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brettminnie/breakfast-serializer
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Library for (de-)serializing data of any complexity to JSON

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breakfast-serializer
====================

[](#breakfast-serializer)

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A replacement for the other well known serializer, initially we were aiming for backwards compatibility, however it seemed more appropriate to develop a lightweight alternative. We are forgoing the depth of features now to offer something that is easy to configure and works well without any configuration.

### Installation

[](#installation)

`$ composer require brettminnie/breakfast-serializer:0.1.*`

Job done, start enjoying your morning serial!

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Out the box will do a full depth/breadth recursion and serialize to JSON format, no config is required. It will always serialize with a variable called `className` attached to the object. This is a fully fledged namespace and is required to deserialize. If you want to deserialize from JSON data that is missing this variable it needs to be injected into the object.

### Supported Serialization Formats

[](#supported-serialization-formats)

- JSON
- XML
- PHP Object Notation
- YAML

### Features

[](#features)

- Simple limiting of traversal depth
- Mapping of properties to alternate names and back again
- Excluding of properties from serialization and ignoring them on deserialization
- Simple YAML config format (Yay no slow php annotations!)

Quick and Dirty Example

```

    // To retrieve the json representation json of an object
    $jsonData = BDBStudios\BreakfastSerializer\SerializerFactory::getSerializer()
        ->serialize($myClass);

   // To unserialize
   $myClass = BDBStudios\BreakfastSerializer\SerializerFactory::getSerializer()
        ->deserialize($jsonData);

   //To serialize an object with a limited depth recursion (aka only some of it)
   $jsonData =
      BDBStudios\BreakfastSerializer\SerializerFactory::getSerializer(
         BDBStudios\BreakfastSerializer\IsSerializable::FORMAT_JSON,
         2
      )
      ->serialize($myClass);

```

Further examples in the [documentation](documentation/index.md) directory.

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.3% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3949d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/839ade9d0c935d4d127dc6879401170e9adefe84d8a698e5c96a0e7556953ebe?d=identicon)[brettminnie](/maintainers/brettminnie)

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Top Contributors

[![brettminnie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6124248?v=4)](https://github.com/brettminnie "brettminnie (159 commits)")[![eddiejaoude](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/624760?v=4)](https://github.com/eddiejaoude "eddiejaoude (11 commits)")[![fpietka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150428?v=4)](https://github.com/fpietka "fpietka (6 commits)")

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Tags

jsonxmlserializationdeserializationjaxb

###  Code Quality

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