Normalizers
Normalizers¶
Normalizers turn objects into arrays and vice versa. They implement
Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface
for
normalizing (object to array) and
Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface
for
denormalizing (array to object).
Normalizers are enabled in the serializer passing them as its first argument:
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ObjectNormalizer;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
$normalizers = [new ObjectNormalizer()];
$serializer = new Serializer($normalizers);
Built-in Normalizers¶
Symfony includes the following normalizers but you can also create your own normalizer:
Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ObjectNormalizer
to normalize PHP object using the PropertyAccessor component;Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\CustomNormalizer
to normalize PHP object using an object that implementsSymfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizableInterface
;Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\GetSetMethodNormalizer
to normalize PHP object using the getter and setter methods of the object;Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\PropertyNormalizer
to normalize PHP object using PHP reflection.
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