Defines the most basic interface a class must implement to be normalizable
If a normalizer is registered for the class and it doesn't implement the Normalizable interfaces, the normalizer will be used instead
@author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Expanded class hierarchy of NormalizableInterface
All classes that implement NormalizableInterface
interface NormalizableInterface {
/**
* Normalizes the object into an array of scalars|arrays.
*
* It is important to understand that the normalize() call should normalize
* recursively all child objects of the implementor.
*
* @param NormalizerInterface $normalizer The normalizer is given so that you
* can use it to normalize objects contained within this object.
* @param string|null $format The format is optionally given to be able to normalize differently
* based on different output formats.
* @return array|scalar
*/
public function normalize(NormalizerInterface $normalizer, $format = null);
}
Name | Modifiers | Type | Description | Overrides |
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NormalizableInterface:: |
public | function | Normalizes the object into an array of scalars|arrays. | 3 |