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