PartKeepr\DoctrineReflectionBundle\Filter\AdvancedSearchFilter::extractJSONFilters PHP Method

    private function extractJSONFilters($data)
    {
        $filter = new Filter();
        if (property_exists($data, 'property')) {
            if (strpos($data->property, '.') !== false) {
                $associations = explode('.', $data->property);
                $property = array_pop($associations);
                $filter->setAssociation(implode('.', $associations));
                $filter->setProperty($property);
            } else {
                $filter->setAssociation(null);
                $filter->setProperty($data->property);
            }
        } elseif (property_exists($data, "subfilters")) {
            if (property_exists($data, 'type')) {
                $filter->setType(strtolower($data->type));
            }
            if (is_array($data->subfilters)) {
                $subfilters = [];
                foreach ($data->subfilters as $subfilter) {
                    $subfilters[] = $this->extractJSONFilters($subfilter);
                }
                $filter->setSubFilters($subfilters);
                return $filter;
            } else {
                throw new \Exception("The subfilters must be an array of objects");
            }
        } else {
            throw new \Exception('You need to set the filter property');
        }
        if (property_exists($data, 'operator')) {
            $filter->setOperator($data->operator);
        } else {
            $filter->setOperator(Filter::OPERATOR_EQUALS);
        }
        if (property_exists($data, 'value')) {
            $filter->setValue($this->getFilterValueFromUrl($data->value));
        } else {
            throw new \Exception('No value specified');
        }
        return $filter;
    }