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zingle-com/dto
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Simple DTOs

1.0.0(6y ago)05.0kMITPHPPHP >=7.2CI failing

Since Sep 19Pushed 6y ago3 watchersCompare

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Data Transfer Objects
=====================

[](#data-transfer-objects)

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Simple library for creating and serializing DTO trees.

Why?
----

[](#why)

Serializing objects to arrays to transmit then as other types of data is a pain. This library makes it easy to create objects that decorate objects and describe their serialization behavior. Resolver will then walk the tree serializing as it goes, so you end up with a plain array. Pass it along to whatever you'd like to serialize the format to at that point.

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use ZingleCom\DTO\Resolver;
use ZingleCom\DTO\Transmittable;
use Acme\SomeModel;

// Imagine that SomeModel has exposed getters on properties we'd like to serialize
class SomeModelDTO implements Transmittable
{
    /**
     * @var SomeModel
     */
    private $someModel;

    /**
     * @param SomeModel $someModel
     */
    public function __construct(SomeModel $someModel)
    {
        $this->someModel = $someModel;
    }

    public function toArray(): array
    {
        return [
            'id' => $this->someModel->getId(),
            'name' => $this->someModel->getName(),
            // imagine we have a related dto and model too
            'relatedModel' => new RelatedModelDTO('id' => $this->someModel->getRelatedModel()),
        ];
    }
}

// ... later you can do
// imagine $someModel is instantiated somewhere else
$resolver = new Resolver();
$data = $resolver->resolve(new SomeModelDTO($someModel));

// $data is now an array as described in DTOs, now we can serialize to whatever
$json = json_encode($data); // JSON for instance
```

Contribute
==========

[](#contribute)

Fork me and open a PR against master. We'll look at it.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2477d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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