Encapsulate the fieldmapping data in the importjob further

src/Controller/BulkInfoProviderImportController.php

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportController extends AbstractController
     {
         $dtos = [];
         foreach ($fieldMappings as $mapping) {
-            $dtos[] = FieldMappingDTO::fromArray($mapping);
+            $dtos[] = new FieldMappingDTO(field: $mapping['field'], providers: $mapping['providers'], priority: $mapping['priority'] ?? 1);
         }
         return $dtos;
     }
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportController extends AbstractController
 
         if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
             $formData = $form->getData();
-            $fieldMappings = $formData['field_mappings'];
+            $fieldMappingDtos = $this->convertFieldMappingsToDto($formData['field_mappings']);
             $prefetchDetails = $formData['prefetch_details'] ?? false;
 
             $user = $this->getUser();
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportController extends AbstractController
 
             // Create and save the job
             $job = new BulkInfoProviderImportJob();
-            $job->setFieldMappings($fieldMappings);
+            $job->setFieldMappings($fieldMappingDtos);
             $job->setPrefetchDetails($prefetchDetails);
             $job->setCreatedBy($user);
 
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportController extends AbstractController
             $this->entityManager->flush();
 
             try {
-                $fieldMappingDtos = $this->convertFieldMappingsToDto($fieldMappings);
                 $searchResultsDto = $this->bulkService->performBulkSearch($parts, $fieldMappingDtos, $prefetchDetails);
 
                 // Save search results to job

src/Entity/BulkInfoProviderImportJob.php

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use App\Entity\Base\AbstractDBElement;
 use App\Entity\Parts\Part;
 use App\Entity\UserSystem\User;
 use App\Services\InfoProviderSystem\DTOs\BulkSearchResponseDTO;
-use App\Services\InfoProviderSystem\DTOs\SearchResultDTO;
+use App\Services\InfoProviderSystem\DTOs\FieldMappingDTO;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportJob extends AbstractDBElement
     #[ORM\Column(type: Types::JSON)]
     private array $fieldMappings = [];
 
+    /**
+     * @var FieldMappingDTO[] The deserialized field mappings DTOs, cached for performance
+     */
+    private ?array $fieldMappingsDTO = null;
+
     #[ORM\Column(type: Types::JSON)]
     private array $searchResults = [];
 
@@ -150,14 +155,39 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportJob extends AbstractDBElement
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return FieldMappingDTO[] The deserialized field mappings
+     */
     public function getFieldMappings(): array
     {
-        return $this->fieldMappings;
+        if ($this->fieldMappingsDTO === null) {
+            // Lazy load the DTOs from the raw JSON data
+            $this->fieldMappingsDTO = array_map(
+                static fn($data) => FieldMappingDTO::fromSerializableArray($data),
+                $this->fieldMappings
+            );
         }
 
+        return $this->fieldMappingsDTO;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  FieldMappingDTO[]  $fieldMappings
+     * @return $this
+     */
     public function setFieldMappings(array $fieldMappings): self
     {
-        $this->fieldMappings = $fieldMappings;
+        //Ensure that we are dealing with the objects here
+        if (count($fieldMappings) > 0 && !$fieldMappings[0] instanceof FieldMappingDTO) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Expected an array of FieldMappingDTO objects');
+        }
+
+        $this->fieldMappingsDTO = $fieldMappings;
+
+        $this->fieldMappings = array_map(
+            static fn(FieldMappingDTO $dto) => $dto->toSerializableArray(),
+            $fieldMappings
+        );
         return $this;
     }
 
@@ -260,13 +290,6 @@ class BulkInfoProviderImportJob extends AbstractDBElement
         return $progress;
     }
 
-    public function setProgress(array $progress): self
-    {
-        // This method is kept for backward compatibility
-        // The progress is now managed through the jobParts relationship
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     public function markAsCompleted(): self
     {
         $this->status = BulkImportJobStatus::COMPLETED;

src/Services/InfoProviderSystem/DTOs/FieldMappingDTO.php

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ readonly class FieldMappingDTO
      * Create a FieldMappingDTO from legacy array format.
      * @param array{field: string, providers: string[], priority?: int} $data
      */
-    public static function fromArray(array $data): self
+    public static function fromSerializableArray(array $data): self
     {
         return new self(
             field: $data['field'],
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ readonly class FieldMappingDTO
      * Convert this DTO to the legacy array format for backwards compatibility.
      * @return array{field: string, providers: string[], priority: int}
      */
-    public function toArray(): array
+    public function toSerializableArray(): array
     {
         return [
             'field' => $this->field,