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Add methods to convert Entity to array/json #162

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@caleeli caleeli commented Oct 30, 2021

Implements #86

This PR includes:

  • Add method Entity::toArray() to convert an Entity to Array.
  • Add method Entity::toJSON() to convert an Entity to JSON String.
  • Add method EntityCollection::toArray() to convert an EntityCollection to Array.
  • Add method EntityCollection::toJSON() to convert an EntityCollection to JSON String.
  • Add parameter $includeEntities in Entity::toArray() and Entity::toJSON() to include entity-type properties to the result.
  • Add parameter $includeEntities in EntityCollection::toArray() and EntityCollection::toJSON() to include entity-type properties to the result.
  • Unit test for Entity::toArray() and Entity::toJSON()

How to test:

  • Load an Entity. eg. $entity = new User([....])
  • Call to $entity->toArray() to get en Entity converted into Array.
  • Call to $entity->toJSON() to get en Entity converted into JSON String.
  • To include sub-entities like Gender use: $entity->toArray(true) or $entity->toJSON(true)
  • To convert a collection, load a collection. e.g. new EntityCollection('User');
  • Convert it to array: $collection->toArray()
  • Or Convert it to JSON: $collection->toJSON()
  • You could use also $includeEntities=true: $collection->toArray(true) or $collection->toJSON(true)

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