Add possibility to get data without nulls in map transformation

[MuminovicAnel]

Hello!

Your package is really great and convenient for the use case of our team. :)

I wanted to know if there as a possiblity to add the option to get data without null properties from the DTO ?

Because I need to overwrite the toJson or toArray methods like this in every DTO.

public function toJson($options = 0): string
{
        $dataWithoutNulls = array_filter($this->buildDataForExport(), fn($value) => !is_null($value));
        return json_encode($dataWithoutNulls, $options);
}

Thanks!

[WendellAdriel]

Hey @MuminovicAnel.
I think this is a use case that should be handled in the userland, not in the library itself.

IMO the best way of dealing with this would be to create a BaseDTO class that extends from the SimpleDTO or ValidatedDTO one and on it you can add two new methods: toNonNullableJson and toNonNullableArray then in your DTOs, extend from your own BaseDTO class instead.

A second approach is to create a Trait and add these two methods in the Trait and in the DTOs you need that you can add the trait to it.

[MuminovicAnel]

Hey @WendellAdriel

Thanks for the suggestion, I will go with the trait, that was a good idea. It doesn't add too much code and it lets the user use it or not.

Have a nice day!

[WendellAdriel]

Yeah, the best part of the Trait approach is that you can use it only when needed. 🥳
Have a great day over there as well!