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stratadox/hydrator
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Hydrator
========

[](#hydrator)

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Lightweight hydrators, usable for various hydration purposes. Hydrate away!

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

[](#installation)

Install with composer:

`composer require stratadox/hydrator`

What is this?
-------------

[](#what-is-this)

The `Hydrator` package exists in the context of object deserialization. It is useful when loading objects from a data source.

To *hydrate* an object, means to assign values to its properties.

A [`Hydrator`](https://github.com/Stratadox/HydratorContracts) populates the fields of other objects.

Hydration generally works in tandem with [`Instantiation`](https://github.com/Stratadox/Instantiator); the process of creating empty objects.

How to use this?
----------------

[](#how-to-use-this)

### Basic Objects

[](#basic-objects)

The most basic usage looks like this:

```