README

A small marshalling library used to encode/decode data from classes.

Installation

Composer

To install this library through composer, run the following command:

composer require sylvrs/libmarshal

Virion

The virion for this library can be accessed here.

Basic Example

Here is a basic example on how this library is used:

class User {
	use MarshalTrait;
	
	public function __construct(
            #[Field(name: "first-name")]
            public string $firstName,
            #[Field(name: "last-name")]
            public string $lastName,
            public int $age,
            public string $email,
            #[Exclude]
            public string $internalData = "..."
	) {}
}

// NOTE: This uses promoted properties to make it easier to construct.
// You can learn more about this below.

// Marshalling
$user = new User(firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe", age: 30, email: "johndoe@gmail.com");
$data = $user->marshal(); // ["first-name" => "John", "last-name" => "Doe", "age" => 30, "email" => "johndoe@gmail.com"]

$data["first-name"] = "Jane"; // Changing the first name
$data["email"] = "janedoe@gmail.com"; // Changing the email

// Unmarshalling
$user = User::unmarshal($data); // User(firstName: "Jane", lastName: "Doe", age: 30, email: "janedoe@gmail.com")

Wiki

To learn about how to use the library, please consult the wiki here.

Roadmap

At the moment, there are a few improvements that can be/or are being worked on. Here is a list of some of those improvements:

• Add a limit to recursive objects when marshalling/unmarshalling (50?)
• Cache properties for performance benefits

Issues

Any issues/suggestions can be reported here.