<?php
/*
* This file is part of the Symfony package.
*
* (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
/**
* Annotation class for @Groups().
* @Annotation
* @Target({"PROPERTY", "METHOD"})
* @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
class Groups
{
* @var string[]
private $groups;
* @throws InvalidArgumentException
public function __construct(array $data)
if (!isset($data['value']) || !$data['value']) {
throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Parameter of annotation "%s" cannot be empty.', get_class($this)));
}
$value = (array) $data['value'];
foreach ($value as $group) {
if (!is_string($group)) {
throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Parameter of annotation "%s" must be a string or an array of strings.', get_class($this)));
$this->groups = $value;
* Gets groups.
* @return string[]
public function getGroups()
return $this->groups;