Add FactoryInterface and work on factory classes for entities.

app/src/Domain/Entity/Channel.php

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 namespace Slovocast\Domain\Entity;
 
 use Slovocast\Domain\Entity;
+use Slovocast\Domain\Record;
 
 class Channel
 {
     use Entity;
+    use Record;
 
     public function __construct(
         private string $name,

app/src/Domain/Entity/User.php

@@ -64,18 +64,10 @@ class User
         }
 
         if (isset($props['createdAt'])) {
-            if (is_string($props['createdAt'])) {
-                $props['createdAt'] = new DateTimeImmutable($props['createdAt']);
-            }
-
             $user->setCreatedAt($props['createdAt']);
         }
 
         if (isset($props['updatedAt'])) {
-            if (is_string($props['updatedAt'])) {
-                $props['updatedAt'] = new DateTime($props['updatedAt']);
-            }
-
             $user->setUpdatedAt($props['updatedAt']);
         }
 

app/src/Domain/Factory/ChannelFactory.php

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Slovocast\Domain\Factory;
+
+use Slovocast\Domain\Entity\Channel;
+use Slovocast\Domain\FactoryInterface;
+
+class ChannelFactory implements FactoryInterface
+{
+    public static function fromArray(array $props): Channel
+    {
+        $channel = new Channel(
+            $props['name'],
+            $props['slug'] ?? '',
+            $props['description'] ?? '',
+            $props['link'] ?? '',
+            $props['language'] ?? '',
+            $props['copyright'] ?? '',
+            $props['explicit'] ?? false
+        );
+
+        if (isset($props['id'])) {
+            $channel->setId($props['id']);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($props['createdAt'])) {
+            $channel->setCreatedAt($props['createdAt']);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($props['updatedAt'])) {
+            $channel->setUpdatedAt($props['updatedAt']);
+        }
+
+        return $channel;
+    }
+
+    public static function toArray(Channel $channel): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}

app/src/Domain/Factory/UserFactory.php

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Slovocast\Domain\Factory;
+
+use Slovocast\Domain\Entity\User;
+use Slovocast\Domain\FactoryInterface;
+use DateTimeImmutable;
+use DateTime;
+
+class UserFactory implements FactoryInterface
+{
+    public static function fromArray(array $props): User
+    {
+        $user = new User($props['email'], $props['password'], $props['name']);
+
+        if (isset($props['id'])) {
+            $user->setId($props['id']);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($props['createdAt'])) {
+            if (is_string($props['createdAt'])) {
+                $props['createdAt'] = new DateTimeImmutable($props['createdAt']);
+            }
+
+            $user->setCreatedAt($props['createdAt']);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($props['updatedAt'])) {
+            if (is_string($props['updatedAt'])) {
+                $props['updatedAt'] = new DateTime($props['updatedAt']);
+            }
+
+            $user->setUpdatedAt($props['updatedAt']);
+        }
+
+        return $user;
+    }
+
+    public static function toArray(User $user): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'name' => $user->getName(),
+            'email' => $user->getEmail(),
+            'id' => $user->getId() ?? null,
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/src/Domain/FactoryInterface.php

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Slovocast\Domain;
+
+use ReturnTypeWillChange;
+
+interface FactoryInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @param array $props Properties required to build the object
+     * @return object The object to be built
+     */
+    #[ReturnTypeWillChange]
+    public static function fromArray(array $props);
+     
+    /**
+     * @param object $obj
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function toArray($obj): array;
+}

app/src/Domain/Record.php

@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ trait Record
     protected ?DateTimeImmutable $createdAt;
     protected ?DateTime $updatedAt;
 
-    public function setCreatedAt(DateTimeImmutable $createdAt): void
+    public function setCreatedAt(DateTimeImmutable|string $createdAt): void
     {
-        $this->createdAt = $createdAt;
+        if (is_string($createdAt)) {
+            $this->createdAt = new DateTimeImmutable($createdAt);
+        } else {
+            $this->createdAt = $createdAt;
+        }
     }
 
     public function getCreatedAt(): DateTimeImmutable
@@ -20,9 +24,13 @@ trait Record
         return $this->createdAt;
     }
 
-    public function setUpdatedAt(DateTime $updatedAt): void
+    public function setUpdatedAt(DateTime|string $updatedAt): void
     {
-        $this->updatedAt = $updatedAt;
+        if (is_string($updatedAt)) {
+            $this->updatedAt = new DateTime($updatedAt);
+        } else {
+            $this->updatedAt = $updatedAt;
+        }
     }
 
     public function getUpdatedAt(): DateTime

app/tests/Controller/User/RegisterUserActionTest.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Slovocast\Tests\Controller\User;
 
+use Slovocast\Domain\Factory\UserFactory;
 use Slovocast\Tests\TestCase;
 use Slovocast\Domain\Repository\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
 use Slovocast\Domain\Entity\User;
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class RegisterUserActionTest extends TestCase
 {
     protected function getUser(): User
     {
-        return User::fromArray([
+        return UserFactory::fromArray([
             'email' => 'dave@slovocast.com',
             'name' => 'Dave SH',
             'password' => 'hashed_password'

app/tests/TestCase.php

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Slim\Psr7\Request as SlimRequest;
 use Slim\Psr7\Uri;
 use Slovocast\Bootstrap;
 use Slovocast\Domain\Entity\User;
+use Slovocast\Domain\Factory\UserFactory;
 
 /**
  * This is the common test harness pattern lifted right out of the official
@@ -78,6 +79,6 @@ class TestCase extends PHPUnit_TestCase
             ];
         }
 
-        return User::fromArray($user);
+        return UserFactory::fromArray($user);
     }
 }