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

I know this has already been answered but you could also use @Accessor. This probably (may, I can't be sure) work with deserialization too.

/**
 * @Type("Acme\SearchBundle\Entity\Country")
 * @Groups({"manage"})
 * 
 * @var \Acme\SearchBundle\Entity\Country
 *
 * @Serializer\Accessor(getter="getCountryMinusId",setter="setCountryWithId")
 */
private $country;

/**
 * @return string|null
 */
public function getCountryMinusId()
{
    if (is_array($this->country) && isset($this->country['id'])) {
        return $this->country['id'];
    }

    return null;
}

/**
 * @param string $country
 * @return $this
 */
public function setCountryWithId($country)
{
    if (!is_array($this->country)) {
        $this->country = array();
    )

    $this->country['id'] = $country;

    return $this;
}