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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Component\Serialization;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for serialization formats.
+ */
+interface SerializationInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Encodes data into the serialization format.
+   *
+   * @param mixed $data
+   *   The data to encode.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The encoded data.
+   */
+  public static function encode($data);
+
+  /**
+   * Decodes data from the serialization format.
+   *
+   * @param string $raw
+   *   The raw data string to decode.
+   *
+   * @return mixed
+   *   The decoded data.
+   */
+  public static function decode($raw);
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the file extension for this serialization format.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The file extension, without leading dot.
+   */
+  public static function getFileExtension();
+
+}