diff --git a/bundle/src/Api/SudoObject/SudoObjectFactory.php b/bundle/src/Api/SudoObject/SudoObjectFactory.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Hyvor\Internal\Bundle\Api\SudoObject;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * Generates an array from an entity
+ *
+ * includes all columns
+ * one-to-many and many-to-one relationships are ignored by default
+ * but, they can be included using the $relationships attribute
+ * ex:
+ * [
+ *    EnterpriseContract::class => ['order_forms'],
+ * ]
+ */
+class SudoObjectFactory
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<class-string, string[]> $relationships
+     * @return array<mixed>
+     */
+    public function create(
+        object $entity,
+        array $relationships = []
+    ): array {
+        assert(str_starts_with(get_class($entity), 'App\\Entity\\'));
+
+        $return = [];
+
+        $relationshipsToInclude = $relationships[get_class($entity)] ?? [];
+        $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($entity);
+        $properties = $reflectionClass->getProperties();
+
+        foreach ($properties as $property) {
+            $column = $this->getAttribute($property, ORM\Column::class);
+
+            if ($column) {
+                $return[$property->getName()] = $this->getPropertyValue($entity, $property);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // to continue, it must be a relationship that is explicitly included
+            if (!in_array($property->getName(), $relationshipsToInclude)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $oneToMany = $this->getAttribute($property, ORM\OneToMany::class);
+            $manyToOne = $this->getAttribute($property, ORM\ManyToOne::class);
+
+            if ($oneToMany) {
+                /** @var Collection<int, object> $manyEntities */
+                $manyEntities = $property->getValue($entity);
+                $manyEntitiesArray = [];
+
+                foreach ($manyEntities as $manyEntity) {
+                    $manyEntitiesArray[] = $this->create($manyEntity, $relationships);
+                }
+
+                $return[$property->getName()] = $manyEntitiesArray;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($manyToOne) {
+                $parentEntity = $property->getValue($entity);
+
+                if  ($parentEntity === null) {
+                    $return[$property->getName()] = null;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                assert(is_object($parentEntity));
+                $return[$property->getName()] = $this->create($parentEntity, $relationships);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            throw new \LogicException('should not reach here');
+        }
+
+        return $return;
+    }
+
+    private function getPropertyValue(object $entity, \ReflectionProperty $property): mixed
+    {
+        $rawValue = $property->getValue($entity);
+
+        if ($rawValue instanceof \DateTimeImmutable) {
+            return $rawValue->getTimestamp();
+        }
+
+        if ($rawValue instanceof \BackedEnum) {
+            return $rawValue->value;
+        }
+
+        return $rawValue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @template T of object
+     * @param class-string<T> $attributeClass
+     * @return ?\ReflectionAttribute<T>
+     */
+    private function getAttribute(\ReflectionProperty $property, string $attributeClass): ?object
+    {
+        $attrs = $property->getAttributes($attributeClass);
+
+        if (count($attrs) === 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        assert(count($attrs) === 1, 'more than one expected attributes of ' . $attributeClass);
+
+        /** @var \ReflectionAttribute<T> $attr */
+        $attr = $attrs[0];
+
+        return $attr;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/Bundle/Api/SudoObject/SudoObjectFactoryTest.php b/tests/Bundle/Api/SudoObject/SudoObjectFactoryTest.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Hyvor\Internal\Tests\Bundle\Api\SudoObject;
+
+use Hyvor\Internal\Bundle\Api\SudoObject\SudoObjectFactory;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+#[CoversClass(SudoObjectFactory::class)]
+class SudoObjectFactoryTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private SudoObjectFactory $factory;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->factory = new SudoObjectFactory();
+    }
+
+    public function test_basic_column_properties(): void
+    {
+        $entity = new \App\Entity\SimpleEntity('hello', 42, null);
+        $result = $this->factory->create($entity);
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            'name' => 'hello',
+            'count' => 42,
+            'nullable' => null,
+        ], $result);
+    }
+
+    public function test_non_column_properties_are_excluded(): void
+    {
+        $entity = new \App\Entity\SimpleEntity('hello', 42, null);
+        $result = $this->factory->create($entity);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('excluded', $result);
+    }
+
+    public function test_datetime_immutable_is_converted_to_timestamp(): void
+    {
+        $dt = new \DateTimeImmutable('@1700000000');
+        $entity = new \App\Entity\EntityWithDatetime($dt);
+        $result = $this->factory->create($entity);
+
+        $this->assertSame(1700000000, $result['created_at']);
+    }
+
+    public function test_backed_enum_is_converted_to_value(): void
+    {
+        $entity = new \App\Entity\EntityWithEnum(\App\Enum\SudoFactoryStatus::Active);
+        $result = $this->factory->create($entity);
+
+        $this->assertSame('active', $result['status']);
+    }
+
+    public function test_one_to_many_relationship_included_when_specified(): void
+    {
+        $child1 = new \App\Entity\ChildEntity('first');
+        $child2 = new \App\Entity\ChildEntity('second');
+        $parent = new \App\Entity\ParentEntity('parent', [$child1, $child2]);
+
+        $result = $this->factory->create($parent, [
+            \App\Entity\ParentEntity::class => ['children'],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('parent', $result['name']);
+        $this->assertCount(2, $result['children']);
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'first'], $result['children'][0]);
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'second'], $result['children'][1]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_many_to_one_relationship_included_when_specified(): void
+    {
+        $parent = new \App\Entity\ParentEntity('parent', []);
+        $child = new \App\Entity\ChildEntity('child', $parent);
+
+        $result = $this->factory->create($child, [
+            \App\Entity\ChildEntity::class => ['parent'],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('child', $result['name']);
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'parent'], $result['parent']);
+    }
+
+    public function test_many_to_one_null_relationship(): void
+    {
+        $child = new \App\Entity\ChildEntity('child', null);
+
+        $result = $this->factory->create($child, [
+            \App\Entity\ChildEntity::class => ['parent'],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertNull($result['parent']);
+    }
+
+    public function test_relationship_not_included_when_not_specified(): void
+    {
+        $parent = new \App\Entity\ParentEntity('parent', []);
+
+        $result = $this->factory->create($parent);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('children', $result);
+    }
+
+    public function test_logic_exception_for_unmapped_relationship_property(): void
+    {
+        $entity = new \App\Entity\EntityWithUnmappedRelationship();
+
+        $this->expectException(\LogicException::class);
+
+        $this->factory->create($entity, [
+            \App\Entity\EntityWithUnmappedRelationship::class => ['other'],
+        ]);
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Helpers
+
+namespace App\Entity;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class SimpleEntity
+{
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public string $name;
+
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public int $count;
+
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public ?string $nullable;
+
+    public string $excluded = 'excluded';
+
+    public function __construct(string $name, int $count, ?string $nullable)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->count = $count;
+        $this->nullable = $nullable;
+    }
+}
+
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class EntityWithDatetime
+{
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public \DateTimeImmutable $created_at;
+
+    public function __construct(\DateTimeImmutable $created_at)
+    {
+        $this->created_at = $created_at;
+    }
+}
+
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class EntityWithEnum
+{
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public \App\Enum\SudoFactoryStatus $status;
+
+    public function __construct(\App\Enum\SudoFactoryStatus $status)
+    {
+        $this->status = $status;
+    }
+}
+
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class ParentEntity
+{
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public string $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Collection<int, ChildEntity>
+     */
+    #[ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity: ChildEntity::class, mappedBy: 'parent')]
+    public Collection $children;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param ChildEntity[] $children
+     */
+    public function __construct(string $name, array $children)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->children = new ArrayCollection($children);
+    }
+}
+
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class ChildEntity
+{
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public string $name;
+
+    #[ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity: ParentEntity::class)]
+    public ?ParentEntity $parent;
+
+    public function __construct(string $name, ?ParentEntity $parent = null)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->parent = $parent;
+    }
+}
+
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class EntityWithUnmappedRelationship
+{
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public string $name = 'test';
+
+    public string $other = 'other';
+}
+
+
+namespace App\Enum;
+
+enum SudoFactoryStatus: string
+{
+    case Active = 'active';
+    case Inactive = 'inactive';
+}