adds PhpCollection handler

composer.json

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composer.lock

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src/JMS/Serializer/Handler/PhpCollectionHandler.php

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace JMS\Serializer\Handler;
+
+use JMS\Serializer\GraphNavigator;
+use JMS\Serializer\VisitorInterface;
+use PhpCollection\Sequence;
+
+class PhpCollectionHandler implements SubscribingHandlerInterface
+{
+    public static function getSubscribingMethods()
+    {
+        $methods = array();
+        $formats = array('json', 'xml', 'yml');
+        $collectionTypes = array(
+            'PhpCollection\Sequence' => 'Sequence',
+        );
+
+        foreach ($collectionTypes as $type => $shortName) {
+            foreach ($formats as $format) {
+                $methods[] = array(
+                    'direction' => GraphNavigator::DIRECTION_SERIALIZATION,
+                    'type' => $type,
+                    'format' => $format,
+                    'method' => 'serialize'.$shortName,
+                );
+
+                $methods[] = array(
+                    'direction' => GraphNavigator::DIRECTION_DESERIALIZATION,
+                    'type' => $type,
+                    'format' => $format,
+                    'method' => 'deserialize'.$shortName,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $methods;
+    }
+
+    public function serializeSequence(VisitorInterface $visitor, Sequence $sequence, array $type)
+    {
+        // We change the base type, and pass through possible parameters.
+        $type['name'] = 'array';
+
+        return $visitor->visitArray($sequence->all(), $type);
+    }
+
+    public function deserializeSequence(VisitorInterface $visitor, $data, array $type)
+    {
+        // See above.
+        $type['name'] = 'array';
+
+        return new Sequence($visitor->visitArray($data, $type));
+    }
+}

src/JMS/Serializer/SerializerBuilder.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace JMS\Serializer;
 
+use JMS\Serializer\Handler\PhpCollectionHandler;
 use Metadata\MetadataFactory;
 use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use JMS\Serializer\Handler\HandlerRegistry;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ class SerializerBuilder
     {
         $this->handlersConfigured = true;
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new DateHandler());
+        $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new PhpCollectionHandler());
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new ArrayCollectionHandler());
 
         return $this;

tests/JMS/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/BlogPost.php

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\XmlAttribute;
 use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\XmlList;
 use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\Groups;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use PhpCollection\Sequence;
 
 /** @XmlRoot("blog-post") */
 class BlogPost
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ class BlogPost
      */
     private $comments;
 
+    /**
+     * @Type("PhpCollection\Sequence<JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Comment>")
+     * @XmlList(inline=true, entry="comment2")
+     * @Groups({"comments"})
+     */
+    private $comments2;
+
     /**
      * @Type("JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Author")
      * @Groups({"post"})
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ class BlogPost
         $this->author = $author;
         $this->published = false;
         $this->comments = new ArrayCollection();
+        $this->comments2 = new Sequence();
         $this->createdAt = $createdAt;
     }
 
@@ -79,5 +88,6 @@ class BlogPost
     public function addComment(Comment $comment)
     {
         $this->comments->add($comment);
+        $this->comments2->add($comment);
     }
 }

tests/JMS/Serializer/Tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 namespace JMS\Serializer\Tests\Serializer;
 
 use JMS\Serializer\GraphNavigator;
+use JMS\Serializer\Handler\PhpCollectionHandler;
+use PhpCollection\Sequence;
 use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageSelector;
 use Symfony\Component\Translation\IdentityTranslator;
 use JMS\Serializer\EventDispatcher\Subscriber\DoctrineProxySubscriber;
@@ -287,6 +289,7 @@ abstract class BaseSerializationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $this->assertAttributeEquals('This is a nice title.', 'title', $deserialized);
             $this->assertAttributeSame(false, 'published', $deserialized);
             $this->assertAttributeEquals(new ArrayCollection(array($comment)), 'comments', $deserialized);
+            $this->assertAttributeEquals(new Sequence(array($comment)), 'comments2', $deserialized);
             $this->assertAttributeEquals($author, 'author', $deserialized);
         }
     }
@@ -655,6 +658,7 @@ abstract class BaseSerializationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new ConstraintViolationHandler());
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new DateHandler());
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new FormErrorHandler(new IdentityTranslator(new MessageSelector())));
+        $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new PhpCollectionHandler());
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerSubscribingHandler(new ArrayCollectionHandler());
         $this->handlerRegistry->registerHandler(GraphNavigator::DIRECTION_SERIALIZATION, 'AuthorList', $this->getFormat(),
             function(VisitorInterface $visitor, $object, array $type) {

tests/JMS/Serializer/Tests/Serializer/JsonSerializationTest.php

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class JsonSerializationTest extends BaseSerializationTest
             $outputs['array_floats'] = '[1.34,3,6.42]';
             $outputs['array_objects'] = '[{"foo":"foo","moo":"bar","camel_case":"boo"},{"foo":"baz","moo":"boo","camel_case":"boo"}]';
             $outputs['array_mixed'] = '["foo",1,true,{"foo":"foo","moo":"bar","camel_case":"boo"},[1,3,true]]';
-            $outputs['blog_post'] = '{"title":"This is a nice title.","created_at":"2011-07-30T00:00:00+0000","is_published":false,"comments":[{"author":{"full_name":"Foo Bar"},"text":"foo"}],"author":{"full_name":"Foo Bar"}}';
-            $outputs['blog_post_unauthored'] = '{"title":"This is a nice title.","created_at":"2011-07-30T00:00:00+0000","is_published":false,"comments":[],"author":null}';
+            $outputs['blog_post'] = '{"title":"This is a nice title.","created_at":"2011-07-30T00:00:00+0000","is_published":false,"comments":[{"author":{"full_name":"Foo Bar"},"text":"foo"}],"comments2":[{"author":{"full_name":"Foo Bar"},"text":"foo"}],"author":{"full_name":"Foo Bar"}}';
+            $outputs['blog_post_unauthored'] = '{"title":"This is a nice title.","created_at":"2011-07-30T00:00:00+0000","is_published":false,"comments":[],"comments2":[],"author":null}';
             $outputs['price'] = '{"price":3}';
             $outputs['currency_aware_price'] = '{"currency":"EUR","amount":2.34}';
             $outputs['order'] = '{"cost":{"price":12.34}}';

tests/JMS/Serializer/Tests/Serializer/xml/blog_post.xml

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
     </author>
     <text><![CDATA[foo]]></text>
   </comment>
+  <comment2>
+    <author>
+      <full_name><![CDATA[Foo Bar]]></full_name>
+    </author>
+    <text><![CDATA[foo]]></text>
+  </comment2>
   <author>
     <full_name><![CDATA[Foo Bar]]></full_name>
   </author>

tests/JMS/Serializer/Tests/Serializer/yml/blog_post.yml

@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ comments:
         author:
             full_name: 'Foo Bar'
         text: foo
+comments2:
+    -
+        author:
+            full_name: 'Foo Bar'
+        text: foo
 author:
     full_name: 'Foo Bar'