Doctrine Rest Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Roadmap modernization: shifting API serialization/exposure configuration from Doctrine-style annotations to native PHP 8 attributes.
• Build vs buy: evaluating a package that provides GenericEntityResultSet, MinimalEntitySerializer, and EntityPropertyEditabilityMap rather than building attribute-driven entity serialization and API editability metadata in-house.
• Feature enablement: API resource exposure, field-level serialization whitelisting, and editable-property maps for entity-backed APIs.
• Upgrade planning: deciding when to schedule annotation-to-attribute migration work and whether to adopt 1.2.0 as the new baseline or pin an earlier release for legacy annotation compatibility.

When to Consider This Package

• Consider it if the product runs on PHP 8+ and Laravel, and the team is ready to use PHP 8 attributes rather than annotations for entity serialization/exposure behavior.
• Consider it when the API layer needs a lightweight serializer, result-set handling, and editable-property metadata without building a custom attribute reader.
• Consider it if migration from Gedmo SortablePosition, JMS Expose, and Symfony Ignore annotations to attributes is already planned or acceptable.
• Look elsewhere if the system depends on annotation-based configuration, supports PHP versions without attributes, or needs serializer behavior that does not require a breaking migration.
• Look elsewhere if the product requires broader serializer integrations without replacing existing annotation-driven mappings.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

• Executive summary: this release modernizes entity serialization by using PHP 8 attributes and removes annotation support. It reduces reliance on legacy annotation tooling and aligns the API layer with current PHP practices, but it is a breaking change that requires planned migration and regression testing.
• Engineering summary: version 1.2.0 is a breaking release. Update constructors to remove annotation reader arguments, migrate Gedmo/JMS/Symfony annotations to PHP 8 attributes, and validate the fixed caching behavior for attribute-tagged properties in MinimalEntitySerializer and EntityPropertyEditabilityMap.
• Adoption recommendation: proceed only if the product is already committed to PHP 8 attributes; otherwise pin an older version until migration scope and timing are agreed.