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bluestone/dto
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Data transfer objects

v1.1.1(3y ago)21.2k2MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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About DTO / Data transfer objects
=================================

[](#about-dto--data-transfer-objects)

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This package requires `php:^8.1`.
You can install it via composer:

```
composer require bluestone/dto
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This package goal to simplify the build of objects whose serve to pass structured data.

### Build simple DTO

[](#build-simple-dto)

An exemple of class extends DTO :

```
use Bluestone\DataTransferObject\DataTransferObject;

class Hooman extends DataTransferObject
{
    public string $name;
}
```

You can instantiate this class like this :

```
$jane = new Hooman(name: 'Jane');
$john = new Hooman(['name' => 'John']);
```

### Build complex DTO with Casting

[](#build-complex-dto-with-casting)

An exemple of class with property with casting :

```
use Bluestone\DataTransferObject\DataTransferObject;
use Bluestone\DataTransferObject\Attributes\CastWith;
use Bluestone\DataTransferObject\Casters\ArrayCaster;

class Hooman extends DataTransferObject
{
    public string $name;

    #[CastWith(ArrayCaster::class, type: Hooman::class)]
    public array $children;
}
```

You can instantiate this class like this :

```
$jane = new Hooman(
    name: 'Jane',
    children: [
        new Hooman(name: 'Mario'),
        new Hooman(name: 'Luigi'),
    ],
);

$john = new Hooman([
    'name' => 'John',
    'children' => [
        ['name' => 'Mario'],
        ['name' => 'Luigi'],
    ],
]);
```

### Build complex DTO with Mapping

[](#build-complex-dto-with-mapping)

An exemple of class with property with mapping :

```
use Bluestone\DataTransferObject\DataTransferObject;
use Bluestone\DataTransferObject\Attributes\Map;

class Hooman extends DataTransferObject
{
    #[Map('date_of_birth')]
    public string $bornAt;
}
```

You can instantiate this class like this :

```
$jane = new Hooman(
    date_of_birth: '1970-01-01',
);

$john = new Hooman([
    'date_of_birth' => '1970-01-01',
]);
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

DTO is an open source project under [MIT License](https://github.com/bluestonelab/dto/blob/master/LICENSE.md) and is [open for contributions](https://github.com/bluestonelab/dto/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

12

Last Release

1258d ago

Major Versions

v0.7.0 → v1.0.02022-12-06

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![william-suppo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6459452?v=4)](https://github.com/william-suppo "william-suppo (16 commits)")[![actions-user](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/65916846?v=4)](https://github.com/actions-user "actions-user (8 commits)")[![tof06](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2961054?v=4)](https://github.com/tof06 "tof06 (1 commits)")

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Tags

entitydata-transfer-objectdto

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