JMSSerializerBundle/Serializer/Handler/ArrayCollectionHandler.php

<?php

/*
 * Copyright 2011 Johannes M. Schmitt <schmittjoh@gmail.com>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

namespace JMS\SerializerBundle\Serializer\Handler;

use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
use JMS\SerializerBundle\Serializer\VisitorInterface;

class ArrayCollectionHandler implements DeserializationHandlerInterface
{
    public function deserialize(VisitorInterface $visitor, $data, $type, &$visited)
    {
        if (0 !== strpos($type, 'ArrayCollection')) {
            return;
        }

        $visited = true;
        $elements = $visitor->visitArray($data, 'array'.substr($type, 15));

        return new ArrayCollection($elements);
    }
}