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 normalizers.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface NormalizerInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Normalizes an object into a set of arrays/scalars.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param object $object  object to normalize
Chris@0:      * @param string $format  format the normalization result will be encoded as
Chris@0:      * @param array  $context Context options for the normalizer
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return array|scalar
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function normalize($object, $format = null, array $context = array());
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Checks whether the given class is supported for normalization by this normalizer.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param mixed  $data   Data to normalize
Chris@0:      * @param string $format The format being (de-)serialized from or into
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return bool
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null);
Chris@0: }