From 393be1a6c0f99157e6cac2289084d7c282e36543 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: netkas <netkas@nosial.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:55:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added SerializableInterface.php & made Entity.php implement
 this new interface

---
 src/Socialbox/Abstracts/Entity.php            | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../Interfaces/SerializableInterface.php      | 22 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/Socialbox/Interfaces/SerializableInterface.php

diff --git a/src/Socialbox/Abstracts/Entity.php b/src/Socialbox/Abstracts/Entity.php
index 129ac00..03dbab7 100644
--- a/src/Socialbox/Abstracts/Entity.php
+++ b/src/Socialbox/Abstracts/Entity.php
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 namespace Socialbox\Abstracts;
 
 use Socialbox\Enums\EntityType;
+use Socialbox\Interfaces\SerializableInterface;
 
-abstract class Entity
+abstract class Entity implements SerializableInterface
 {
     protected string $uuid;
     protected EntityType $type;
@@ -85,4 +86,30 @@ abstract class Entity
     {
         return sprintf('%s@%s', $this->username, $this->domain);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Serializes the entity to an array.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'uuid' => $this->uuid,
+            'type' => $this->type,
+            'username' => $this->username,
+            'domain' => $this->domain,
+            'display_name' => $this->display_name,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the entity object from an array of data.
+     *
+     * @param array $data The data to construct the entity from.
+     */
+    public static function fromArray(array $data): Entity
+    {
+        return new static($data);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Socialbox/Interfaces/SerializableInterface.php b/src/Socialbox/Interfaces/SerializableInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f73ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Socialbox/Interfaces/SerializableInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Socialbox\Interfaces;
+
+use Socialbox\Abstracts\Entity;
+
+interface SerializableInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Serializes the object to an array.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray(): array;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the object from an array of data.
+     *
+     * @param array $data The data to construct the object from.
+     */
+    public static function fromArray(array $data): Entity;
+}
\ No newline at end of file