Add meta value caster

src/Casts/MetaValue.php

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Cone\Root\Casts;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsAttributes;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Stringable;
+
+class MetaValue implements CastsAttributes
+{
+    /**
+     * Cast the given value.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $attributes
+     */
+    public function get(Model $model, string $key, mixed $value, array $attributes): mixed
+    {
+        return json_decode($value, true) ?? $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prepare the given value for storage.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $attributes
+     */
+    public function set(Model $model, string $key, mixed $value, array $attributes): mixed
+    {
+        if ($value instanceof Stringable) {
+            return $value->__toString();
+        }
+
+        return json_encode($value) ?: (string) $value;
+    }
+}

src/Models/Meta.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Cone\Root\Models;
 
+use Cone\Root\Casts\MetaValue;
 use Cone\Root\Database\Factories\MetaFactory;
 use Cone\Root\Interfaces\Models\Meta as Contract;
 use Cone\Root\Traits\InteractsWithProxy;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class Meta extends Model implements Contract
      * @var array<string, string>
      */
     protected $casts = [
-        'value' => 'json',
+        'value' => MetaValue::class,
     ];
 
     /**

src/Root.php

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ abstract class Root
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    public const VERSION = '1.1.0';
+    public const VERSION = '1.1.3';
 
     /**
      * The registered callbacks.