Version 4.3.0

What's Changed

• Support PHP 8.1 by @alekitto in #4

This release drops support for all PHP versions < 8.1

Full Changelog: 4.2.2...4.3.0

Version 4.2.0

• Apply new code style
• Execute static analysis on code base
• Fix deprecation on symfony/property-info >= 5.3

Version 4.1.2 - Patch

CHANGES:

• Fix metadata loading through reflection when PHP 8 union types are encountered

Version 4.1.1 - Patch

CHANGES:

• Additional debug traces
• Add some tests

Version 4.1

CHANGES:

• Fix metadata loader creation when using SerializerBuilder
• Register visitors by tag in symfony bundle
• Add traceable visitor to write trace logs when serializing/deserializing
• Decorate visitors automatically in symfony bundle when debug is set to true

Version 4.0.1 - Patch

FIXES:

• Fix type error when creating xml text node (b430aa1)
• Fix annotations and attributes mixed usage

Version 4.0

BREAKING CHANGES:

• Add property types to attributes
• Removed legacy Xml annotations
• Bundle: make underscore the default naming strategy
• Removed CamelCaseNamingStrategy
• Removed deprecated XmlDeserializationVisitor::enableExternalEntities

CHANGES:

• Annotations are now available as PHP attributes (PHP8)
• Add metadata attributes loader
• Add ConstraintViolationHandler, FormHandler and UuidHandler to default handlers in serializer builder
• Fix additional fields and static fields metadata loader from YAML and XML

DOCUMENTATION:

• Rewritten documentation in markdown
• Updated cache configuration section
• Updated event dispatcher configuration section
• Document exclusion behavior change (with OnExclude attribute)
• Add serialization/deserialization handler documentation
• Revamped attributes documentation
• Updated XML and YAML reference
• Use docsify

Version 3.6

CHANGES:

• Correctly handle date time object from thecodingmachine/safe library
• Load xml/yaml mapping files from symfony bundles
• Add support for doctrine/common 3 (and doctrine/persistence 2) for mapping loading and object construction
• Support PHP 8
• Various fixes

Version 3.5

CHANGES:

• Add csv serializer visitor (no deserialization yet).

Version 3.4

CHANGES:

• Require PHP 7.4
• Add alternative custom serialization/deserialization classes:
  • Easier SerializationHandlerInterface and DeserializationHandlerInterface to implement.
  • Reduce cognitive load for handler signature.
  • Allow directly return the serialization/deserialization result.