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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\serialization\Normalizer;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes/denormalizes Drupal entity objects into an array structure.
+ */
+class EntityNormalizer extends ComplexDataNormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface {
+
+ use FieldableEntityNormalizerTrait;
+
+ /**
+ * The interface or class that this Normalizer supports.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+ protected $supportedInterfaceOrClass = [EntityInterface::class];
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs an EntityNormalizer object.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+ * The entity manager.
+ */
+ public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
+ $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
+ $entity_type_id = $this->determineEntityTypeId($class, $context);
+ $entity_type_definition = $this->getEntityTypeDefinition($entity_type_id);
+
+ // The bundle property will be required to denormalize a bundleable
+ // fieldable entity.
+ if ($entity_type_definition->hasKey('bundle') && $entity_type_definition->isSubclassOf(FieldableEntityInterface::class)) {
+ // Get an array containing the bundle only. This also remove the bundle
+ // key from the $data array.
+ $bundle_data = $this->extractBundleData($data, $entity_type_definition);
+
+ // Create the entity from bundle data only, then apply field values after.
+ $entity = $this->entityManager->getStorage($entity_type_id)->create($bundle_data);
+
+ $this->denormalizeFieldData($data, $entity, $format, $context);
+ }
+ else {
+ // Create the entity from all data.
+ $entity = $this->entityManager->getStorage($entity_type_id)->create($data);
+ }
+
+ // Pass the names of the fields whose values can be merged.
+ // @todo https://www.drupal.org/node/2456257 remove this.
+ $entity->_restSubmittedFields = array_keys($data);
+
+ return $entity;
+ }
+
+}