Unwrapping Denormalizer #2

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1. SerafimArts commented on Dec 23, 2024

   

   SerafimArts

   on Dec 23, 2024

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   It seems like something similar could be done with custom types.

   $result = $mapper->denormalize($value, 'unwrap{path: "[baz][inner]", ...<ValueType>}');

   On the other hand, this is not very correct from a semantic point of view...

   I'm not sure that this is a critically needed functionality. Often, such things are solved manually.

   The only downside is that the mapper does not yet support array shapes, otherwise we could do:

   $json = '{"baz": {"foo": "bar", "inner": {"title": "value", "numbers": [5,3]}}}';
   
   $result = $mapper->denormalize(json_decode($json), <<<'TYPE'
       array{ 
           baz: array{
               inner: ExpectedType, 
               ...
           }
       }
       TYPE);
   
   /** @var ExpectedType $value */
   $value = $result['baz']['inner'];

   For some reason it just seems to me that this is some kind of separate, full-fledged functionality that should be introduced along with embeddable (Doctrine-like) types. The only difference is in the unpacking: One (embeddables) puts data it inside other type, and the other (unwraps) outside.

   P.S. If there are any suggestions on how to elegantly solve the problem - welcome))) I can only theorize for now.