38 lines
1.2 KiB
PHP
38 lines
1.2 KiB
PHP
<?php
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/*
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* This file is part of the Symfony package.
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*
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* (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
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*
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* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
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* file that was distributed with this source code.
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*/
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namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
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/**
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* Defines the most basic interface a class must implement to be normalizable
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*
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* If a normalizer is registered for the class and it doesn't implement
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* the Normalizable interfaces, the normalizer will be used instead
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*
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* @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
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*/
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interface NormalizableInterface
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{
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/**
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* Normalizes the object into an array of scalars|arrays.
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*
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* It is important to understand that the normalize() call should normalize
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* recursively all child objects of the implementor.
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*
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* @param NormalizerInterface $normalizer The normalizer is given so that you
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* can use it to normalize objects contained within this object.
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* @param string|null $format The format is optionally given to be able to normalize differently
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* based on different output formats.
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* @return array|scalar
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*/
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public function normalize(NormalizerInterface $normalizer, $format = null);
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}
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