embedObjectBug

Embed object bug when using jsonb on postgresql

In the entity App\Entity\CachedGeo we store translations of the regions in postgres jsonb format, e.g. {"ua": {"name": "some name", "declination": "in name"}}.

All methods work perfectly, but method "patch" gives strange behaviour. While updating embedded json (by patch method) - nothing happens with embedded json.

curl -X 'PATCH' \ 'http://localhost:8089/cached_geos/1ebf12e9-ff5d-6564-ba92-8d5ceeb93c2a' \ -H 'accept: application/ld+json' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/merge-patch+json' \ -d '{ "i18n": { "ru": { "name": "ru", "declination": "in ru" }, "ua": { "name": "ua", "declination": "in ua" } }, "lft": 2, "rgt": 3 }'

Expected behaviour is changing the value of i18n field in database - but got old value.

After digging, I've found solution, but according to bugs api-platform/core#4293 and api-platform/core#1534 it is hard for me to understand: am I on the right way or I have to read manuals more scrupulously.

After deserialization process - I had everything as expected, but while persisting - strange doctrine behaviour happens. Please look at App\DataPersister\CachedGeoDataPersister comment at line 52 (

embedObjectBug/src/DataPersister/CachedGeoDataPersister.php

Line 52 in d895642

// here $originalData['i18n'] is equals to data that was PATCHed by user

). Original entity data in the UnitOfWork is same, that came from user during "Patch" request.

Is it expected behaviour?