'public_method' access requires redundant property in class

[calumbrodie]

I'm finding that with a configuration like so:

Namespace\Bundle\CategoryBundle\Entity\Category:
  exclusion_policy: ALL
  properties:
    type:
      expose: true
      access_type: public_method
      type: string
      accessor:
        getter: getType
        setter: setType

The serialized entity does not contain this 'computed' property - unless I add the named property to my class..

eg This works:

<?php

class Category implements CategoryInterface
{

        protected $type;            

    public function getType()
    {
        return 'typeA'
    }

    public function setType($type)
    {
        throw new \Exception('type is a read only property');
    }

}

And this doesn't

<?php

class Category implements CategoryInterface
{

    public function getType()
    {
        return 'typeA'
    }

    public function setType($type)
    {
        throw new \Exception('type is a read only property');
    }

}

[calumbrodie]

Having read the documentation here: http://jmsyst.com/libs/serializer/master/reference/annotations#accessor

I guess this is expected behaviour. It just seems a bit redundant to set a property that is not required - however I'll move to close this issue as it's not a big deal.

[stof]

What you need for your use case is @VirtualProperty, not the accessor

[stof]

@schmittjoh @VirtualProperty does not seem to be documented. Is it intended ?

[calumbrodie]

Thanks stof - this is absent from the documentation - but for anyone else reading the relevant PR is here:

#109

If I get time I'll make a PR to update the docs

Edit: x-posted

[schmittjoh]

@stof, no, that is not intended :)

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Christophe Coevoet <
[email protected]> wrote:

@schmittjoh https://github.com/schmittjoh @VirtualProperty does not
seem to be documented. Is it intended ?

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