[Flow] Persisting objects that are not Models

[Pankaj Lele]

Hi Christian,

> I wonder if there is a way to add support to persisting Objects as 
> field Values, like it works with the \DateTime Class. I would like to 
> store \DateInterval Objects in a field.
> 
> DateTime Objects are converted into a timestamp and i wonder where this 
> conversion takes place and if it is possible to implement something 
> like this for my flow packages.

This conversion is handled by the TypeConverters of Flow here you can 
find the required help [1]

And for example you can have look at 
TYPO3\Flow\Property\TypeConverter\DateTimeConverter

[1] 
http://docs.typo3.org/flow/TYPO3FlowDocumentation/TheDefinitiveGuide/PartIII/PropertyMapping.html#writing-your-own-typeconverters 



-Pankaj

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