Notable changes
Normalizer compilation
A new compilation step for the normalizer has been implemented, which aims to bring huge performance gains when normalizing any value. It works by adding a static analysis pass to the process, which will recursively analyse how the normalizer should perform for every value it can meet. This process results in a native PHP code entry, that can then be cached for further usage.
This compilation cache feature is automatically enabled when adding the cache in the mapper builder. This should be transparent for most users, but as this is a major change in the code (see Pull Request #500), some bugs may have slipped through. If you encounter such issues that look related to this change, please open an issue and we will try to fix it as soon as possible.
Note
My goal remains to provide users of this library with the best possible experience. To that end, motivational messages and financial support are greatly appreciated. If you use this library and find it useful, please consider sponsoring the project on GitHub 🤗
The development of this feature took nearly two years, mainly due to limited spare time to work on it. I hope you enjoy this feature as much as I enjoyed building it!
On a side note, the next major project will be adding a compiled cache entry feature for mappers, similar to how it was implemented for normalizers. Stay tuned…
Features
- Introduce compiled normalizer cache (a4b2a7)
Bug Fixes
- Accept an object implementing an interface without infer setting (edd488)
- Handle self-referential types in object constructors (dc7b6a)
- Properly handle interface with no implementation in union type (f3f98d)
- Properly match class-string type with no subtype (c8fe90)