Hooking into metadata directly...

[j]

I'm writing a library right now and was wondering what is the best way of declaring a class/metadata file as serializable. In my library, I'm suggesting to install the serializer, but it's not installed by default.

So to ask my question simply:

What's the best way of defining metadata without forcing users to just add the directory I provide....

I'd like to be able to do something like,

$j = (new MyBuilder())
    ->attachSerializer($jmsSerializer)
    ->build();

and then my library is in charge of defining where my class metadata lies, etc.

Granted, if this is a Symfony2 bundle instead of a library, this is easy to do, but it's not.

I may be over thinking this.... maybe a break from a computer will help. 👅

Let me know if you know of the best solution.

[schmittjoh]

If you pass the builder instead of the serializer, you should be able to set the directory.

$j = (new MyBuilder())
       ->attachSerializerBuilder($jmsSerializerBuilder)
       ->build();

Another approach could be to allow classes to define metadata via a static method (we would need a new metadata driver for this).

[j]

Okay, I'll play with it. Don't see you on irc much and know issues is a bad way to communicate, haha. Closing this issue.