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 normalizable.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * If a normalizer is registered for the class and it doesn't implement
Chris@0:  * the Normalizable interfaces, the normalizer will be used instead.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface NormalizableInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Normalizes the object into an array of scalars|arrays.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * It is important to understand that the normalize() call should normalize
Chris@0:      * recursively all child objects of the implementor.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param NormalizerInterface $normalizer The normalizer is given so that you
Chris@14:      *                                        can use it to normalize objects contained within this object
Chris@0:      * @param string|null         $format     The format is optionally given to be able to normalize differently
Chris@14:      *                                        based on different output formats
Chris@0:      * @param array               $context    Options for normalizing this object
Chris@0:      *
Chris@14:      * @return array|string|int|float|bool
Chris@0:      */
Chris@17:     public function normalize(NormalizerInterface $normalizer, $format = null, array $context = []);
Chris@0: }