Introduction
You can change data once it is loaded from an external source, via transformers and mappers.
Transformers are used to change data values, for example converting a datetime string to a DateTime object.
Mappers are used to map data to a new data structure so it is more useful for processing, for example converting an array of raw data to a collection of objects.
You can use mappers and transformers together, it's usually more useful to transform data as it's being mapped to a more useful data structure.
Example use cases are:
Prepare data values (e.g. strip tags, decode HTML entities)
Rename data fields (e.g. from "person_name" to "name")
Update data values to match your local values (e.g. map the category "T-Shirts" to "casual")
Map a single item to an object (and optionally type set item fields, e.g. to an DateTime object)
Map a collection of items to a set of objects
We use Symfony's PropertyAccess component to help read and write data. See how to write property paths for more details.
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