Support DTO like input.

composer.json

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 		"cakephp/migrations": "^4.0.1",
 		"dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper": "^2.0.0",
 		"dereuromark/cakephp-tools": "^3.0.0",
+		"dereuromark/cakephp-dto": "^2.1.0",
 		"fig-r/psr2r-sniffer": "dev-next",
 		"friendsofcake/search": "^7.0.0",
 		"phpunit/phpunit": "^10.1"

src/Model/Table/QueuedJobsTable.php

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Cake\ORM\Query\SelectQuery;
 use Cake\ORM\Table;
 use Cake\Validation\Validator;
+use CakeDto\Dto\FromArrayToArrayInterface;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Queue\Config\JobConfig;
 use Queue\Model\Entity\QueuedJob;
@@ -217,18 +218,28 @@ public function createConfig(): JobConfig {
 	 * - notBefore: Optional date which must not be preceded
 	 * - group: Used to group similar QueuedJobs
 	 * - reference: An optional reference string
+	 * - status: To set an initial status text
 	 *
-	 * @param string $jobTask Job task name or FQCN
-	 * @param array<string, mixed>|null $data Array of data
-	 * @param \Queue\Config\JobConfig|array<string, mixed> $config Config to save along with the job
+	 * @param string $jobTask Job task name or FQCN.
+	 * @param object|array<string, mixed>|null $data Array of data or DTO like object.
+	 * @param \Queue\Config\JobConfig|array<string, mixed> $config Config to save along with the job.
 	 *
 	 * @return \Queue\Model\Entity\QueuedJob Saved job entity
 	 */
-	public function createJob(string $jobTask, ?array $data = null, array|JobConfig $config = []): QueuedJob {
+	public function createJob(string $jobTask, array|object|null $data = null, array|JobConfig $config = []): QueuedJob {
 		if (!$config instanceof JobConfig) {
 			$config = $this->createConfig()->fromArray($config);
 		}
 
+		if ($data instanceof FromArrayToArrayInterface) {
+			$data = $data->toArray();
+		} elseif (is_object($data) && method_exists($data, 'toArray')) {
+			$data = $data->toArray();
+		}
+		if ($data !== null && !is_array($data)) {
+			throw new InvalidArgumentException('Data must be `array|null`, implement `' . FromArrayToArrayInterface::class . '` or provide a `toArray()` method');
+		}
+
 		$queuedJob = [
 			'job_task' => $this->jobTask($jobTask),
 			'data' => $data,

tests/TestCase/Model/Table/QueuedJobsTableTest.php

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use Queue\Model\Table\QueuedJobsTable;
 use Queue\Queue\Task\ExampleTask;
+use TestApp\Dto\MyTaskDto;
 
 /**
  * Queue\Model\Table\QueuedJobsTable Test Case
@@ -223,6 +224,46 @@ public function testCreateWithSkipExistenceCheck() {
 		$this->assertTrue((bool)$queuedJob);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testCreateWithDto() {
+		$array = [
+			'some' => 'random',
+			'test' => 'data',
+		];
+		$dto = new MyTaskDto($array);
+
+		$queuedJob = $this->QueuedJobs->createJob(ExampleTask::class, $dto);
+		$this->assertTrue((bool)$queuedJob);
+		$this->assertSame($array, $queuedJob->data);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testCreateWithObject() {
+		$array = [
+			'some' => 'random',
+			'test' => 'data',
+		];
+		$dto = new class() {
+			/**
+			 * @return string[]
+			 */
+			public function toArray(): array {
+				return [
+					'some' => 'random',
+					'test' => 'data',
+				];
+			}
+		};
+
+		$queuedJob = $this->QueuedJobs->createJob(ExampleTask::class, $dto);
+		$this->assertTrue((bool)$queuedJob);
+		$this->assertSame($array, $queuedJob->data);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Test the delivery of jobs in sequence, skipping fetched but not completed tasks.
 	 *

tests/test_app/src/Dto/MyTaskDto.php

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace TestApp\Dto;
+
+use CakeDto\Dto\FromArrayToArrayInterface;
+
+class MyTaskDto implements FromArrayToArrayInterface {
+
+	protected array $data;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $data
+	 */
+	public function __construct(array $data) {
+		$this->data = $data;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getFoo(): string {
+		return 'foo';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $array
+	 *
+	 * @return static
+	 */
+	public static function createFromArray(array $array): static {
+		return new static($array);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function toArray(): array {
+		return $this->data;
+	}
+
+}