Deserialize with object refs

[tarjei]

Hi, Quite often I see the need to deserialize objects where the object is only defined by it's id.

For example:

class User {

/* @var Customer */
protected $customer; 

}

here I do not want to pass customer back and forth for deserialization, but I want to be able to keep the refrence when I update the user object.

Would it be possible to have an annotation for defining that this object should be deserialized to an entity?

[stof]

@Type('object_reference') and then registering a custom handler for the type object_reference

[tarjei]

Ok, is it possible to create a generalized handler for this usecase?

[schmittjoh]

We have the DoctrineObjectConstructor which allows you to do that.

[tarjei]

Ok, would it be possible to get some documentation on that?