Allow implementing GroupProviderInterface outside the underlying class

src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/UnusedTagsPass.php

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class UnusedTagsPass implements CompilerPassInterface
         'twig.runtime',
         'validator.auto_mapper',
         'validator.constraint_validator',
+        'validator.group_provider',
         'validator.initializer',
         'workflow',
     ];

src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Uid\UuidV4;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\ExpressionLanguageProvider;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidatorInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\GroupProviderInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\Loader\PropertyInfoLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ObjectInitializerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validation;
@@ -657,6 +658,8 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
             ->addTag('serializer.normalizer');
         $container->registerForAutoconfiguration(ConstraintValidatorInterface::class)
             ->addTag('validator.constraint_validator');
+        $container->registerForAutoconfiguration(GroupProviderInterface::class)
+            ->addTag('validator.group_provider');
         $container->registerForAutoconfiguration(ObjectInitializerInterface::class)
             ->addTag('validator.initializer');
         $container->registerForAutoconfiguration(MessageHandlerInterface::class)

src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/validator.php

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
             ->call('setConstraintValidatorFactory', [
                 service('validator.validator_factory'),
             ])
+            ->call('setGroupProviderLocator', [
+                tagged_locator('validator.group_provider'),
+            ])
             ->call('setTranslator', [
                 service('translator')->ignoreOnInvalid(),
             ])

src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTestCase.php

@@ -1230,16 +1230,18 @@ public function testValidation()
 
         $annotations = !class_exists(FullStack::class);
 
-        $this->assertCount($annotations ? 7 : 6, $calls);
+        $this->assertCount($annotations ? 8 : 7, $calls);
         $this->assertSame('setConstraintValidatorFactory', $calls[0][0]);
         $this->assertEquals([new Reference('validator.validator_factory')], $calls[0][1]);
-        $this->assertSame('setTranslator', $calls[1][0]);
-        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('translator', ContainerBuilder::IGNORE_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE)], $calls[1][1]);
-        $this->assertSame('setTranslationDomain', $calls[2][0]);
-        $this->assertSame(['%validator.translation_domain%'], $calls[2][1]);
-        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[3][0]);
-        $this->assertSame([$xmlMappings], $calls[3][1]);
-        $i = 3;
+        $this->assertSame('setGroupProviderLocator', $calls[1][0]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ServiceLocatorArgument::class, $calls[1][1][0]);
+        $this->assertSame('setTranslator', $calls[2][0]);
+        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('translator', ContainerBuilder::IGNORE_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE)], $calls[2][1]);
+        $this->assertSame('setTranslationDomain', $calls[3][0]);
+        $this->assertSame(['%validator.translation_domain%'], $calls[3][1]);
+        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[4][0]);
+        $this->assertSame([$xmlMappings], $calls[4][1]);
+        $i = 4;
         if ($annotations) {
             $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[++$i][0]);
         }
@@ -1288,12 +1290,12 @@ public function testValidationAttributes()
 
         $calls = $container->getDefinition('validator.builder')->getMethodCalls();
 
-        $this->assertCount(7, $calls);
-        $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[4][0]);
-        $this->assertSame('addMethodMapping', $calls[5][0]);
-        $this->assertSame(['loadValidatorMetadata'], $calls[5][1]);
-        $this->assertSame('setMappingCache', $calls[6][0]);
-        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('validator.mapping.cache.adapter')], $calls[6][1]);
+        $this->assertCount(8, $calls);
+        $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[5][0]);
+        $this->assertSame('addMethodMapping', $calls[6][0]);
+        $this->assertSame(['loadValidatorMetadata'], $calls[6][1]);
+        $this->assertSame('setMappingCache', $calls[7][0]);
+        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('validator.mapping.cache.adapter')], $calls[7][1]);
         // no cache this time
     }
 
@@ -1308,14 +1310,14 @@ public function testValidationLegacyAnnotations()
 
         $calls = $container->getDefinition('validator.builder')->getMethodCalls();
 
-        $this->assertCount(8, $calls);
-        $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[4][0]);
+        $this->assertCount(9, $calls);
+        $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[5][0]);
         if (method_exists(ValidatorBuilder::class, 'setDoctrineAnnotationReader')) {
-            $this->assertSame('setDoctrineAnnotationReader', $calls[5][0]);
-            $this->assertEquals([new Reference('annotation_reader')], $calls[5][1]);
-            $i = 6;
+            $this->assertSame('setDoctrineAnnotationReader', $calls[6][0]);
+            $this->assertEquals([new Reference('annotation_reader')], $calls[6][1]);
+            $i = 7;
         } else {
-            $i = 5;
+            $i = 6;
         }
         $this->assertSame('addMethodMapping', $calls[$i][0]);
         $this->assertSame(['loadValidatorMetadata'], $calls[$i][1]);
@@ -1335,16 +1337,16 @@ public function testValidationPaths()
 
         $calls = $container->getDefinition('validator.builder')->getMethodCalls();
 
-        $this->assertCount(8, $calls);
-        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[3][0]);
-        $this->assertSame('addYamlMappings', $calls[4][0]);
-        $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[5][0]);
-        $this->assertSame('addMethodMapping', $calls[6][0]);
-        $this->assertSame(['loadValidatorMetadata'], $calls[6][1]);
-        $this->assertSame('setMappingCache', $calls[7][0]);
-        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('validator.mapping.cache.adapter')], $calls[7][1]);
+        $this->assertCount(9, $calls);
+        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[4][0]);
+        $this->assertSame('addYamlMappings', $calls[5][0]);
+        $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[6][0]);
+        $this->assertSame('addMethodMapping', $calls[7][0]);
+        $this->assertSame(['loadValidatorMetadata'], $calls[7][1]);
+        $this->assertSame('setMappingCache', $calls[8][0]);
+        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('validator.mapping.cache.adapter')], $calls[8][1]);
 
-        $xmlMappings = $calls[3][1][0];
+        $xmlMappings = $calls[4][1][0];
         $this->assertCount(3, $xmlMappings);
         try {
             // Testing symfony/symfony
@@ -1355,7 +1357,7 @@ public function testValidationPaths()
         }
         $this->assertStringEndsWith('TestBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml', $xmlMappings[1]);
 
-        $yamlMappings = $calls[4][1][0];
+        $yamlMappings = $calls[5][1][0];
         $this->assertCount(1, $yamlMappings);
         $this->assertStringEndsWith('TestBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml', $yamlMappings[0]);
     }
@@ -1370,7 +1372,7 @@ public function testValidationPathsUsingCustomBundlePath()
         ]);
 
         $calls = $container->getDefinition('validator.builder')->getMethodCalls();
-        $xmlMappings = $calls[3][1][0];
+        $xmlMappings = $calls[4][1][0];
         $this->assertCount(3, $xmlMappings);
 
         try {
@@ -1382,7 +1384,7 @@ public function testValidationPathsUsingCustomBundlePath()
         }
         $this->assertStringEndsWith('CustomPathBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml', $xmlMappings[1]);
 
-        $yamlMappings = $calls[4][1][0];
+        $yamlMappings = $calls[5][1][0];
         $this->assertCount(1, $yamlMappings);
         $this->assertStringEndsWith('CustomPathBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml', $yamlMappings[0]);
     }
@@ -1395,9 +1397,9 @@ public function testValidationNoStaticMethod()
 
         $annotations = !class_exists(FullStack::class);
 
-        $this->assertCount($annotations ? 6 : 5, $calls);
-        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[3][0]);
-        $i = 3;
+        $this->assertCount($annotations ? 7 : 6, $calls);
+        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[4][0]);
+        $i = 4;
         if ($annotations) {
             $this->assertSame('enableAttributeMapping', $calls[++$i][0]);
         }
@@ -1426,14 +1428,14 @@ public function testValidationMapping()
 
         $calls = $container->getDefinition('validator.builder')->getMethodCalls();
 
-        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[3][0]);
-        $this->assertCount(3, $calls[3][1][0]);
-
-        $this->assertSame('addYamlMappings', $calls[4][0]);
+        $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[4][0]);
         $this->assertCount(3, $calls[4][1][0]);
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('foo.yml', $calls[4][1][0][0]);
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('validation.yml', $calls[4][1][0][1]);
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('validation.yaml', $calls[4][1][0][2]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('addYamlMappings', $calls[5][0]);
+        $this->assertCount(3, $calls[5][1][0]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('foo.yml', $calls[5][1][0][0]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('validation.yml', $calls[5][1][0][1]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('validation.yaml', $calls[5][1][0][2]);
     }
 
     public function testValidationAutoMapping()

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CHANGELOG
  * Deprecate `ValidatorBuilder::enableAnnotationMapping()`, use `ValidatorBuilder::enableAttributeMapping()` instead
  * Deprecate `ValidatorBuilder::disableAnnotationMapping()`, use `ValidatorBuilder::disableAttributeMapping()` instead
  * Deprecate `AnnotationLoader`, use `AttributeLoader` instead
+ * Add `GroupProviderInterface` to implement validation group providers outside the underlying class
 
 6.3
 ---

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/GroupSequenceProvider.php

@@ -23,4 +23,10 @@
 #[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS)]
 class GroupSequenceProvider
 {
+    public ?string $provider = null;
+
+    public function __construct(array $options = [], string $provider = null)
+    {
+        $this->provider = $options['provider'] ?? $provider;
+    }
 }

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/GroupProviderInterface.php

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Validator;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the interface for a validation group provider.
+ *
+ * @author Yonel Ceruto <yonelceruto@gmail.com>
+ */
+interface GroupProviderInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns which validation groups should be used for a certain state
+     * of the object.
+     *
+     * @return string[]|string[][]|GroupSequence
+     */
+    public function getGroups(object $object): array|GroupSequence;
+}

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php

@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ class ClassMetadata extends GenericMetadata implements ClassMetadataInterface
      */
     public bool $groupSequenceProvider = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @internal This property is public in order to reduce the size of the
+     *           class' serialized representation. Do not access it. Use
+     *           {@link getGroupProvider()} instead.
+     */
+    public ?string $groupProvider = null;
+
     /**
      * The strategy for traversing traversable objects.
      *
@@ -123,6 +130,7 @@ public function __sleep(): array
             'getters',
             'groupSequence',
             'groupSequenceProvider',
+            'groupProvider',
             'members',
             'name',
             'properties',
@@ -319,6 +327,7 @@ public function addGetterMethodConstraints(string $property, string $method, arr
     public function mergeConstraints(self $source)
     {
         if ($source->isGroupSequenceProvider()) {
+            $this->setGroupProvider($source->getGroupProvider());
             $this->setGroupSequenceProvider(true);
         }
 
@@ -432,7 +441,7 @@ public function setGroupSequenceProvider(bool $active)
             throw new GroupDefinitionException('Defining a group sequence provider is not allowed with a static group sequence.');
         }
 
-        if (!$this->getReflectionClass()->implementsInterface(GroupSequenceProviderInterface::class)) {
+        if (null === $this->groupProvider && !$this->getReflectionClass()->implementsInterface(GroupSequenceProviderInterface::class)) {
             throw new GroupDefinitionException(sprintf('Class "%s" must implement GroupSequenceProviderInterface.', $this->name));
         }
 
@@ -444,6 +453,16 @@ public function isGroupSequenceProvider(): bool
         return $this->groupSequenceProvider;
     }
 
+    public function setGroupProvider(?string $provider): void
+    {
+        $this->groupProvider = $provider;
+    }
+
+    public function getGroupProvider(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->groupProvider;
+    }
+
     public function getCascadingStrategy(): int
     {
         return $this->cascadingStrategy;

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadataInterface.php

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  * @see GroupSequence
  * @see GroupSequenceProviderInterface
  * @see TraversalStrategy
+ *
+ * @method string|null getGroupProvider()
  */
 interface ClassMetadataInterface extends MetadataInterface
 {

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/AnnotationLoader.php

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public function loadClassMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata): bool
             if ($constraint instanceof GroupSequence) {
                 $metadata->setGroupSequence($constraint->groups);
             } elseif ($constraint instanceof GroupSequenceProvider) {
+                $metadata->setGroupProvider($constraint->provider);
                 $metadata->setGroupSequenceProvider(true);
             } elseif ($constraint instanceof Constraint) {
                 $metadata->addConstraint($constraint);

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ private function loadClassesFromXml(): void
     private function loadClassMetadataFromXml(ClassMetadata $metadata, \SimpleXMLElement $classDescription): void
     {
         if (\count($classDescription->{'group-sequence-provider'}) > 0) {
+            $metadata->setGroupProvider($classDescription->{'group-sequence-provider'}[0]->value ?: null);
             $metadata->setGroupSequenceProvider(true);
         }
 

src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php

@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ private function loadClassesFromYaml(): void
     private function loadClassMetadataFromYaml(ClassMetadata $metadata, array $classDescription): void
     {
         if (isset($classDescription['group_sequence_provider'])) {
+            if (\is_string($classDescription['group_sequence_provider'])) {
+                $metadata->setGroupProvider($classDescription['group_sequence_provider']);
+            }
             $metadata->setGroupSequenceProvider(
                 (bool) $classDescription['group_sequence_provider']
             );