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+# Container Interoperability
+
+[](https://packagist.org/packages/container-interop/container-interop)
+[](https://packagist.org/packages/container-interop/container-interop)
+
+## Deprecation warning!
+
+Starting Feb. 13th 2017, container-interop is officially deprecated in favor of [PSR-11](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-11-container.md).
+Container-interop has been the test-bed of PSR-11. From v1.2, container-interop directly extends PSR-11 interfaces.
+Therefore, all containers implementing container-interop are now *de-facto* compatible with PSR-11.
+
+- Projects implementing container-interop interfaces are encouraged to directly implement PSR-11 interfaces instead.
+- Projects consuming container-interop interfaces are very strongly encouraged to directly type-hint on PSR-11 interfaces, in order to be compatible with PSR-11 containers that are not compatible with container-interop.
+
+Regarding the delegate lookup feature, that is present in container-interop and not in PSR-11, the feature is actually a design pattern. It is therefore not deprecated. Documentation regarding this design pattern will be migrated from this repository into a separate website in the future.
+
+## About
+
+*container-interop* tries to identify and standardize features in *container* objects (service locators,
+dependency injection containers, etc.) to achieve interoperability.
+
+Through discussions and trials, we try to create a standard, made of common interfaces but also recommendations.
+
+If PHP projects that provide container implementations begin to adopt these common standards, then PHP
+applications and projects that use containers can depend on the common interfaces instead of specific
+implementations. This facilitates a high-level of interoperability and flexibility that allows users to consume
+*any* container implementation that can be adapted to these interfaces.
+
+The work done in this project is not officially endorsed by the [PHP-FIG](http://www.php-fig.org/), but it is being
+worked on by members of PHP-FIG and other good developers. We adhere to the spirit and ideals of PHP-FIG, and hope
+this project will pave the way for one or more future PSRs.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+You can install this package through Composer:
+
+```json
+composer require container-interop/container-interop
+```
+
+The packages adheres to the [SemVer](http://semver.org/) specification, and there will be full backward compatibility
+between minor versions.
+
+## Standards
+
+### Available
+
+- [`ContainerInterface`](src/Interop/Container/ContainerInterface.php).
+[Description](docs/ContainerInterface.md) [Meta Document](docs/ContainerInterface-meta.md).
+Describes the interface of a container that exposes methods to read its entries.
+- [*Delegate lookup feature*](docs/Delegate-lookup.md).
+[Meta Document](docs/Delegate-lookup-meta.md).
+Describes the ability for a container to delegate the lookup of its dependencies to a third-party container. This
+feature lets several containers work together in a single application.
+
+### Proposed
+
+View open [request for comments](https://github.com/container-interop/container-interop/labels/RFC)
+
+## Compatible projects
+
+### Projects implementing `ContainerInterface`
+
+- [Acclimate](https://github.com/jeremeamia/acclimate-container): Adapters for
+ Aura.Di, Laravel, Nette DI, Pimple, Symfony DI, ZF2 Service manager, ZF2
+ Dependency injection and any container using `ArrayAccess`
+- [Aura.Di](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Di)
+- [auryn-container-interop](https://github.com/elazar/auryn-container-interop)
+- [Burlap](https://github.com/codeeverything/burlap)
+- [Chernozem](https://github.com/pyrsmk/Chernozem)
+- [Data Manager](https://github.com/chrismichaels84/data-manager)
+- [Disco](https://github.com/bitexpert/disco)
+- [InDI](https://github.com/idealogica/indi)
+- [League/Container](http://container.thephpleague.com/)
+- [Mouf](http://mouf-php.com)
+- [Njasm Container](https://github.com/njasm/container)
+- [PHP-DI](http://php-di.org)
+- [Picotainer](https://github.com/thecodingmachine/picotainer)
+- [PimpleInterop](https://github.com/moufmouf/pimple-interop)
+- [Pimple3-ContainerInterop](https://github.com/Sam-Burns/pimple3-containerinterop) (using Pimple v3)
+- [SitePoint Container](https://github.com/sitepoint/Container)
+- [Thruster Container](https://github.com/ThrusterIO/container) (PHP7 only)
+- [Ultra-Lite Container](https://github.com/ultra-lite/container)
+- [Unbox](https://github.com/mindplay-dk/unbox)
+- [XStatic](https://github.com/jeremeamia/xstatic)
+- [Zend\ServiceManager](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-servicemanager)
+- [Zit](https://github.com/inxilpro/Zit)
+
+### Projects implementing the *delegate lookup* feature
+
+- [Aura.Di](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Di)
+- [Burlap](https://github.com/codeeverything/burlap)
+- [Chernozem](https://github.com/pyrsmk/Chernozem)
+- [InDI](https://github.com/idealogica/indi)
+- [League/Container](http://container.thephpleague.com/)
+- [Mouf](http://mouf-php.com)
+- [Picotainer](https://github.com/thecodingmachine/picotainer)
+- [PHP-DI](http://php-di.org)
+- [PimpleInterop](https://github.com/moufmouf/pimple-interop)
+- [Ultra-Lite Container](https://github.com/ultra-lite/container)
+
+### Middlewares implementing `ContainerInterface`
+
+- [Alias-Container](https://github.com/thecodingmachine/alias-container): add
+ aliases support to any container
+- [Prefixer-Container](https://github.com/thecodingmachine/prefixer-container):
+ dynamically prefix identifiers
+- [Lazy-Container](https://github.com/snapshotpl/lazy-container): lazy services
+
+### Projects using `ContainerInterface`
+
+The list below contains only a sample of all the projects consuming `ContainerInterface`. For a more complete list have a look [here](http://packanalyst.com/class?q=Interop%5CContainer%5CContainerInterface).
+
+| | Downloads |
+| --- | --- |
+| [Adroit](https://github.com/bitexpert/adroit) |  |
+| [Behat](https://github.com/Behat/Behat/pull/974) |  |
+| [blast-facades](https://github.com/phpthinktank/blast-facades): Minimize complexity and represent dependencies as facades. |  |
+| [interop.silex.di](https://github.com/thecodingmachine/interop.silex.di): an extension to [Silex](http://silex.sensiolabs.org/) that adds support for any *container-interop* compatible container |  |
+| [mindplay/walkway](https://github.com/mindplay-dk/walkway): a modular request router |  |
+| [mindplay/middleman](https://github.com/mindplay-dk/middleman): minimalist PSR-7 middleware dispatcher |  |
+| [PHP-DI/Invoker](https://github.com/PHP-DI/Invoker): extensible and configurable invoker/dispatcher |  |
+| [Prophiler](https://github.com/fabfuel/prophiler) |  |
+| [Silly](https://github.com/mnapoli/silly): CLI micro-framework |  |
+| [Slim v3](https://github.com/slimphp/Slim) |  |
+| [Splash](http://mouf-php.com/packages/mouf/mvc.splash-common/version/8.0-dev/README.md) |  |
+| [Woohoo Labs. Harmony](https://github.com/woohoolabs/harmony): a flexible micro-framework |  |
+| [zend-expressive](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive) |  |
+
+
+## Workflow
+
+Everyone is welcome to join and contribute.
+
+The general workflow looks like this:
+
+1. Someone opens a discussion (GitHub issue) to suggest an interface
+1. Feedback is gathered
+1. The interface is added to a development branch
+1. We release alpha versions so that the interface can be experimented with
+1. Discussions and edits ensue until the interface is deemed stable by a general consensus
+1. A new minor version of the package is released
+
+We try to not break BC by creating new interfaces instead of editing existing ones.
+
+While we currently work on interfaces, we are open to anything that might help towards interoperability, may that
+be code, best practices, etc.
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