Is it possible to use DataCollection with LiveWire?

[linaspasv]

Lets say I have the following DTO class.

class MenuData extends Data implements Wireable
{
    use WireableData;

    public function __construct(
        public int $id,
        public string $title,
    ) {

    }
}

on a LiveWire component I am trying to mount DTO as this:

    public function mount(): void
    {
        ..........

        $menus = $arena->menus()->get();

        $this->menus = MenuData::collection($menus);
    }

and I get public property [menus] must be of type: [numeric, string, array, null, or boolean] as an error.

I thought that implementing Wireable interface and using WireableData trait would create a component that would be auto-transformed into a required data type for a LiveWire component.

Am I missing something? Please advice.

[rubenvanassche]

The DataCollection does not support Livewire at the moment due to not adding a dependency on livewire. You have basically two options:

1. Create your own DataCollection extending from ours and implementing the LiveWire stuff and then set the collection property ($_collectionClass) for the required data objects
2. Wait until v4 which allows you to store data in arrays and Collections, natively supported by Livewire

[francoism90]

@rubenvanassche Could you give an example? I'm having the same issue and we use V3 on Livewire as well.

[jskorlol]

If it's not too much trouble, could I know the expected release date for v4?

[rubenvanassche]

No estimates at the moment, probably not before october

[jskorlol]

I would like to use it in Livewire. Is there any release schedule for v4? Thank you as always.

[murindev]

toCollection() - method does its job even without Wireable if using Livewire 2.
$this->menus = MenuData::collection($menus)->toCollection();
It`s returns Enumerable and works correctly.
Livewire 3 use Wireable in Data class (it is imperative) and returns Collection