* * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE * file that was distributed with this source code. */ namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder; /** * Defines the interface of encoders * * @author Jordi Boggiano */ interface EncoderInterface { /** * Encodes data into the given format * * @param mixed $data Data to encode * @param string $format Format name * @param array $context options that normalizers/encoders have access to. * * @return scalar */ public function encode($data, $format, array $context = array()); /** * Checks whether the serializer can encode to given format * * @param string $format format name * * @return Boolean */ public function supportsEncoding($format); }