@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ exists in your project::
6262 {
6363 private $age;
6464 private $name;
65+ private $sportsman;
6566
6667 // Getters
6768 public function getName()
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ exists in your project::
7475 return $this->age;
7576 }
7677
78+ // Issers
79+ public function isSportsman()
80+ {
81+ return $this->sportsman;
82+ }
83+
7784 // Setters
7885 public function setName($name)
7986 {
@@ -84,6 +91,11 @@ exists in your project::
8491 {
8592 $this->age = $age;
8693 }
94+
95+ public function setSportsman($sportsman)
96+ {
97+ $this->sportsman = $sportsman;
98+ }
8799 }
88100
89101Now, if you want to serialize this object into JSON, you only need to
@@ -92,10 +104,11 @@ use the Serializer service created before::
92104 $person = new Acme\Person();
93105 $person->setName('foo');
94106 $person->setAge(99);
107+ $person->setSportsman(false);
95108
96109 $jsonContent = $serializer->serialize($person, 'json');
97110
98- // $jsonContent contains {"name":"foo","age":99}
111+ // $jsonContent contains {"name":"foo","age":99,"sportsman":false }
99112
100113 echo $jsonContent; // or return it in a Response
101114
@@ -124,7 +137,7 @@ method on the normalizer definition::
124137 $encoder = new JsonEncoder();
125138
126139 $serializer = new Serializer(array($normalizer), array($encoder));
127- $serializer->serialize($person, 'json'); // Output: {"name":"foo"}
140+ $serializer->serialize($person, 'json'); // Output: {"name":"foo","sportsman":false }
128141
129142Deserializing an Object
130143-----------------------
@@ -136,6 +149,7 @@ of the ``Person`` class would be encoded in XML format::
136149 <person>
137150 <name>foo</name>
138151 <age>99</age>
152+ <sportsman>false</sportsman>
139153 </person>
140154 EOF;
141155
@@ -181,6 +195,18 @@ method on the normalizer definition::
181195As a final result, the deserializer uses the ``first_name `` attribute as if
182196it were ``firstName `` and uses the ``getFirstName `` and ``setFirstName `` methods.
183197
198+ Serializing Boolean Attributes
199+ ------------------------------
200+
201+ ..versionadded ::2.5
202+ Support for ``is* `` accessors in
203+ :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Serializer\\ Normalizer\\ GetSetMethodNormalizer `
204+ was introduced in Symfony 2.5.
205+
206+ If you are using isser methods (methods prefixed by ``is ``, like
207+ ``Acme\Person::isSportsman() ``), the Serializer component will automatically
208+ detect and use it to serialize related attributes.
209+
184210Using Callbacks to Serialize Properties with Object Instances
185211-------------------------------------------------------------
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