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<?php
/*
* This file is part of the Symfony package.
*
* (c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
*
* 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 decoders
*
* @author Jordi Boggiano <[email protected]>
*/
interface DecoderInterface
{
/**
* Decodes a string into PHP data.
*
* @param scalar $data Data to decode
* @param string $format Format name
* @param array $context options that decoders have access to.
*
* The format parameter specifies which format the data is in; valid values
* depend on the specific implementation. Authors implementing this interface
* are encouraged to document which formats they support in a non-inherited
* phpdoc comment.
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function decode($data, $format, array $context = array());
/**
* Checks whether the deserializer can decode from given format.
*
* @param string $format format name
*
* @return Boolean
*/
public function supportsDecoding($format);
}
