How to set a local cast for an array of LaravelData property?

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Dear Developers,

Thank you for the marvel!

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Let's consider the following:

Data

namespace App\Data\Settings\Background;

use App\Enums\Color;
use Spatie\LaravelData\Attributes\MergeValidationRules;
use Spatie\LaravelData\Data;

#[MergeValidationRules]
final class ColorData extends Data
{
    public function __construct(
        public Color $name,
        public float $brightness,
        public float $contrast,
        public float $saturation,
    ) {}
}

Settings

Settings Class

namespace App\Settings\Background;

use App\Data\Settings\Background\ColorData;
use Spatie\LaravelSettings\Settings;
use Spatie\LaravelSettings\SettingsCasts\DataCast;

class ColorSettings extends Settings
{
    public bool $enabled = false;

    /** @var \App\Support\Color[] */
    public array $colors = [];

    public static function group(): string
    {
        return 'background:color';
    }

    public static function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'colors' => DataCast::class . ':' . ColorData::class,
        ];
    }
}

Migration

use Spatie\LaravelSettings\Migrations\SettingsMigration;

return new class() extends SettingsMigration {
    public function up(): void
    {
        $this->migrator->add('background:color.enabled', false);
        $this->migrator->add('background:color.colors', []);
    }

    public function down(): void
    {
        $this->migrator->deleteIfexists('background:color.enabled');
        $this->migrator->deleteIfexists('background:color.colors');
    }
};

Test

> $s = app(ColorSettings::class);
[!] Aliasing 'ColorSettings' to 'App\Settings\Background\ColorSettings' for this Tinker session.
= App\Settings\Background\ColorSettings {#8764
    +enabled: ? bool,
    +colors: ? array,
    0: "Could not load values",
  }

> $s->colors;

   Spatie\LaravelData\Exceptions\CannotCreateData  Could not create `App\Settings\Background\ColorSettings`: the constructor requires 4 parameters, 0 given. Parameters missing: name, brightness, contrast, saturation.

This makes sense if we would try to access one, but isn't it an empty array?

I believe it's related to the cast where the property colors of type array is getting casted to class ColorData, yet how would you cast an array of the class?

Thank you in advance!

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Best and kind regards