v0.1.0-alpha.1

First alpha release after 8 years of development.

Changes

• Datamapper architecture built on Illuminate Database
• Entity lifecycle management with hydration/persistence
• Type transformation system with value objects
• Relationship support (hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, belongsToMany)
• Soft deletes and scopes
• Factory integration for testing
• Ability to implement mappers that use ORM patterns (single table inheritance, etc.)
• Comprehensive test coverage

Known Issues

• Mapper class declares typed $instantiator property but doesn't initialize it. Applications must initialize this in their base mapper constructors if using the instantiateEntity() method.
• Missing scaffolding/tooling for quicker installation and setup.

Requirements

• PHP ^8.1
• Laravel 10.x or 11.x

Installation

composer require codesleeve/holloway:^0.1.0-alpha