Serializing Entity Relation only to Id with JMS Serializer

Question

I\'m trying to serialize a entity relation with JMS Serializer.

Here is the Entity:

class Ad
{ 

    /**
     * @Type(\"string\")
     * @Groups({\"manag         


        

Answer 1

Yes, you could use @VirtualProperty annotation:

/**
 * @VirtualProperty
 * @SerializedName("foo")
 */
public function bar()
{
    return $this->country->getCode();
}

But be aware when it comes to deserialization:

@VirtualProperty This annotation can be defined on a method to indicate that the data returned by the method should appear like a property of the object.

> Note: This only works for serialization and is completely ignored during deserialization.

Hope this helps...