Create PHP Object from JSON Content

Consider that you have example.json with the following content:

{
  "firstName": "Temuri",
  "lastName": "Takalandze",
  "active": true,
  "position": {
    "title": "Developer",
    "department": {
      "title": "IT"
    }
  }
}

and several POPO classes to represent this JSON data:

Department.php

<?phpclass Department
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $title;    // Getters and Setters here...
}

Position.php

<?phpclass Position
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $title;    /**
     * @var \ABGEO\POPO\Example\Department
     */
    private $department;    // Getters and Setters here...
}

Person.php

<?phpclass Person
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $firstName;    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $lastName; /**…