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title: 'Advanced trait design'
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created_at: 2021-04-09T17:23:56+02:00
slug: advanced-trait-design
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Let's look at the same trait again. It does two interesting things.

1. Livewire::listen() is superior to hydrate* and dehydrate* when you need access to specific parts of the lifecycle

2. The `instanceof self` check scopes the listener to the component