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CakeDto plugin	branch	CakePHP core	PHP min
0.x [EOL]	cake3	3.x	PHP 5.6
1.x	cake4	4.x	PHP 7.2
2.x	master	5.x	PHP 8.1

TODOs

• Provide a PHP generic lib, and this as wrapper around it for CakePHP? (dereuromark/dto as Dto and dereuromark/cakephp-dto CakeDto)
• When PHP 7.4 introduces typed properties, we can remove the doc blocks and type the properties with the new, built-in syntax.

Mark

Open Prio High to finalize:

• Make toArray() and fromArray() work with complex collections (and count > 0)
• Add tests for validation
• Implement serialize() deserialize() methods (using Json as intermediate?) for deep and complex arrays/objects

refactor

Do we need to split the Builder more cleanly? into parsing and validation? also, the building could be done with a stack of parsers, to have a more clear way of processing.

Do we want to use DTOs or some objects instead of arrays inside Builder?

Definitions DTO => Definition DTO collection

Would make it a lot cleaner IMO if those would come in from the parse() result.

array vs []

Right now only array is allowed and is a not collection itself

Do we semantically make a difference here?

• array => no collection/list, but simple setter/getter (nullable)
• [] is a collection/list with adding etc (not nullable) - but e.g. int[] also isnt right now..

mixed[] would still not be allowed for consistency reasons (as it is the same as array or []) respectively.

serialize

should we remove the interface for immutable? not really true as non-static method (clones anyway).

missing DI/factory

you can see from the shell setup, that Cake really is missing some factory or DI system manually creating them on the fly inside communication layer is just annoying. not sure what we could do here.