JMS serializer how to deserialize ManyToOne?

Question

symfony

An entity has a property:

/**
     * @JMS\Type("App\Entity\Client")
     *
     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity=Client::class, inversedBy="orders")
     */
    private $client;

How to set up JMS so that it can be passed in json:
{"clientId": 2}

and by this id pull up the client entity after serialization?

Answer 1

Alternatively, make a method that returns the id of the client and assign a VirtualProperty to it:

/**
     * @JMS\VirtualProperty
     * @JMS\SerializedName("clientId")
     */
    public function getClientId()
    {
        return $this->client->getId();
    }