public Candidate::setName

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Description

public Candidate->setName ( string $name ): static

Change the candidate name. If this will not cause conflicts if the candidate is already participating in elections and would namesake. This situation will throw an exception.

Parameter

name: string

Candidate Name.

Throws:

• CondorcetPHP\Condorcet\Throwable\CandidateInvalidNameException If the name exceeds the maximum allowed length, contains invalid characters, or is already taken by another candidate in the election context.

• Exceeds maximum length: The name length exceeds Election::MAX_CANDIDATE_NAME_LENGTH.
• Contains invalid characters: The name contains prohibited characters such as <, >, \n, \t, \0, ^, *, $, :, ;, ||, ", or #.
• Name conflict: The name is already taken by another candidate in the election context.