Map the data with class transformers and remove the CoreExtension

docs/UPGRADE-3.0.md

@@ -3,6 +3,34 @@ searchable: false
 ---
 # Upgrade 3.0
 
+## Builder
+
+### CoreExtension
+
+The `CoreExtension` has been removed. The property mapping and the
+`BuiltInGuesser` are now always part of the hydrator, remove the registration.
+
+before:
+
+```php
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
+
+$hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
+    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
+    ->build();
+```
+after:
+
+```php
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
+
+$hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
+    ->build();
+```
+The `BuiltInGuesser` is always asked after all guessers you register with
+`addGuesser()`, regardless of their priority.
+
 ## Normalizer
 
 ### HydratorAwareNormalizer
@@ -207,7 +235,7 @@ final class AuditMiddleware implements Middleware
 }
 ```
 In tests, where a middleware is called on its own, pass a `Next` with the
-following middlewares instead of a `Stack`.
+following middlewares and the transformer instead of a `Stack`.
 
 before:
 
@@ -221,10 +249,42 @@ after:
 
 ```php
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Middleware\Next;
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Transformer\ReflectionTransformer;
+
+$object = $middleware->hydrate($metadata, $data, [], new Next([], new ReflectionTransformer($metadata)));
+```
+### TransformMiddleware
+
+The `TransformMiddleware` has been removed. The hydrator maps the data with a
+`ClassTransformer` after all middlewares, the `ReflectionTransformer` by
+default. Remove the `TransformMiddleware` if you pass the middlewares to the
+`StackHydrator` yourself. `Extension::PRIORITY_TRANSFORM` has been removed as
+well.
+
+before:
+
+```php
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Middleware\TransformMiddleware;
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydrator;
 
-$object = $middleware->hydrate($metadata, $data, [], new Next([new TransformMiddleware()]));
+$hydrator = new StackHydrator(middlewares: [new AuditMiddleware(), new TransformMiddleware()]);
 ```
+after:
+
+```php
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydrator;
+
+$hydrator = new StackHydrator(middlewares: [new AuditMiddleware()]);
+```
+If you replaced the `TransformMiddleware` with your own mapping, implement a
+`ClassTransformerFactory` instead and register it with
+`StackHydratorBuilder::addTransformerFactory()`.
+
+### Removed exceptions
+
+`MissingMiddlewares`, `AllMiddlewaresSkipped` and `NoMoreMiddleware` have been
+removed. A hydrator without middlewares is valid, and a class which every
+middleware skips is only transformed. Remove the `catch` blocks for them.
 ## Caching
 
 The serialized form of the normalizers changed. Clear the

docs/caching.md

@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ Pass the cache to the builder with `setCache`. Both PSR-6
 implementations are accepted.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\FilesystemAdapter;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->setCache(new FilesystemAdapter())
     ->build();
 ```

docs/cryptography.md

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Register the `CryptographyExtension` on the builder and pass it a
 choice; it needs a [cipher key store](#cipher-key-store) to keep the keys.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Cryptography\BaseCryptographer;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Cryptography\CryptographyExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Cryptography\Store\InMemoryCipherKeyStore;
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 $cipherKeyStore = new InMemoryCipherKeyStore();
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->useExtension(new CryptographyExtension(BaseCryptographer::createWithOpenssl($cipherKeyStore)))
     ->build();
 ```

docs/extensions.md

@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 # Extensions
 
 The `StackHydrator` is assembled from small building blocks: middlewares that
-wrap the hydration process, [guessers](guesser.md) that resolve normalizers and
-metadata enrichers that add information to the class metadata. An extension
-bundles such building blocks so they can be registered with a single call.
+wrap the hydration process, [guessers](guesser.md) that resolve normalizers,
+metadata enrichers that add information to the class metadata and transformer
+factories that map the data to the object. An extension bundles such building
+blocks so they can be registered with a single call.
 
 ## Using extensions
 
 Extensions are registered on the `StackHydratorBuilder` with `useExtension`.
-The `CoreExtension` provides the default behaviour and should (almost) always
-be there.
+The default behaviour, the property mapping and the
+[built-in guesser](guesser.md#built-in-guesser), is always there, you don't
+have to register anything for it.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Lifecycle\LifecycleExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->useExtension(new LifecycleExtension())
     ->build();
 ```
 ## Built-in extensions
 
-The library ships with four extensions out of the box:
+The library ships with three extensions out of the box:
 
 | Extension | Purpose |
 | --- | --- |
-| `CoreExtension` | The default behaviour, the `TransformMiddleware` and the `BuiltInGuesser`. |
 | `LifecycleExtension` | [Lifecycle hooks](lifecycle-hooks.md), run code before and after the extract and hydrate process. |
 | `CryptographyExtension` | [Cryptography](cryptography.md), encrypt and decrypt sensitive data with crypto-shredding. |
 | `UpcastExtension` | [Upcasting](upcasting.md), reshape outdated stored data while it is hydrated. |
@@ -36,8 +35,9 @@ The library ships with four extensions out of the box:
 
 A middleware wraps the hydration and extraction process, similar to HTTP
 middlewares. It can modify the incoming data, the outgoing array or the object
-itself, and passes the call on to the rest of the stack with `$next`. The innermost
-middleware is the `TransformMiddleware`, which does the actual property mapping.
+itself, and passes the call on to the rest of the stack with `$next`. After the last
+middleware the [transformer](#transformer-factories) does the actual property
+mapping.
 
 ```php
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Metadata\ClassMetadata;
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ final class RemoveNullValuesMiddleware implements Middleware
 }
 ```
 Middlewares are added with a priority, higher priorities run first (outermost).
-The `TransformMiddleware` from the `CoreExtension` has priority `-64`, so it
-always runs last.
+The transformation always runs last, after all middlewares.
 
 ```php
 $builder->addMiddleware(new RemoveNullValuesMiddleware(), 0);
@@ -113,9 +112,9 @@ upcaster is a `CallbackUpcaster` or carries an
 [`#[UpcasterFor]`](upcasting.md#writing-an-upcaster) attribute, it is also left
 out while hydrating classes none of them target.
 
-:::warning
-At least one middleware has to run. If every middleware skips a class, an
-`AllMiddlewaresSkipped` exception is thrown.
+:::tip
+If every middleware skips a class, the hydrator calls the transformer directly
+without building the middleware stack.
 :::
 
 ## Metadata enricher
@@ -152,6 +151,39 @@ extras) can be [cached](caching.md), everything you store in `extras` must be
 serializable.
 :::
 
+## Transformer factories
+
+At the end of the stack a `ClassTransformer` turns the array into the object
+and back. By default this is the `ReflectionTransformer`, which sets and reads
+the properties with reflection. A transformer factory can provide another
+transformer for a class, for example generated code.
+
+```php
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Metadata\ClassMetadata;
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Transformer\ClassTransformer;
+use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Transformer\ClassTransformerFactory;
+
+final class MoneyTransformerFactory implements ClassTransformerFactory
+{
+    public function create(ClassMetadata $metadata): ClassTransformer|null
+    {
+        if ($metadata->className !== Money::class) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new MoneyTransformer();
+    }
+}
+```
+```php
+$builder->addTransformerFactory(new MoneyTransformerFactory());
+```
+The factories are asked once per class, the first transformer wins and is
+cached by the hydrator. Factories also accept a priority, a factory with a
+higher priority is asked first. The `ReflectionTransformerFactory` is always
+asked last, so every class without its own transformer is transformed with
+reflection.
+
 ## Writing your own extension
 
 An extension implements the `Extension` interface and configures the builder.

docs/getting-started.md

@@ -47,16 +47,13 @@ the collection. How types are resolved into normalizers is explained on the
 
 ## Create the hydrator
 
-The recommended way to create a hydrator is the `StackHydratorBuilder` together
-with the `CoreExtension`, which registers the default middleware and the
-built-in normalizer guesser.
+The recommended way to create a hydrator is the `StackHydratorBuilder`. It
+already comes with the property mapping and the built-in normalizer guesser.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->build();
 ```
 :::note

docs/guesser.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class itself, for example for third-party classes.
 
 ## Built-in guesser
 
-The `BuiltInGuesser` is registered by the `CoreExtension`. It resolves backed
+The `BuiltInGuesser` is always registered. It resolves backed
 enums to the `EnumNormalizer`, the date types (`DateTimeImmutable`, `DateTime`,
 `DateTimeZone`, `DateInterval`) to their normalizers and falls back to the
 `ObjectNormalizer` for everything else.
@@ -36,18 +36,16 @@ final class NameGuesser implements Guesser
 To use the guesser, add it to the builder:
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->addGuesser(new NameGuesser())
     ->build();
 ```
 :::note
 The guessers are queried in order of their priority, and the first match wins.
-The built-in guesser is registered with priority `-64`, so your own guessers run
-before the fallback to the `ObjectNormalizer`.
+The built-in guesser is always asked last, so your own guessers run before the
+fallback to the `ObjectNormalizer`.
 :::
 
 ## Mapped guesser
@@ -56,12 +54,10 @@ For the common case of a simple class-to-normalizer mapping, you don't need to
 write your own guesser class, use the `MappedGuesser`:
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Guesser\MappedGuesser;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->addGuesser(new MappedGuesser([
         Name::class => NameNormalizer::class,
         Email::class => EmailNormalizer::class,

docs/hydrator.md

@@ -7,21 +7,18 @@ resolves [normalizers](normalizer.md) from metadata.
 
 ## Create the hydrator
 
-The recommended way is the `StackHydratorBuilder` with the `CoreExtension`.
-The `CoreExtension` registers the `TransformMiddleware`, which does the actual
-property mapping, and the `BuiltInGuesser`, which picks normalizers for enums,
-date types and nested objects.
+The recommended way is the `StackHydratorBuilder`. It maps the properties with
+reflection and comes with the `BuiltInGuesser`, which picks normalizers for
+enums, date types and nested objects.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->build();
 ```
 If you don't need any extensions, you can also instantiate the `StackHydrator`
-directly, it defaults to the same middleware and guesser:
+directly, it behaves the same as a hydrator built by the builder:
 
 ```php
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydrator;

docs/lazy.md

@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ Instead of marking every class, you can make lazy hydration the default when
 building the hydrator.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->enableDefaultLazy()
     ->build();
 ```

docs/lifecycle-hooks.md

@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ result. For this, the `LifecycleExtension` provides four method attributes:
 Register the `LifecycleExtension` on the builder:
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Lifecycle\LifecycleExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->useExtension(new LifecycleExtension())
     ->build();
 ```

docs/upcasting.md

@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ Register the `UpcastExtension` on the builder and pass it a list of upcasters.
 Each upcaster receives the raw data array and returns a reshaped array.
 
 ```php
-use Patchlevel\Hydrator\CoreExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Upcast\CallbackUpcaster;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\Extension\Upcast\UpcastExtension;
 use Patchlevel\Hydrator\StackHydratorBuilder;
 
 $hydrator = (new StackHydratorBuilder())
-    ->useExtension(new CoreExtension())
     ->useExtension(new UpcastExtension(
         beforeTransform: [
             CallbackUpcaster::forClass(

phpstan-baseline.neon

@@ -97,16 +97,16 @@ parameters:
 			path: src/Metadata/ClassMetadata.php
 
 		-
-			message: '#^Method Patchlevel\\Hydrator\\Middleware\\TransformMiddleware\:\:hydrate\(\) should return T of object but returns mixed\.$#'
+			message: '#^Method Patchlevel\\Hydrator\\Transformer\\ReflectionTransformer\:\:hydrate\(\) should return T of object but returns mixed\.$#'
 			identifier: return.type
 			count: 1
-			path: src/Middleware/TransformMiddleware.php
+			path: src/Transformer/ReflectionTransformer.php
 
 		-
 			message: '#^Parameter \#1 \$object of method Patchlevel\\Hydrator\\Metadata\\PropertyMetadata\:\:setValue\(\) expects object, mixed given\.$#'
 			identifier: argument.type
 			count: 2
-			path: src/Middleware/TransformMiddleware.php
+			path: src/Transformer/ReflectionTransformer.php
 
 		-
 			message: '#^Property Patchlevel\\Hydrator\\Normalizer\\EnumNormalizer\:\:\$enum \(class\-string\<BackedEnum\>\|null\) does not accept string\.$#'
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ parameters:
 			path: src/StackHydrator.php
 
 		-
-			message: '#^Parameter \#2 \$data of method Patchlevel\\Hydrator\\Middleware\\Next\:\:hydrate\(\) expects array\<string, mixed\>, array\<mixed, mixed\> given\.$#'
+			message: '#^Parameter \#2 \$data of method Patchlevel\\Hydrator\\StackHydrator\:\:hydrateWithMiddlewares\(\) expects array\<string, mixed\>, array\<mixed, mixed\> given\.$#'
 			identifier: argument.type
-			count: 3
+			count: 2
 			path: src/StackHydrator.php
 
 		-