@@ -1241,6 +1241,36 @@ to ``true``::
12411241 $result = $normalizer->normalize($dummy, 'json', [AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_NULL_VALUES => true]);
12421242 // ['bar' => 'notNull']
12431243
1244+ Skipping Uninitialized Properties
1245+ ---------------------------------
1246+
1247+ In PHP, typed properties have an ``uninitialized `` state which is different
1248+ from the default ``null `` of untyped properties. When you try to access a typed
1249+ property before giving it an explicit value, you get an error.
1250+
1251+ To avoid the Serializer throwing an error when serializing or normalizing an
1252+ object with uninitialized properties, by default the object normalizer catches
1253+ these errors and ignores such properties.
1254+
1255+ You can disable this behavior by setting the ``AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_VALUES ``
1256+ context option to ``false ``::
1257+
1258+ class Dummy {
1259+ public string $foo = 'initialized';
1260+ public string $bar; // uninitialized
1261+ }
1262+
1263+ $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
1264+ $result = $normalizer->normalize(new Dummy(), 'json', [AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_VALUES => false]);
1265+ // throws Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\UninitializedPropertyException as normalizer cannot read uninitialized properties
1266+
1267+ .. note ::
1268+
1269+ Calling ``PropertyNormalizer::normalize `` or ``GetSetMethodNormalizer::normalize ``
1270+ with ``AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_VALUES `` context option set
1271+ to ``false `` will throw an ``\Error `` instance if the given object has uninitialized
1272+ properties as the normalizer cannot read them (directly or via getter/isser methods).
1273+
12441274.. _component-serializer-handling-circular-references :
12451275
12461276Collecting Type Errors While Denormalizing
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