DenormalizerInterface.php

<?php

/*
 * This file is part of the Symfony package.
 *
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
 *
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 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */
namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;


/**
 * Defines the interface of denormalizers.
 *
 * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
 */
interface DenormalizerInterface {

  /**
   * Denormalizes data back into an object of the given class
   *
   * @param mixed  $data   data to restore
   * @param string $class  the expected class to instantiate
   * @param string $format format the given data was extracted from
   * @return object
   */
  public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null);

  /**
   * Checks whether the given class is supported for denormalization by this normalizer
   *
   * @param mixed  $data   Data to denormalize from.
   * @param string $type   The class to which the data should be denormalized.
   * @param string $format The format being deserialized from.
   * @return Boolean
   */
  public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null);

}