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6 * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
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12 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
15 * Defines the interface of denormalizers.
17 * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
19 interface DenormalizerInterface
22 * Denormalizes data back into an object of the given class.
24 * @param mixed $data data to restore
25 * @param string $class the expected class to instantiate
26 * @param string $format format the given data was extracted from
27 * @param array $context options available to the denormalizer
31 public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array());
34 * Checks whether the given class is supported for denormalization by this normalizer.
36 * @param mixed $data Data to denormalize from
37 * @param string $type The class to which the data should be denormalized
38 * @param string $format The format being deserialized from
42 public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null);