Chris@0: <?php
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /*
Chris@0:  * This file is part of the Symfony package.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
Chris@0:  * file that was distributed with this source code.
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /**
Chris@0:  * Defines the interface of denormalizers.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface DenormalizerInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Denormalizes data back into an object of the given class.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param mixed  $data    data to restore
Chris@0:      * @param string $class   the expected class to instantiate
Chris@0:      * @param string $format  format the given data was extracted from
Chris@0:      * @param array  $context options available to the denormalizer
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return object
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array());
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Checks whether the given class is supported for denormalization by this normalizer.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param mixed  $data   Data to denormalize from
Chris@0:      * @param string $type   The class to which the data should be denormalized
Chris@0:      * @param string $format The format being deserialized from
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return bool
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null);
Chris@0: }