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+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\EncoderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\DecoderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\NormalizationAwareInterface;
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony framework.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
+ * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Defines the interface of the Serializer
+ *
+ * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ */
+interface SerializerInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Serializes data in the appropriate format
+ *
+ * @param mixed $data any data
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return string
+ */
+ function serialize($data, $format);
+
+ /**
+ * Deserializes data into the given type.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $data
+ * @param string $type
+ * @param string $format
+ */
+ function deserialize($data, $type, $format);
+
+ /**
+ * Normalizes any data into a set of arrays/scalars
+ *
+ * @param mixed $data data to normalize
+ * @param string $format format name, present to give the option to normalizers to act differently based on formats
+ * @return array|scalar
+ */
+ function normalize($data, $format = null);
+
+ /**
+ * Denormalizes data into the given type.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $data
+ * @param string $type
+ * @param string $format
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+ function denormalize($data, $type, $format = null);
+
+ /**
+ * Encodes data into the given format
+ *
+ * @param mixed $data data to encode
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return array|scalar
+ */
+ function encode($data, $format);
+
+ /**
+ * Decodes a string from the given format back into PHP data
+ *
+ * @param string $data data to decode
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+ function decode($data, $format);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the serializer can serialize to given format
+ *
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return Boolean
+ */
+ function supportsSerialization($format);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the serializer can deserialize from given format
+ *
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return Boolean
+ */
+ function supportsDeserialization($format);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the serializer can encode to given format
+ *
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return Boolean
+ */
+ function supportsEncoding($format);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the serializer can decode from given format
+ *
+ * @param string $format format name
+ * @return Boolean
+ */
+ function supportsDecoding($format);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the encoder for the given format
+ *
+ * @return EncoderInterface
+ */
+ function getEncoder($format);
+}