interface NormalizableInterface

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>

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of NormalizableInterface

All classes that implement NormalizableInterface

3 files declare their use of NormalizableInterface
Dummy.php in drupal/core/vendor/symfony/serializer/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/Dummy.php
NormalizableTraversableDummy.php in drupal/core/vendor/symfony/serializer/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/NormalizableTraversableDummy.php
ScalarDummy.php in drupal/core/vendor/symfony/serializer/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/ScalarDummy.php

File

drupal/core/vendor/symfony/serializer/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/NormalizableInterface.php, line 22

Namespace

Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer
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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);

}

Members

Namesort descending Modifiers Type Description Overrides
NormalizableInterface::normalize public function Normalizes the object into an array of scalars|arrays. 3