storage package through FileSystemFactory::get().

That dependency is only used to verify source files before addFile() runs. Archive creation itself still uses PHP's PHAR or ZIP extensions directly.