Construct from text array

Tests/DefinitionTest.php

@@ -270,4 +270,27 @@ public function testMinLength() : void
 		$this->expectException(\PHPFUI\ConstantContact\Exception\InvalidLength::class);
 		$fixture->string = 'fred';
 		}
+
+	public function testDefaultObjects() : void
+		{
+		$address = [];
+		$address['created_at'] = (string)new \PHPFUI\ConstantContact\DateTime();
+		$address['permission_to_send'] = 'explicit';
+
+		$email_address = new \PHPFUI\ConstantContact\Definition\EmailAddressPut($address);
+		$contact = ['email_address' => $email_address];
+
+		$contactBody = new \PHPFUI\ConstantContact\Definition\ContactPutRequest($contact);
+		$contactBody->update_source = 'Account';
+		$contactBody->street_addresses = [new \PHPFUI\ConstantContact\Definition\StreetAddressPut([
+			'kind' => 'home',
+			'street' => 'address',
+			'city' => 'town',
+			'state' => 'state',
+			'postal_code' => 'zip',
+			'country' => 'USA', ])];
+		$json = $contactBody->getJSON();
+
+		$this->assertStringContainsString('created_at', $json);
+		}
 	}

src/ConstantContact/Definition/Base.php

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ abstract class Base
 	 */
 	protected static array $requiredFields = [];
 
+	/**
+	 * @var bool $constructingFromArray set to true if we are constructing from an array so we don't type check for objects
+	 */
+	private bool $constructingFromArray = false;
+
   /**
    * $var array<string, mixed> the actual object data by field name.
    */
@@ -73,7 +78,9 @@ public function __construct(array $initialValues = [])
 
 			if (! empty(static::$fields[$field]))
 				{
+				$this->constructingFromArray = true;
 				$this->{$actualField} = $value;
+				$this->constructingFromArray = false;
 				}
 			elseif (! \is_array($type) && ! isset(self::$scalars[$type]))
 				{
@@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ public function __set(string $field, mixed $value)
 						}
 					}
 				}
-			elseif ($expectedType != $type)
+			elseif ($expectedType != $type && ! $this->constructingFromArray)
 				{
 				throw new \PHPFUI\ConstantContact\Exception\InvalidType(static::class . "::{$actualField} is of type {$type} but should be type {$expectedType}");
 				}