From 1044e359464d114a589db3f31e5beaaee7fc0c1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Mc Nicoll <dave.mcnicoll@cslsj.qc.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:18:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] - WIP on object initialization for FormContext from request
 body values

---
 src/Method/FormContext.php | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Method/FormContext.php b/src/Method/FormContext.php
index 78ecdda..e154513 100644
--- a/src/Method/FormContext.php
+++ b/src/Method/FormContext.php
@@ -134,15 +134,16 @@ class FormContext implements FormContextInterface
         $this->delete($key);
     }   
     
-    public function get(string $key, $default = null)
+    public function get(string $key, mixed $default = null)
     {
         return $this->has($key) ? $this->formContextValues[$key] : $default;
     }
 
-    public function set(string $key, $value)
+    public function set(string $key, mixed $value)
     {
+
         if ($this->canWriteProperty($key)) {
-            $this->$key = $value;
+            $this->$key = $this->castValue($key, $value);
         }
 
         return $this->formContextValues[$key] = $value;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ class FormContext implements FormContextInterface
 
         foreach($this->formContextValues as $property => $value) {
             if ($this->canWriteProperty($property)) {
-                $this->$property = $value;
+                $this->$property = $this->castValue($property, $value);
                 $this->formContextDefinedProperties[$property] = true;
             }
         }
@@ -194,4 +195,22 @@ class FormContext implements FormContextInterface
     {
         return $this->formContextDefinedProperties[$property] ?? false;
     }
+
+    protected function castValue(string $property, mixed $value) : mixed
+    {
+        $isEnum = fn($e) => enum_exists($e) ? $e::tryFrom($value) : $value;
+
+        $types = ( new \ReflectionProperty($this, $property) )->getType();
+
+        if ($types instanceof \ReflectionNamedType) {
+            $value = $isEnum($types->getName());
+        }
+        elseif ($types instanceof \ReflectionIntersectionType || $types instanceof \ReflectionUnionType) {
+            foreach($types->getTypes() as $type) {
+                $value = $isEnum($type->getName());
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $value;
+    }
 }