Re: Jsonable interface

From:	Sara Golemon	Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 21:22:26 +0000
Subject:	Re: Jsonable interface
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Mathias Grimm wrote:

If php have annotations feature its be very simple.
    Transient private $dtCreated;// or JsonIgnore or JsonTransient
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This seems to be an attempt to solve a subset of the problem solved by JSONSerializable, but from a negation rather than a explicit orientation. What this doesn't provide, is the ability to serialize an object with modified or even completely different data from what is found in the base properties (something which may well be desired). This approach also has the very obvious added workload of introducing property traits (something I'm not against, but would require a great deal more discussion). Given that it does less at higher cost, I'm inclined to reply with "meh". -Sara