Decorate serializer service to avoid having to always pass context array

config/services.php

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use App\Contract\Config\AppParameters;
+use App\Service\Serializer;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator\ContainerConfigurator;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 
 return static function (ContainerConfigurator $containerConfigurator) {
     $containerConfigurator->import(
@@ -41,4 +43,6 @@ return static function (ContainerConfigurator $containerConfigurator) {
         resource: __DIR__ . '/../src/Controller/',
     );
     $prototypeConfigurator->tag(name: 'controller.service_arguments');
+
+    $servicesConfigurator->set(id: Serializer::class)->decorate(id: SerializerInterface::class);
 };

src/Command/BaseCommand.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace App\Command;
 
-use App\Contract\Config\AppParameters;
+use App\Contract\Config\AppSerializationGroups;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ abstract class BaseCommand extends Command
         mixed $value,
         ?string $serializationGroup = null
     ): void {
-        $context = AppParameters::SERIALIZER_DEFAULT_CONTEXT;
+        $context = [];
         if (null !== $serializationGroup) {
-            $context[ObjectNormalizer::GROUPS][] = $serializationGroup;
+            $context[ObjectNormalizer::GROUPS] = [
+                AppSerializationGroups::DEFAULT,
+                $serializationGroup,
+            ];
         }
         $serializedValue = $this->serializer->serialize(data: $value, format: JsonEncoder::FORMAT, context: $context);
         $io->info(message: sprintf('%s: %s', $label, $serializedValue));

src/Controller/SubmitJsonController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace App\Controller;
 
-use App\Contract\Config\AppParameters;
 use App\Contract\Config\AppRoutes;
 use App\DTO\NexusRawDataSubmissionResult;
 use App\Service\NexusRawDataManager;
@@ -71,11 +70,7 @@ final class SubmitJsonController
 
     private function createJsonResponse(mixed $data, int $status): Response
     {
-        $serializedData = $this->serializer->serialize(
-            data: $data,
-            format: JsonEncoder::FORMAT,
-            context: AppParameters::SERIALIZER_DEFAULT_CONTEXT,
-        );
+        $serializedData = $this->serializer->serialize(data: $data, format: JsonEncoder::FORMAT);
         return new JsonResponse(data: $serializedData, status: $status, json: true);
     }
 }

src/Service/Serializer.php

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Service;
+
+use App\Contract\Config\AppParameters;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
+
+use function array_merge;
+
+/**
+ * Decorator service to work around the bug that original service seems to ignore default context defined in config
+ */
+class Serializer implements SerializerInterface
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private SerializerInterface $serializer,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function serialize(mixed $data, string $format, array $context = []): string
+    {
+        $context = $this->decorateContext(context: $context);
+
+        return $this->serializer->serialize(data: $data, format: $format, context: $context);
+    }
+
+    public function deserialize(mixed $data, string $type, string $format, array $context = []): mixed
+    {
+        $context = $this->decorateContext(context: $context);
+
+        return $this->serializer->deserialize(data: $data, type: $type, format: $format, context: $context);
+    }
+
+    private function decorateContext(array $context): array
+    {
+        return array_merge(AppParameters::SERIALIZER_DEFAULT_CONTEXT, $context);
+    }
+}