NormalizerInterface.php

<?php

/*
 * This file is part of the Symfony package.
 *
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */
namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;


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

  /**
   * Normalizes an object into a set of arrays/scalars
   *
   * @param object $object object to normalize
   * @param string $format format the normalization result will be encoded as
   * @param array $context Context options for the normalizer
   *
   * @return array|scalar
   */
  public function normalize($object, $format = null, array $context = array());

  /**
   * Checks whether the given class is supported for normalization by this normalizer
   *
   * @param mixed  $data   Data to normalize.
   * @param string $format The format being (de-)serialized from or into.
   *
   * @return Boolean
   */
  public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null);

}