Given an Single Table Inheritance for Location -> A and Location -> B
* @DiscriminatorMap({
* "a" = "A",
* "b" = "B"
* })
* @Discriminator(field = "discr", map = {
* "a" = "A",
* "b" = "B",
* })
abstract class Location
In the Controller, i will send either an A or B type extending Location.
/**
* @Rest\Post("", name="create_l")
* @ParamConverter("location", converter="fos_rest.request_body")
*/
public function insert(Location $location): JsonResponse
Doctrine tells me the obvious message it cant instaniiate an abstract class, which is true but it should instead create the subtype.
If A comes in, it should be converted to A, not instantiiate Location.
Any solutions?
So, after doing some research and testing i fixed it myself.
My core problem was that i mixed two Serializers, JMS and Symfony/Serializer. So i decided to go with the Symfony/Serializer as it enabled the creation of the subtypes of abstract classes. This is my setup:
Imports & Entity:
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\DiscriminatorMap;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\DiscriminatorColumn;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\InheritanceType;
/**
* @ORM\Entity(repositoryClass=AbstractParent::class)
* @InheritanceType("SINGLE_TABLE")
* @DiscriminatorColumn(name="discr", type="string")
* @DiscriminatorMap(typeProperty="discr", mapping = {
* "a" = "App\Entity\A",
* "b" = "App\Entity\B",
* })
* @ORM\Table(
* name="abstract_parent",
* )
*/
abstract class AbstractParent extends PlaceComputable
When sending a post request to save a subtype:
/**
* @Rest\Post("", name="create_subtype")
* @ParamConverter("subtype", converter="fos_rest.request_body")
*/
public function insert(AbstractParent $subtype): JsonResponse
{
// $subtype is now of Either Type 'A' or 'B'
// depending on what 'discr' member was passed to the controller
}
Its is now also documented in the Symfony/Serializer documentation as to how convert subtypes of abstract classes.