48 lines
2.4 KiB
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48 lines
2.4 KiB
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Serailizing arrays and hashes
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Introduction
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Serializing arrays and hashes (a concept that in PHP has not explicit boundaries)
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can be challenging. The serializer offers via ``@Type`` annotation different options
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to configure its behavior, but if we try to serialize directly an array
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(not as a property of an object), we need to use context information to determine the
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array "type"
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Examples
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--------
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In case of a JSON serialization:
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.. code-block :: php
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<?php
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// default (let the PHP's json_encode function decide)
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$serializer->serialize([1, 2]); // [1, 2]
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$serializer->serialize(['a', 'b']); // ['a', 'b']
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$serializer->serialize(['c' => 'd']); // {"c" => "d"}
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// same as default (let the PHP's json_encode function decide)
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$serializer->serialize([1, 2], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array')); // [1, 2]
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$serializer->serialize([1 => 2], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array')); // {"1": 2}
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$serializer->serialize(['a', 'b'], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array')); // ['a', 'b']
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$serializer->serialize(['c' => 'd'], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array')); // {"c" => "d"}
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// typehint as strict array, keys will be always discarded
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$serializer->serialize([], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<integer>')); // []
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$serializer->serialize([1, 2], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<integer>')); // [1, 2]
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$serializer->serialize(['a', 'b'], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<integer>')); // ['a', 'b']
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$serializer->serialize(['c' => 'd'], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<string>')); // ["d"]
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// typehint as hash, keys will be always considered
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$serializer->serialize([], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<integer,integer>')); // {}
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$serializer->serialize([1, 2], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<integer,integer>')); // {"0" : 1, "1" : 2}
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$serializer->serialize(['a', 'b'], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<integer,integer>')); // {"0" : "a", "1" : "b"}
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$serializer->serialize(['c' => 'd'], SerializationContext::create()->setInitialType('array<string,string>')); // {"d" : "d"}
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.. note ::
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This applies only for the JSON and YAML serialization.
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