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Flexible JSON Serializer

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Flexible JSON Serializer
========================

[](#flexible-json-serializer)

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This library is a thin wrapper around [jms/serializer](https://github.com/schmittjoh/serializer).

```
composer require sanmai/json-serializer

```

The purpose of this library is to make simpler deserialization/serialization of objects and, specifically, of arrays of objects, and scalar values. All you need is to follow a simple protocol.

### ItemList

[](#itemlist)

JMS Serializer supports deserializing arrays out of the box, but it is ever so slightly complicated since a user must specify a type in a full form, as in `array`, all the while returned deserialized value will be a plain array. This library abstracts away this extra complexity by providing a two-method protocol instead.

For example, deserialising this object:

```
use JSONSerializer\Contracts\ItemList;

class ItemListExample implements ItemList
{
    /** @var ItemExample[] */
    public $items = [];

    public static function getListType(): string
    {
        return ItemExample::class;
    }

    public static function withList(array $list)
    {
        $itemList = new self();
        $itemList->items = $list;

        return $itemList;
    }
}
```

From a JSON array:

```
[
    {"name": "foo"},
    {"name": "bar"}
]
```

With an all-familiar method:

```
use JSONSerializer\Serializer;

$serializer = new Serializer();

$result = $serializer->deserialize($json, ItemListExample::class);
```

Will leave an instance of `ItemListExample` in `$result` with `$result->items` filled with two items as in the source array.

### ScalarValue

[](#scalarvalue)

There's a similar convenience interface called `ScalarValue` to aid with unserializing wrapped primitive scalar values.

```
use JSONSerializer\Contracts\ScalarValue;

class ScalarValueExample implements ScalarValue
{
    /** @var int */
    public $value;

    public static function withValue($value)
    {
        $item = new self();
        $item->value = $value;

        return $item;
    }

    public static function getType(): string
    {
        return 'int';
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.8% 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 ~189 days

Recently: every ~402 days

Total

10

Last Release

355d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

0.2.3PHP >=7.3

0.2.5PHP >=7.4

0.2.7PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

jsonphpserializer

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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