Demo configuration

bootstrap.php

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationRegistry;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
 use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\Type;
+use JMS\Serializer\Naming\IdenticalPropertyNamingStrategy;
 use JMS\Serializer\SerializerBuilder;
 
 $loader = require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 AnnotationRegistry::registerLoader(array($loader, "loadClass"));
 
 $serializer = SerializerBuilder::create()
+  ->addMetadataDir(__DIR__ . '/configuration')
+  ->setPropertyNamingStrategy(new IdenticalPropertyNamingStrategy())
   ->build();
 
 final class Car
@@ -17,15 +21,75 @@ final class Car
 
   /** @Type("string") */
   private $brand;
+  /**
+   * @var Owner
+   */
+  private $owner;
+  /**
+   * @var ArrayCollection
+   */
+  private $previousOwners;
 
-  public function __construct($brand, $model)
+  public function __construct($brand, $model, Owner $owner, ArrayCollection $ownerCollection)
   {
     $this->brand = $brand;
     $this->model = $model;
+    $this->owner = $owner;
+    $this->previousOwners = $ownerCollection;
   }
 
   public function __toString()
   {
-    return $this->brand . ' ' . $this->model;
+    $previousOwnerCount = count($this->previousOwners);
+    $ending = 'owners';
+
+    if ($previousOwnerCount === 1) {
+      $ending = 'owner';
+    }
+
+    $first = sprintf("This %s %s belongs to %s and it had %d previous %s",
+      $this->brand,
+      $this->model,
+      $this->owner,
+      count($this->previousOwners),
+      $ending
+    );
+
+    $second = '<br />';
+    $second.= 'the previous owners where: ' . '<br />';
+    /** @var Owner $owner */
+    foreach ($this->previousOwners as $owner) {
+      $second .= $owner->getOwner() . '<br />';
+    }
+
+    return $first . $second;
+  }
+}
+
+
+final class Owner
+{
+  /** @var string */
+  private $name;
+
+  /**
+   * @return string
+   */
+  public function getOwner(): string
+  {
+    return $this->name;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param string $name
+   */
+  public function updateOwner(string $name): void
+  {
+    $this->name = ucwords($name);
+  }
+
+  public function __toString()
+  {
+    return $this->getOwner();
   }
 }

car.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "brand":"opel",
+  "model_name": "astra",
+  "currentOwner": {
+    "name":"Some Dude"
+  },
+  "previousOwners": [
+    {
+      "name": "barbara bush"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "koni chiwa"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "baka baka"
+    }
+  ]
+}

composer.json

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 {
     "require": {
-        "jms/serializer": "^3.4"
-    },
-    "config": {
-        "platform": {
-            "php": "7.3.*"
-        }
+        "jms/serializer": "^3.4",
+        "doctrine/collections": "^1.6",
+        "symfony/yaml": "^5.0"
     }
 }

configuration/Car.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Car:
+  properties:
+    brand:
+      type: "string"
+      serialized_name: brand
+    model:
+      type: "string"
+      serialized_name: "model_name"
+    owner:
+      type: Owner
+      serialized_name: currentOwner
+    previousOwners:
+      type: ArrayCollection <Owner>

configuration/Owner.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Owner:
+  properties:
+    name:
+      type: string
+      serialized_name: name
+      accessor:
+        setter: updateOwner

index.php

@@ -2,19 +2,7 @@
 /** @noinspection ALL */
 require_once __DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php';
 
-//Serialize
-$opelAstra = new Car('Opel', 'Astra');
-$jsonData = $serializer->serialize($opelAstra, 'json');
-$xmlData = $serializer->serialize($opelAstra, 'xml');
-
-//Schrijf het resultaat naar een file
-file_put_contents("xmldata.xml", $xmlData);
-file_put_contents("jsondata.json", $jsonData);
-
-// Deserialize
-$objectOne = $serializer->deserialize(file_get_contents('jsondata.json'), Car::class,'json');
-$objectTwo = $serializer->deserialize(file_get_contents('xmldata.xml'), Car::class,'xml');
-
-echo $objectOne;
-echo PHP_EOL;
-echo $objectTwo;
+//Deserialize
+$jsonData = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/car.json');
+$car = $serializer->deserialize($jsonData, Car::class, 'json');
+echo $car;