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;
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /**
Chris@0:  * Defines the interface of the Serializer.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface SerializerInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Serializes data in the appropriate format.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@14:      * @param mixed  $data    Any data
Chris@14:      * @param string $format  Format name
Chris@14:      * @param array  $context Options normalizers/encoders have access to
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return string
Chris@0:      */
Chris@17:     public function serialize($data, $format, array $context = []);
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Deserializes data into the given type.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param mixed  $data
Chris@0:      * @param string $type
Chris@0:      * @param string $format
Chris@0:      * @param array  $context
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return object
Chris@0:      */
Chris@17:     public function deserialize($data, $type, $format, array $context = []);
Chris@0: }