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Current implementation uses jms/serializer: https://packagist.org/packages/jms/serializer

So jms/serializer's annotations are a must for this package - here You can read about them: http://jmsyst.com/libs/serializer/master/reference/annotations

Why to use this package?

• It gives You very easy to use tool to convert php objects into JSON and inversely.
• Public properties, constructor or setters are not required so converted objects can utilize full encapsulation.
• Native php serialization is not used so serialized objects are not language dependent.
• Supports very rich spectrum of properties types (including class instances).

Hot to use?

1 Class which You want to serialize have to implement

<?php


namespace Lukasz93P\objectSerializer;


interface SerializableObject
{
    /**
    * Unique identifier(per class, not per instance) used to identify serialized object class
    * Event if You change class name/namespace after object serialization it still can be deserialized properly
    **/
    public function classIdentificationKey(): string;
}

2 Add annotations to class implementing SerializableObjects like it's described in jms/serializer documentation: http://jmsyst.com/libs/serializer/master/reference/annotations.

3 Serialize class instance:

$serializer = ObjectSerializerFactory::create([]);
$objectSerializedToJson = $serializer->serialize($serializableObjectInstance);

4 Deserialize class instance:

$serializer = ObjectSerializerFactory::create([TestSerializableClass::IDENTIFICATION_KEY => TestSerializableClass::class]);
$testSerializableClassInstace = $serializer->deserialize($serializedTestSerializableClassInstance);

5 Instantiation of ObjectSerializer: You should do this through ObjectSerializerFactory::create method. That method receives associative array which is used as mapping between result of SerializableObject::classIdentificationKey and fully qualified class name for each class implementing SerializableObject.

Example

<?php


namespace tests;


use JMS\Serializer\Annotation as Serializer;
use Lukasz93P\objectSerializer\ObjectSerializerFactory;
use Lukasz93P\objectSerializer\SerializableObject;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;


class TestSerializableClass implements SerializableObject
{
    public const IDENTIFICATION_KEY = 'test';

    /**
     * @var string
     * @Serializer\SerializedName("testStringField")
     * @Serializer\Type("string")
     */
    private $testStringField;

    /**
     * @var int
     * @Serializer\SerializedName("testNumericField")
     * @Serializer\Type("int")
     */
    private $testNumericField;

    public function __construct(string $testStringField, int $testNumericField)
    {
        $this->testStringField = $testStringField;
        $this->testNumericField = $testNumericField;
    }

    public function classIdentificationKey(): string
    {
        return self::IDENTIFICATION_KEY;
    }

    public function getTestStringField(): string
    {
        return $this->testStringField;
    }

    public function getTestNumericField(): int
    {
        return $this->testNumericField;
    }

}

class ObjectSerializerTest extends TestCase
{
    private $objectSerializer;

    protected function setUp(): void
    {
        parent::setUp();
        $this->objectSerializer = ObjectSerializerFactory::create([TestSerializableClass::IDENTIFICATION_KEY => TestSerializableClass::class]);
    }


    public function testShouldSerializeAndDeserializeSerializableObjectInstance(): void
    {
        $serializableObjectInstance = new TestSerializableClass('test', 1);

        $serializedObject = $this->objectSerializer->serialize($serializableObjectInstance);
        $deserializedObject = $this->objectSerializer->deserialize($serializedObject);

        $this->assertInstanceOf(TestSerializableClass::class, $deserializedObject);
    }

    public function testShouldSerializeAndDeserializeSerializableObjectInstanceWithClassFieldsRegardlessOfThoseFieldsVisibilityAndWithoutAvailableSetters(
    ): void
    {
        $testStringValue = 'testStringValue';
        $testNumericValue = 4235;
        $serializableObjectInstance = new TestSerializableClass($testStringValue, $testNumericValue);

        $serializedObject = $this->objectSerializer->serialize($serializableObjectInstance);
        /** @var TestSerializableClass $deserializedObject */
        $deserializedObject = $this->objectSerializer->deserialize($serializedObject);

        $this->assertEquals($testStringValue, $deserializedObject->getTestStringField());
        $this->assertEquals($testNumericValue, $deserializedObject->getTestNumericField());
    }

}