该原则由Barbara Liskov在1987年提出，并通过关注超类及其子类型的行为来扩展开闭原则。

当我们考虑违反它的后果时，它的重要性就变得显而易见了。考虑一个使用以下类的应用程序。

public class Rectangle 
{ 
  private double width;

  private double height; 

  public double Width 
  { 
    get 
    { 
      return width; 
    } 
    set 
    { 
      width = value; 
    }
  } 

  public double Height 
  { 
    get 
    { 
      return height; 
    } 
    set 
    { 
      height = value; 
    } 
  } 
}

想象一下，有一天，客户要求除了矩形之外还能操作正方形。因为正方形是矩形，所以square类应该派生自rectangle类。

public class Square : Rectangle
{
} 

然而，这样做会遇到两个问题:

一个正方形不需要从矩形继承高度和宽度变量，如果我们必须创建成千上万个正方形对象，这可能会造成严重的内存浪费。 从矩形继承的width和height setter属性不适用于正方形，因为正方形的宽度和高度是相同的。 为了将height和width设置为相同的值，我们可以创建两个新属性，如下所示:

public class Square : Rectangle
{
  public double SetWidth 
  { 
    set 
    { 
      base.Width = value; 
      base.Height = value; 
    } 
  } 

  public double SetHeight 
  { 
    set 
    { 
      base.Height = value; 
      base.Width = value; 
    } 
  } 
}

现在，当有人设置一个正方形物体的宽度时，它的高度将相应地改变，反之亦然。

Square s = new Square(); 
s.SetWidth(1); // Sets width and height to 1. 
s.SetHeight(2); // sets width and height to 2. 

让我们继续考虑另一个函数:

public void A(Rectangle r) 
{ 
  r.SetWidth(32); // calls Rectangle.SetWidth 
} 

如果我们将一个方形对象的引用传递给这个函数，我们将违反LSP，因为该函数对其参数的导数不起作用。属性width和height不是多态的，因为它们在矩形中没有被声明为虚的(正方形对象将被损坏，因为高度不会被改变)。

然而，通过将setter属性声明为virtual，我们将面临另一个违反，即OCP。事实上，派生类正方形的创建会导致基类矩形的变化。

利斯科夫替换原则(来自Mark Seemann的书)指出，我们应该能够在不破坏客户端或实现的情况下，用另一个接口的实现替换一个接口的实现。正是这一原则使我们能够解决未来出现的需求，即使我们今天不能预见它们。

If we unplug the computer from the wall (Implementation), neither the wall outlet (Interface) nor the computer (Client) breaks down (in fact, if it’s a laptop computer, it can even run on its batteries for a period of time). With software, however, a client often expects a service to be available. If the service was removed, we get a NullReferenceException. To deal with this type of situation, we can create an implementation of an interface that does “nothing.” This is a design pattern known as Null Object,[4] and it corresponds roughly to unplugging the computer from the wall. Because we’re using loose coupling, we can replace a real implementation with something that does nothing without causing trouble.

Liskov's Substitution Principle(LSP) All the time we design a program module and we create some class hierarchies. Then we extend some classes creating some derived classes. We must make sure that the new derived classes just extend without replacing the functionality of old classes. Otherwise, the new classes can produce undesired effects when they are used in existing program modules. Liskov's Substitution Principle states that if a program module is using a Base class, then the reference to the Base class can be replaced with a Derived class without affecting the functionality of the program module.

例子:

Below is the classic example for which the Liskov's Substitution Principle is violated. In the example, 2 classes are used: Rectangle and Square. Let's assume that the Rectangle object is used somewhere in the application. We extend the application and add the Square class. The square class is returned by a factory pattern, based on some conditions and we don't know the exact what type of object will be returned. But we know it's a Rectangle. We get the rectangle object, set the width to 5 and height to 10 and get the area. For a rectangle with width 5 and height 10, the area should be 50. Instead, the result will be 100

    // Violation of Likov's Substitution Principle
class Rectangle {
    protected int m_width;
    protected int m_height;

    public void setWidth(int width) {
        m_width = width;
    }

    public void setHeight(int height) {
        m_height = height;
    }

    public int getWidth() {
        return m_width;
    }

    public int getHeight() {
        return m_height;
    }

    public int getArea() {
        return m_width * m_height;
    }
}

class Square extends Rectangle {
    public void setWidth(int width) {
        m_width = width;
        m_height = width;
    }

    public void setHeight(int height) {
        m_width = height;
        m_height = height;
    }

}

class LspTest {
    private static Rectangle getNewRectangle() {
        // it can be an object returned by some factory ...
        return new Square();
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Rectangle r = LspTest.getNewRectangle();

        r.setWidth(5);
        r.setHeight(10);
        // user knows that r it's a rectangle.
        // It assumes that he's able to set the width and height as for the base
        // class

        System.out.println(r.getArea());
        // now he's surprised to see that the area is 100 instead of 50.
    }
}

结论: 这个原则只是开闭原则的延伸 意味着我们必须确保新的派生类正在扩展 基类而不改变它们的行为。

参见:开闭原则

对于更好的结构，还有一些类似的概念:约定优于配置

设q(x)是关于类型为T的x的对象的可证明属性，那么q(y)对于类型为S的对象y应该是可证明的，其中S是T的子类型。

实际上，公认的答案并不是利斯科夫原理的反例。正方形自然是一个特定的矩形，因此从类矩形继承是完全有意义的。你只需要以这样的方式实现它:

@Override
public void setHeight(double height) {
   this.height = height;
   this.width = height; // since it's a square
}

@Override
public void setWidth(double width) {
   setHeight(width);
}

所以，提供了一个很好的例子，然而，这是一个反例:

class Family:
-- getChildrenCount()

class FamilyWithKids extends Family:
-- getChildrenCount() { return childrenCount; } // always > 0

class DeadFamilyWithKids extends FamilyWithKids:
-- getChildrenCount() { return 0; }
-- getChildrenCountWhenAlive() { return childrenCountWhenAlive; }

在这个实现中，DeadFamilyWithKids不能从FamilyWithKids继承，因为getChildrenCount()返回0，而从FamilyWithKids它应该总是返回大于0的值。

让我试着考虑一个接口:

interface Planet{
}

这是由类实现的:

class Earth implements Planet {
    public $radius;
    public function construct($radius) {
        $this->radius = $radius;
    }
}

你将使用地球作为:

$planet = new Earth(6371);
$calc = new SurfaceAreaCalculator($planet);
$calc->output();

现在再考虑一个扩展到地球的阶级:

class LiveablePlanet extends Earth{
   public function color(){
   }
}

根据LSP的说法，你应该可以用LiveablePlanet代替Earth，而且它不会破坏你的系统。如:

$planet = new LiveablePlanet(6371);  // Earlier we were using Earth here
$calc = new SurfaceAreaCalculator($planet);
$calc->output();

这里的例子

A square is a rectangle where the width equals the height. If the square sets two different sizes for the width and height it violates the square invariant. This is worked around by introducing side effects. But if the rectangle had a setSize(height, width) with precondition 0 < height and 0 < width. The derived subtype method requires height == width; a stronger precondition (and that violates lsp). This shows that though square is a rectangle it is not a valid subtype because the precondition is strengthened. The work around (in general a bad thing) cause a side effect and this weakens the post condition (which violates lsp). setWidth on the base has post condition 0 < width. The derived weakens it with height == width.

因此，可调整大小的正方形不是可调整大小的矩形。