Set default values for nullable properties (null) across models and handle array-to-object casting in Mapper.

Author: byjg

src/Mapper.php

@@ -221,11 +221,15 @@ public function getEntity(array $fieldValues = []): object
         $instance = new $class();
 
         // The command below is to get all properties of the class.
-        // This will allow to process all properties, even if they are not in the $fieldValues array.
+        // This will allow processing all properties, even if they are not in the $fieldValues array.
         // Particularly useful for processing the selectFunction.
         $fieldValues = array_merge(Serialize::from($instance)->withStopAtFirstLevel()->toArray(), $fieldValues);
         ObjectCopy::copy($fieldValues, $instance, new MapFromDbToInstanceHandler($this));
 
+        if (is_array($instance)) {
+            $instance = (object)$instance;
+        }
+
         return $instance;
     }
 

tests/Model/Class1.php

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 class Class1
 {
-    public ?int $id;
+    public ?int $id = null;
 }

tests/Model/Class2.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 class Class2
 {
-    public ?int $id;
+    public ?int $id = null;
 
-    public ?int $idTable1;
+    public ?int $idTable1 = null;
 }

tests/Model/Class3.php

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 class Class3
 {
     #[FieldAttribute(primaryKey: true)]
-    public ?int $id;
+    public ?int $id = null;
 
     #[FieldAttribute(fieldName: "id_table1", parentTable: "table1")]
-    public ?int $idTable1;
+    public ?int $idTable1 = null;
 }

tests/Model/Class4.php

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class Class4
     use DeletedAt;
 
     #[FieldAttribute(primaryKey: true)]
-    public ?int $id;
+    public ?int $id = null;
 
     #[FieldAttribute(fieldName: "id_table2", parentTable: "table2")]
-    public ?int $idTable2;
+    public ?int $idTable2 = null;
 }