Attempted to call an undefined method named "getNativeType" of class "ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiProperty"

[coissay]

API Platform version(s) affected: 4.1.24

Description
I am using a custom serializer that implements DenormalizerInterface, NormalizerInterface. in order to add translation when denormalize my json. Then i send it to an ObjectNormalizer $objectNormalizer.

Since the update from 4.1.23 to 4.1.24 i got the following error:
Attempted to call an undefined method named "getNativeType" of class "ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiProperty".
in vendor/api-platform/serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php (line 881)
when $type = $propertyMetadata->getNativeType(); is called

How to reproduce
update your version and setup a custom normalizer call, the issue come from a method called inside the vendor of ApiPlatform so i guess this should trigger the error

Possible Solution
get the native type by using getBuiltinType instead ?

Additional Context
Linked to: api-platform/api-platform#2934
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[fcharrier]

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem when I update dependencies of my app.

I had a look at the source code:

• as you noticed, getNativeType is called in api-platform/serializer 4.2.0
• but this method is not available in my version of api-platform/metadata, which is still 4.1.18

I suppose api-platform/serializer 4.2.0 should require api-platform/metadata >= 4.2.0

I tried to force api-platform/metadata 4.2 in my dependencies, but it was not compatible with other constraints.

Finally it works on my app by updating :

• api-platform/metadata to 4.2.0
• symfony/type-info to 7.3 (type-info was not a direct dependency of my app, but adding this requirement force this version and allows the update to metadata 4.2)

I hope it helps

Note: I realize your are updating to 4.1.24, not 4.2. But I think the root cause is the same

[fcharrier]

Hello @soyuka

it seems this commit : 4ce82a1
add the call to getNativeType in Serializer component, without updating dependency.

Is it normal?

Maybe I miss something :)

[soyuka]

Indeed I'm surprised our CI didn't catch that, my guess is that we don't test ApiProperty in the serializer unit tests

[fcharrier]

I'm just wondering if the dependency update is enough: when we update serializer from 4.1.23 to 4.1.24, it requires metadat 4.2... Ok, but the update of serializer with only a patch change (4.1.23 -> 4.1.24) should contains bug fixes only, not a dependency to a greater version of metadata...

[vinceAmstoutz]

@soyuka I think this issue is resolved

[fcharrier]

I agree !

[coissay]

It look like to me that the issue is still here with "api-platform/symfony": "^4.1.25"

I just did a composer update, i was still in "api-platform/symfony": "^4.1.23", prior to that in order to avoid the error