Annotation Reference

This page lists all of the annotations and how to use them.

Make sure you're importing the annotations as well. Although all of the examples use the regular annotation, here's an example of using an alias.

use Tebru\Gson\Annotation as Gson;

/**
 * @Gson\Type("string")
 */

@Accessor

Explicitly defines a getter or setter mapping. Use the get or set key to point to a method.

/**
 * @Accessor(get="myCustomGetter", set="myCustomSetter")
 */
private $foo;

@Exclude

Used to exclude a class or property from serialization or deserialization.

Exclude a property for both serialization and deserialization

/**
 * @Exclude()
 */
private $foo

Exclude a class only during serialization

/**
 * @Exclude(deserialize=false)
 */
class Foo {}

@Expose

Only used in conjunction with requireExposeAnnotation() on the builder. Can also be used for a single direction.

Expose a property

/**
 * @Expose()
 */
private $foo

Exclude a class only during deserialization

/**
 * @Expose(serialize=false)
 */
class Foo {}

@JsonAdapter

Used to specify a custom Type Adapter, Type Adapter Factory, Json Serializer, or Json Deserializer. Can be used on either a class or a property.

/**
 * @JsonAdapter("My\Custom\ClassTypeAdapter")
 */
class Foo {
    /**
     * @JsonAdapter("My\Custom\ClassTypeAdapterFactory")
     */
    private $bar;

    /**
     * @JsonAdapter("My\Custom\ClassSerializer")
     */
    private $baz;

    /**
     * @JsonAdapter("My\Custom\ClassDeserializer")
     */
    private $qux;
}

@SerializedName

Allows overriding the property name that appears in JSON.

/**
 * @SerializedName("bar")
 */
private $foo

@Since

Specifies when a property, class, or method was added. If this number is greater than or equals the current version, the property will be excluded.

/**
 * @Since("2.0")
 */
private $foo

@Type

Overrides the type of a property. If this annotation exist, the type will be used before it is guessed.

/**
 * @Type("DateTime")
 */
private $foo

@Until

Specifies when a property, class, or method will be removed. If this number is less than the current version, the property will be excluded.

/**
 * @Until("2.0")
 */
private $foo

@VirtualProperty

This acts as an identifier on methods. It's purpose is to add additional data during serialization. It does nothing during deserialization.

/**
 * @VirtualProperty("foo")
 * @Type("int")
 */
public function getFoo()
{
    return $this->foo;
}

The value is the serialized name. It can be used in conjunction with other annotations.

/**
 * @VirtualProperty()
 * @SerializedName("foo")
 * @Type("int")
 */
public function getFoo()
{
    return $this->foo;
}

If @SerializedName exists, that value will be used instead.

It may also be used on classes to wrap/unwrap a class in a key

/**
 * @VirtualProperty("data")
 */
class User
{
    public $id;
    public $name;
}

This will allow deserialization of the following data into User

{
    "data": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Doe"
    }
}

And will serialize User into the above json.