Nullable type definitions using php 7.4 typed properties style

[goetas]

Q	A
Bug fix?	no
New feature?	yes
Doc updated	no
BC breaks?	no
Deprecations?	no
Tests pass?	yes
Fixed tickets	-
License	MIT

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[simPod]

This should also handle the case when

1. I serialize object with uninitialized nullable property
2. Deserialize
3. The property is uninitialized

Personally, I'd somehow get rid of $context->setSerializeNull(true); setting and made it default.

Unintialized properties would then be not part of serialized content while initialized with null would.

[Tobion]

If this is meant to change the behavior of #1252 and #1081 (comment) then I don't think it's the right direction. So a property that is not serialized should not initialize the property after deserialization to null. This is because we don't know if the initial property was missing from the serialization because it was unitialized or because of serialize_null = false.

So I think what we need is a different option like serialize_typed_null which defaults to true. Then typed nullable properties are serialized by default which solves #1252. And people can still configure the nullable behavior of non-typed properties independently like before.