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 most basic interface a class must implement to be denormalizable.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * If a denormalizer is registered for the class and it doesn't implement
Chris@0:  * the Denormalizable interfaces, the normalizer will be used instead
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface DenormalizableInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Denormalizes the object back from an array of scalars|arrays.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * It is important to understand that the denormalize() call should denormalize
Chris@0:      * recursively all child objects of the implementor.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@14:      * @param DenormalizerInterface       $denormalizer The denormalizer is given so that you
Chris@14:      *                                                  can use it to denormalize objects contained within this object
Chris@14:      * @param array|string|int|float|bool $data         The data from which to re-create the object
Chris@14:      * @param string|null                 $format       The format is optionally given to be able to denormalize
Chris@14:      *                                                  differently based on different input formats
Chris@14:      * @param array                       $context      Options for denormalizing
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return object
Chris@0:      */
Chris@17:     public function denormalize(DenormalizerInterface $denormalizer, $data, $format = null, array $context = []);
Chris@0: }