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This package has some internal structures which are used to analyze data objects and their properties. They can be helpful when writing casts, transformers or rule inferrers.
# # DataClassThe DataClass represents the structure of a data object and has the following methods:
properties get all the DataProperty's of the object (more on that later)
creationMethods get all magical creation methods and the types that can be passed as a parameter to them
reflection get the ReflectionClass object for the data class
# # DataPropertyA data property represents a single property within a data object. You can call the following methods on it:
isLazy check if the property can be lazy evaluated
isNullable check if the property can be null
isData check if the property has a data object type
isDataCollection check if the property has a data collection type
types get all the types the property can have
name get the name of the property
className get the name of the class of the property
validationAttributes get all the validation attributes associated with the property
castAttribute get the cast attribute associated with the property
transformerAttribute get the transformer attribute associated with the property
dataClassName get the class of the data object(s) stored within the property