Make ErrorBag Json Serializable

Author: azeemhassni

src/Contracts/ErrorBagInterface.php

@@ -44,4 +44,9 @@ public function get( $key );
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function isEmpty();
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray();
 }

src/ErrorBag.php

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  * @package azi
  */
-class ErrorBag implements ArrayAccess, ErrorBagInterface
+class ErrorBag implements ArrayAccess, ErrorBagInterface, \JsonSerializable
 {
     /**
      * @var ErrorMessages[]
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ public function hasErrors()
         return !empty($this->errors);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function getErrors()
-    {
-        return $this->errors;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param $key
      * @return mixed
@@ -129,4 +121,40 @@ public function isEmpty()
     {
         return empty($this->errors);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Specify data which should be serialized to JSON
+     *
+     * @return array|\stdClass data to be json serialized
+     */
+    function jsonSerialize()
+    {
+        return $this->getErrors();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getErrors()
+    {
+        return $this->errors;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function toJson()
+    {
+        return json_encode($this->getErrors());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray()
+    {
+        return array_map(function ( ErrorMessages $error ) {
+            return $error->toArray();
+        }, $this->getErrors());
+    }
 }

src/ErrorMessages.php

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * @package azi
  */
-class ErrorMessages implements \ArrayAccess
+class ErrorMessages implements \ArrayAccess, \JsonSerializable
 {
     /**
      * @var array
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ public function offsetUnset( $offset )
         unset($this->messages);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function toArray()
-    {
-        return $this->messages;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the first message as string
      *
@@ -145,4 +137,22 @@ public function first()
     {
         return reset($this->messages);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Specify data which should be serialized to JSON
+     *
+     * @return array|\stdClass data to be json serialized
+     */
+    function jsonSerialize()
+    {
+        return $this->toArray();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray()
+    {
+        return $this->messages;
+    }
 }

tests/ValidatorTest.php tests/EnvalidTest.phptests/ValidatorTest.php renamed to tests/EnvalidTest.php

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * @package azi
  */
-class ValidatorTest extends TestCase
+class EnvalidTest extends TestCase
 {
     public function testItAcceptsRules()
     {
@@ -76,5 +76,21 @@ public function testItValidatesEmailFields()
         $this->assertTrue($this->validator->passed());
     }
 
+    public function testTheErrorBagIsJsonSerializable()
+    {
+        $this->validator->validate([
+            'name' => null
+        ], [
+            'name' => 'required'
+        ]);
 
+        $errors = $this->validator->getErrors();
+
+        $errorsJson = json_encode($errors);
+        $this->assertJson($errorsJson);
+
+        $errors   = json_decode($errorsJson);
+        $expected = (object) ['name' => ['Name is required']];
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $errors);
+    }
 }