Symfony2 FosRestBundle Expose Properties at runtime - php

Question

I have following entity class and controller class. I have exposed selected properties.
In my "getAlbumsAction()" the output is the way i want.
But in "getAlbumAction($id)" i want to expose all the properties of the album class. How can i achive it? Have been searching around for a while but can't get it.
<?php
namespace MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\ExclusionPolicy;
use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\Expose;
/**
* Album
*
* #ORM\Table()
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Entity\AlbumRepository")
* #ExclusionPolicy("all")
*/
class Album
{
/**
* #var integer
*
* #ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
* #ORM\Id
* #ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
* #expose
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="name", type="string", length=255)
* #expose
*/
private $name;
/**
*
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Track", mappedBy="album")
*
*/
private $tracks;
/**
*
* #ORM\Column(name="likes", type="integer")
*
*
*/
private $likes;
/**
* #var \DateTime
*
* #ORM\Column(name="released", type="date")
*
*
*/
private $released;
/**
* #var \DateTime
*
* #ORM\Column(name="updated", type="date")
*/
private $updated;
/**
* #ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Language", inversedBy="albums")
* #ORM\JoinColumn(name="language_id", referencedColumnName="id")
*
*
*/
private $language;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set name
*
* #param string $name
* #return Album
*/
public function setName($name)
{
$this->name = $name;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get name
*
* #return string
*/
public function getName()
{
return $this->name;
}
/**
* Set released
*
* #param \DateTime $released
* #return Album
*/
public function setReleased($released)
{
$this->released = $released;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get released
*
* #return \DateTime
*/
public function getReleased()
{
return $this->released;
}
/**
* Set updated
*
* #param \DateTime $updated
* #return Album
*/
public function setUpdated($updated)
{
$this->updated = $updated;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get updated
*
* #return \DateTime
*/
public function getUpdated()
{
return $this->updated;
}
/**
* Set language
*
* #param integer $language
* #return Album
*/
public function setLanguage($language)
{
$this->language = $language;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get language
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getLanguage()
{
return $this->language;
}
/**
* Constructor
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->tracks = new \Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection();
}
/**
* Add tracks
*
* #param \MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Entity\Track $tracks
* #return Album
*/
public function addTrack(\MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Entity\Track $tracks)
{
$this->tracks[] = $tracks;
return $this;
}
/**
* Remove tracks
*
* #param \MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Entity\Track $tracks
*/
public function removeTrack(\MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Entity\Track $tracks)
{
$this->tracks->removeElement($tracks);
}
/**
* Get tracks
*
* #return \Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection
*/
public function getTracks()
{
return $this->tracks;
}
/**
* Set likes
*
* #param integer $likes
* #return Album
*/
public function setLikes($likes)
{
$this->likes = $likes;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get likes
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getLikes()
{
return $this->likes;
}
}
<?php
namespace MyBundle\RestApiBundle\Controller;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use FOS\RestBundle\Controller\Annotations as Rest;
class AlbumController extends Controller {
public function getAlbumsAction() {
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$entities = $em->getRepository('MyBundleRestApiBundle:Album')->findAll();
return array(
'albums' => $entities,
);
}
private function getEntity($id) {
$entityName = 'MyBundleRestApiBundle:Album';
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$entity = $em->getRepository($entityName)->find($id);
if (!$entity) {
throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find organisation entity');
}
return $entity;
}
public function getAlbumAction($id) {
$entity = $this->getEntity($id);
return array(
'album' => $entity,
);
}
}

Answer 1

you have a typo:
'album' => $entities but must be 'album' => $entity
also if you want to return different fields/formats for one object check this out
http://jmsyst.com/libs/serializer/master/reference/annotations#groups