add value to the Caster

Author: efureev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Check MD [online][check-online].
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+## [1.1.0] - 2021-05-25
+
+### Added
+
+- Add a method `value` to the interface `Caster`
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2021-04-28
 
 ### Changed

src/Caster/AbstractCasting.php

@@ -196,4 +196,9 @@ protected static function emptyJsonStruct(): ?string
     {
         return self::EMPTY_JSON_OBJECT;
     }
+
+    public function value(): mixed
+    {
+        return static::castToDatabase($this);
+    }
 }

src/Caster/AbstractCastingCollection.php

@@ -308,4 +308,9 @@ public function count(): int
     {
         return count($this->items);
     }
+
+    public function value(): mixed
+    {
+        return static::castToDatabase($this);
+    }
 }

src/Caster/Caster.php

@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ public static function castToDatabase($value): ?string;
     public function castFromDatabase(?string $value);
 
     public static function isEquivalent($value, $original): bool;
+
+    public function value(): mixed;
 }

src/Caster/PgArray.php

@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ public static function isEquivalent($value, $original): bool
     {
         return $value === $original;
     }
+
+    public function value(): mixed
+    {
+        return static::castToDatabase($this);
+    }
 }