Defines the interface of normalizers.
@author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Expanded class hierarchy of NormalizerInterface
All classes that implement NormalizerInterface
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);
}
Name | Modifiers | Type | Description | Overrides |
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NormalizerInterface:: |
public | function | Normalizes an object into a set of arrays/scalars | 11 |
NormalizerInterface:: |
public | function | Checks whether the given class is supported for normalization by this normalizer | 6 |