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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions components/serializer.rst
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Expand Up @@ -511,6 +511,28 @@ There are several types of normalizers available:

Objects are normalized to a map of property names to property values.

:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Serializer\\Normalizer\\JsonSerializableNormalizer`
This normalizer works with classes that implement :phpclass:`JsonSerializable`.

It will call the :phpmethod:`JsonSerializable::jsonSerialize` method and
then further normalize the result. This means that nested
:phpclass:`JsonSerializable` classes will also be normalized.

This normalizer is particularly helpful when you want to gradually migrate
from an existing codebase using simple :phpfunction:`json_encode` to the Symfony
Serializer by allowing you to mix which normalizers are used for which classes.

Unlike with :phpfunction:`json_encode` circular references can be handled.

:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Serializer\\Normalizer\\DateTimeNormalizer`
This normalizer converts :phpclass:`DateTimeInterface` objects (e.g.
:phpclass:`DateTime` and :phpclass:`DateTimeImmutable`) into strings.
By default it uses the RFC3339 format.
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maybe add a link to the RFC3339 specification here?


:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Serializer\\Normalizer\\DataUriNormalizer`
This normalizer converts :phpclass:`SplFileInfo` objects into a data URI
string (``data:...``) such that files can be embedded into serialized data.

Handling Circular References
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